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.
In Levi’s Nek, Lesotho, a condom-packing activity brings together a group of village women every month at the Farming Our Future farm.The condoms, entrusted by the Ministry of Health, are packaged in batches of four in boxes illustrated with visuals … Read More
Construction of the sanitary block for the future single-family homes of the farm’s three young people has begun. These beneficiaries are the most committed and autonomous of the ten current residents. The Ivory Foundation is building the sanitary block through … Read More
At Levi’s Nek Farm, the horse plays an essential role in agricultural work, particularly for plot maintenance and sowing. The farm’s young people prepare a mixture of seed, compost and manure, which they then place in furrows created using an … Read More
The young people at Levi’s Nek farm have learned to season “pap”, the staple cornmeal in Lesotho, with vegetable sauces made from their own garden produce. On today’s menu, chard with onions and peppers, seasoned with natural spices and rosemary … Read More
Strawberries are thriving in Southern Africa… The few plants brought back from the Garden of Skills in Eswatini have multiplied in Lesotho… The young residents of Levi’s Nek farm learned how to make the most of the runners produced by … Read More
The deaf and hard-of-hearing youngsters at Levi’s Nek farm producencorn to feed their chickens, but also for their own consumption.Freshly harvested, the shucked corn is grilled over a wood fire in a homemade frying pan.
Under the guidance of Tsephane, the head of the educational farm set up by The Ivory Foundation at St Paul’s school in Leribe, 6 young students take care of the animals (chickens, cows and pigs) on a daily basis, and … Read More
In a bid to open up the vocational support project for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at Saint Paul’s school to young girls, a sewing training program was designed jointly by the local association Farming our Future, The Ivory Foundation and … Read More
A lasting partnership has been established between the Farming our Future farm and the medical centre at Levi’s Nek in Lesotho. The deaf and hard-of-hearing young people from the farm set up by The Ivory Foundation are given a special … Read More
At the Saint-Paul School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Leribe, Lesotho, the children take part in the upkeep of the educational plots with the help of Tsephane, the school’s farm manager, and the 6 young students under … Read More
