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.
The ewes arrived in Leribe, Lesotho. They are part of the micro-farm project imagined by The Ivory Foundation to help the deaf children of St Paul’s School, trained for two years in agriculture and livestock farming, to settle their own … Read More
A student from Agrosup Dijon completed a 5-month internship in Lesotho. Among other things, he organized training for making cheese, to use the milk produced by cows and sheep from the school’s educational farm.He tested both ripened cheeses and feta-type … Read More
Abandoned termite mounds are used as bio-fertilizers for growing the vegetables. The soil will be recovererd and mixed to be used in the greenhouse.
A space has been delimited to accommodate the nursery, which will produce the necessary fertilizer trees for the field.
In Lesotho, agaves are used as barriers to protect cultures from animals.
Located on the outskirts of Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, this holiday center, funded by NGO Sentebale hosts groups of HIV positive children during the school holidays for one week. They come from all over the country, and enjoy a … Read More
Training in agroforestry techniques was provided in May 2017 in Lesotho at the Mamohato Children Center. With one member of APAF in charge of this training, plots have been identified in order to prepare the establishment of a vegetable garden … Read More
Following the training given in 2016, the garden of Leribe is flourishing. With the help of the youth, the gardener Leepa, has multiplied the plots of cultivation, and the harvests are here.
The seeds of fertilizer trees are covered with a natural coat which protects them but which also slows down the germination process. Some seeds require a scarification, which breaks this protective envelope. The seeds of moringa or gliricidia require only … Read More
Designing Hope has produced, with the support of The Ivory Foundation, an illustrated brochure presenting the techniques of permaculture. This document addresses several topics, the creation of raised beds, crops rotation, crops associations, with a focus on milpa, compost… This … Read More
