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 young people at Levi’s Nek farm have begun building a 12-metre-long shelter for the farm’s sheep and chickens. Levi’s Neck farm includes a one-hectare pasture for sheep and, in the near future, cows. This enclosed shelter is only used at night to protect the … Read More
With the dormitory now complete, three young people from St Monica said farewell to the farm that had been their home for 3 years and moved to their new home in Levi’s Nek. Three young people stayed on to look … Read More
A local vegetable garden is planned to provide a variety of vegetables and herbs for their personal use.Until the garden is up and running, the vegetables have been bought from Levi’s Nek stores….
The Ivory Foundation has planned to install the Levi’s Nek farm manager, Leepa Mosehle, who has been accompanying young deaf and hard-of-hearing people in this educational farm project since 2015. This building will include both his home and an office … Read More
Every day, the young beneficiaries of Farming our future take turns on the site to see the work in progress. They also help to transport materials to the site, which is difficult for lorries to access
The main buildings are now in place on the constructible part of the farm. The main building is typical of Lesotho, with its breezeblocks joined like stone and a worked cornice that surrounds and hides the corrugated iron roof. The … Read More
The exterior finishes was completed and the roof has been laid. The workers are finalising the interior fittings. In the living room, the tiles have been laid and a kitchen has been made to measure by a joiner.
As with the Jardin des Savoir-Faire in Eswatini, The Ivory Foundation called on Wendy Lane, a designer of wooden chalets, to create a double accommodation unit for its volunteers. The advantage of these structures, pre-assembled in a workshop in South … Read More
The Ivory Foundation commissioned a local contractor to drill and install a pump to supply water to the Levi’s Nek farm. The presence of water on the site was essential to launch the construction of the farm buildings (cement production) … Read More
As soon as the purchase of the land by Farming Our Future was signed, young deaf and hard-of-hearing people began to lay fencing around the plots to secure the site. This will also allow the animals to arrive quickly, as … Read More
