Designing Hope has brought its expertise in Lesotho in a project funded by The Ivory Foundation and managed by the NGO Sentebale. This project is located in St Paul School, in Leribe, at the northern end of Lesotho. It brings together children from 5 to 14 years old, deaf and dumb from rural areas and from very disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Roosboom group supported by Designing Hope in South Africa has traveled to Lesotho to train the children to permaculture methods. Currently, a new project combines the two projects with the design of a cookbook inspired by traditional recipes using vegetables that can be grown locally.
Tsephane, the educational farm manager at St Paul’s School for the Deaf in Leribe, welcomes children from the school’s 4 classes twice a week for gardening activities. Each class looks after a plot of land, from sowing to harvesting.
The young residents of Levi’s Nek farm are about to launch their first large-scale potato production… The seedlings were purchased thanks to the sale of cabbages harvested in quantity at the end of the austral winter. A complete plot has … Read More
The two 200m2 greenhouses set up on the Levi’s Neck farm provide an ideal space for market garden production.Over the winter, the youngsters planted exclusively cabbage, which will be sold at local markets in a few weeks’ time.In the spring, … Read More
The henhouse at Levi’s Nek farm provides an important source of protein for the young residents of Levi’s Nek farm by producing a large quantity of eggs. The male population is limited to a few units, so the roosters are … Read More
As well as cabbages, the young people at Levi’s Nek farm have successfully grown lettuce seeds supplied by organic seed company Agrosemens. These have adapted particularly well to the local climate.
To enrich the soil in the various plots cultivated on the farm, the young residents of Levi’s Nek went to collect manure from a nearby sheep and cow farm. At night, the animals are kept in a stone pen close … Read More
A heavy storm tore off the roof of the animal shelter at Levi’s Neck Farm. The roof structure has therefore been redesigned to better withstand the next gusts of wind, frequent in the region. The Ivory Foundation immediately sent the … Read More
The young deaf and hard-of-hearing people of Levi’s Nek have a ritual: to gather around the fire every evening, a convivial moment to warm up in winter, and even sometimes throughout the year, as the nights in this mountainous region … Read More
As winter draws to a close, it’s time for the youngsters to shear the sheep! It’s a great opportunity to try out the new professional shears they now have for this task. The wool collected will be resold and will … Read More
The Levi’s Nek farm has grown over the months, and the surface area now reaches 3 hectares, following the acquisition of new plots. Thus, a horse was welcomed on the farm to help the young people with the maintenance of … Read More
