Co-operation Communication Collaboration • •

Issue No 1 June 2008

Currently the Letsema network uses 3 “Knowledge is Power" Launched in 2007, with support from channels, you'll find us: (Sir Francis Bacon) and it's only by UNICEF, the Letsema initiative is central • on line at www.letsema.org sharing information and best practise to the work of the Department of Social • at monthly Letsema meetings that we can:Welfare. 'M'e Limakatso Chisepo, the

held at UN HouseDirector of the Department explains, "It • t h r o u g h t h i s q u a r t e r l y 1. improve our standards of enables us to fulfil our National OVC

Letsema Newsletter. deliveryStrategic Plan 2006-11, which requests A leaflet explaining "How and Why to us to co-ordinate all issues pertaining to Join Letsema" will also soon be 2. reduce waste & duplicationchildren in the country. We can't available in both English and Sesotho. In coordinate things when we don't know addition, within the year, the web based 3. save time, money & energy who does what and where.."OVC directory will also be made by no-longer reinventing available in hard copy and on CD, in existing resourcesboth languages. This directory can only succeed if you provide accurate, 4. c o m p a r e e x p e r i e n c e s , comprehensive information, so get in advice & new developments touch! with OVC.

Many people are working with OVC and we believe that through collaboration we can achieve our joint goal: to help improve the lives of orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho.

How can youget involved?

IT; carpentry; plumbing; welding and agriculture. "We are aware of the high unemployment rate in our country and

intend to offer SOS children and others, the chance to Each quarter this newsletter will develop skills which will create income generation feature a different organisation opportunities and increase their chances of employment" from the OVC sector. In this issue Robert Tseuoa. the spotlight is on the SOS

Children's Village. When I visited last week, Robert

Tseuoa, Project Director, was delighted to tell me that they

will soon be opening a second SOS Children's Village in

Quthing:

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The construction will begin this month, next to the Moyeni

Stadium, and should be completed by the end of the year.

When the village opens in 2009 it will provide a home to

another 100 OVC.

Equally great news, SOS will be opening a new, Maseru

based, Vocational High School. The school will

accommodate 1000 trainees and equip them with skills in

“we are feeling very excited about this new

project; SOS sees the challenges facing Lesotho and in

an attempt to address this, we want to expand our

services and reach out to more vulnerable children"

Spotlight on SOS:

The Story So Far… What are the benefits?

LETSEMA IS A NETWORK OF ORGANISATIONS THAT WORK WITH OVC IN LESOTHO

“We need one central informationpoint to allow us to do our work

- and Letsema is this focal point”

House mother with SOS Children

'M'e Limakatso Chisepo

T h e l a t e s t a d d i t i o n t o www.letsema.org is an interactive map of Lesotho.

The map also features schools, hospitals, clinics, airfields, rivers and district boundaries. We will continue to update the map as more infor mation becomes available. Visit the website and tell us what you think! Suggestions already include: add the location of cattle posts (to track herd boys); t h e s u p p l y o f e l e c t r i c i t y throughout the country; police stations and agricultural resource centres. We look forward to hearing your feedback.

At a glance this map will show you who works

w h e r e w i t h O V C i n t h i s country.

(http://www.letsema.org/html/atlas.php)

Dorcas AID: HIV and AIDS Project Co-ordinator, Lesotho & South Africa.

Contact Jaap Knot on jaapknot@dorcas.co.ls

Monthly Letsema Network Meetings to be held at UN House:

31/07/08, 04/09/08, 25/09/08, 30/10/08, 27/11/08

Contact us if you have issues or ideas that you would like to see raised at these

meetings.

Contact us and tell us about the resources and research you have on OVC to add to the

Letsema on-line library; better to share than duplicate our efforts!

Go to www.letsema.org to enter our competition, celebrating the launch of the new Letsema

Map! There are prizes to be won.

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Contact Details: Call Katrine Musgrave, Letsema Development Manager, 22324673 or email info@sentebale.org

Are You on The Map?

Raise a question; introduce new ideas; share a complaint….This is the space for you to contact us and have your say. We want to know what is happening with Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Lesotho and to hear your views on the Letsema initiative. This month Red Cross and Dorcas Aid have their say:

"There is a real lack of co-operationbetween NGO's in Lesotho. I hope

Letsema will help start a trendin information

sharing which will benefit us all"

(Jaap Knot, Dorcas AidProgramme Manager Lesotho)

"It's the OVC implementers who are doing the work and meeting OVC on a daily basis. Whilst the NOC (National OVC Committee) discusses high level policies, the Letsema initiative will allow implementers to meet and share best practise. I congratulate the Letsema initiative for creating this opportunity for us to share and learn from each other."

(Makatleho Mphana,Red Cross Programmes Director)

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Co-operation Communication Collaboration • •

Issue No 1 June 2008

Ha joale likhokahanyo tsa Letsema li na “Tsebo ke matla” (Francis Bacon) Joale E thakhotsoe ka 2007,ka ts'ehetso ea le methati e meraro, o ka re fumana: ke ka ho arolelana litaba le ka ho lichelete ho tsoa mokhatlong oa lithuso ?M a r a n g - r a n g h o ithukhubetsa ho phethahetseng re ka:baneng UNICEF, ts'ebetso ea Letsema

e ka hare ho lefapha la Boiketlo ba ?Hona le likopano tsa khoeli le 1. A t l e h i s a n g m o l i t s o a n e Sechaba -Socia l Wel fare . 'M 'e

khoeli UN House. ona,sesiu sa litaba sa re Limakatso Chisepo Mookameli ?Leselinyana lena le tsoa ka holela bohle.lefapheng lena o hlahositse tjena, “E re

mora likhoeli tse tharo.thusa ho fihlela Sechaba,le li-OVC ka Setlankana se hlalosang “Joang? hape 2. Fokotsang lits'enyehelo le lethathamo la moralo oa 2006-11 eo Hobaneng? O ka bang setho sa phetako ea tsebetso.sepheo sa lona eleng ho hokahanya Letsema” se tla fumaneha haufinyana ka litaba tsohle tsa bana naheng ena. Re ke Sekhooa le Sesotho ho tlatsetsa, tepo ea 3. Bolokang nako, lisebelisuoa, ra hokahanya ts'ebetso empa re sa tsebe pokello ea litaba tsa bana bao bophelo le matla a ho shebana le lintho hore na mang o etsa'ng ? kae? ba bona boleng tlokotsing e CD le ka tse sentseng li le teng.Re eleletsoe tlhokahalo ea moliko moo lingoliloeng tse ling, ka lipuo tse peli tsa bohle re ka tsebang ho khokhohanya molao. Tlatsetso ena e ka phethahala ha 4. Ho bapisa litsebo, boeletsi, le puo, ra arolelana likatleho,le liqholotso feela o ka fana ka litaba , joale kenella le khaelo-pele e ncha le OVC.ke leo Lesema Basothouena se ikhalale.

www.letsema.org

Etlare ha lehae lena le buloa ka 2009 le tla fana ka bolulo ho

likhutsana tse lekholo100 ovc. le be l fane ka lithuto tsa

mesebetsi ea matsoho le tla araba tlhokahalo ea Litaba tse monate tse ling, SOS e

mesebetsi bacheng ba tla fekisa bofuma le t ho ba qobisa tla bula sekolo sa mesebetsi ea

tsohle tse silafatsang kholo ea bacha setsoantso sa. SOS matsoho Vocational School

qhepheng la peleMaseru. Sekolo sena se tla

amohela barutuoa ba sekete' leselinyana lena le tla bua

ka mokhatlo o fapaneng ho tsoa karolong ea OVC ka mora

likhoeli tse nne le khoeli. Karolong ena moko-taba ke

lehae la bana ba SOS. Ha ke ile ka chakela teng matsatsi a

ho feta ka re tjoang-tjoang le mong hali, Robert Tseuoa,

Motsamaisi oa tsebetso, o ne a thabile a mpolella hore ba

tla bula lehae la bobeli la bana ba SOS Quthing haufi -ufi.

Mohaho o tla qala khoeling eona ena, pela

stadium sa Moyeni Quthing, 'me o tla fela mafelong a

selemo.

“Re thabile haholo ka mosebetsi ona o mocha. SOS e bone

liphephetso tse tobileng bana ba Lesotho joale, e batla ho

atolosa lits'ebeletso ele ho fihlela bana bana ba

tlokotsing.”

LETSEMA IS A NETWORK OF ORGANISATIONS THAT WORK WITH OVC IN LESOTHO

House mother with SOS Children

Batho ba ba ngata ba sebetsa le OVC 'me re lumela hore ka kopanelo ho ka ba le ponaletso sena thusa ho etsa phetoho tsa moshoelella maphelon a bana ba likhutsana le ba tlokotsing naheng ea Lesotho.

Nalane..... U ka kenella joang?Ke ling tseo o ka

lifumang?

Ntlha Kholo ka SOS:

'M'e Limakatso Chisepo

“Re eleletsoe tlhokahalo ea moliko moobohle re ka tsebang ho khokhohanyapuo, ra arolelana likatleho,le liqholotsoke leo Letsema Basotho.”

Seo o ka se fumanang morao-

rao tjena www.letsema.org

‘Mapa ona hape o hlahisa

litereke, likolo,lipitlele,litsi tsa

bophelo, sepolesa, setsi sa

temo phepelo ea motlakase

naha ka bophara, mabala a

lifofane,linoka. re tla tsoela

pele ho ntlafatsa 'mapa 'mela o

puta,etela marang-rang a rona

o re joetse na li bona joang

tseba ka balisana metebong

tlatsetsang ka maikutlo a lona.

ke

'mapa oa Lesotho o tlang ho o

t h u s a h o r e n a m a n g o

sebetsa”ng a le ho kae le OVC

naheng ena.

(http://www.letsema.org/html/atlas.php)

Dorcas Aid: HIV le AIDS Mokopanyi, Lesotho & South Africa. Kopana le Jaap

Knot ho jaapknot@dorcas.co.ls.

Ikopano tsa Letsema tse tlang ho ts'oareloa UN House.

31/07/08, 04/09/08, 25/09/08, 30/10/08, 27/11/08

Kopana le rona ka litaba kapa lintlha tseo oka lakatsang ho buoa ka tsona

kopanong ena.

Kopana le rona ka litaba l tseo o nang le tsona ka OVC re tle re li kopanye marang-rang; a

Letsema

E ea ho www.letsema.org ho kenela tlholisano ena ea ho thabela 'mapa oa Letsema Lesotho

hona le limpho tseo oka e khapelang tsona.

: tse thakhohileng ka 'Motseanong 2008, tse lulang li butsoe lihora tse

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Botsa potso,fana ka lintlha tse ncha, arolelana mathata. Sena ke sefolo sa hao ,,joale Ikhopanye le rona, o bue seo o batlang ho se bua. Re batla ho ruisana tseb ka Se etsahalang ka bana ba likhutsana le ba tlokotsing Lesotho re tsebe hape maikutlo a hao malebana le Letsema. Khoeling ena, Mokhatlo oa Sefapano se sefubelu le Dorcas Aid ba

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HA SAY“Hona le bofokoli ba ts'ebelisano 'mohohara mekhatlo e ikemetseng 'me rea

ts'epa Letsema le tla thusanahaholo ka ho arolelana litaba tse tla

ho tsoela bohle molemo”

(Jaap Knot, Dorcas AidProgramme Manager Lesotho)

“Ke basebeletsi ba li- OVC ba sebetsang mosebetsi, ba kopanang le tsona tsatsi le leng le leng. Haele NOC (National OVC Committe)ba buisana ka manane, maano, joale Letsema e tla ba thusa ho kopana, ho arolelana litsebo tseo ba nang le tsona. Re thoholetsa Letsema ka monyetla ona bakeng sa rona oa ho arolelana le ho rutana.."

(Makatleho Mphana,Red Cross Programmes Director)

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