Lesotho

7 March 2013

Lesotho: Cares of the carers in crisis-hit southern Africa

Ask Red Cross volunteer Malikhang Matsoakeletse what troubles Lesotho’s foothill villages and she will take you to her clients: the hungry and lonely elderly, the struggling mothers, the orphaned children, those with HIV.
Taming the HIV tide in Lesotho
29 June 2011

Taming the HIV tide in Lesotho

June 2011 marked 30 years after the discovery of an unusual kind of pneumonia, which could only be referred as rare cancer called Kaposi’s sarcoma.
28 January 2008

Lesotho Red Cross responds to severe weather conditions

In the wake of a freak tornado, the Lesotho Red Cross are stocking up on tents in case of a repeat strike.
Lack of clean water still a major challenge for Lesotho
27 April 2005

Lack of clean water still a major challenge for Lesotho

Nthabiseng Matjeane and ’Mamotumi Sekoati of Thaba-Bosiu have to walk about 12 kilometres every day from their home village to their local primary school.
26 October 2004

Orphans benefit from Lesotho Red Cross

Life has not been easy for 71-year-old ‘Mamocapha Ts’oeunyane since her daughter died in August 2000.
8 May 2003

Home-based carers help protect Lesotho’s orphans

The orphans’ crime had been that they were hungry.
13 November 2002

Hunger hits the roof of Africa in Lesotho

The engine of the four-wheel drive vehicle has to use all its power to climb the steep mountain road.
Stigma kills in drought-hit Lesotho
29 October 2002

Stigma kills in drought-hit Lesotho

Sekantsi Khanyapa slings a 50 kg bag of maize on the back of his skinny brown horse.

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