by Kate Lambert | Feb 14, 2016 | News About Help Lesotho |
As the founder and executive director of the NGO Help Lesotho, Peg Herbert has learned to expect the unexpected. Whether she is overseeing the construction of a set of stairs in an African village that has never seen a two-storey building (the notion of gradual slope needed some work!), delivering a workshop for orphaned teenage mothers who grew up without mother-models of their own, or envisioning the future of the Ottawa-based organization, she knows how to be flexible and be ready for anything.
In mid-December 2015, Herbert awoke to some unexpected news. Help Lesotho — the organization that started out in her basement and has since grown to a $1.6-million annual budget — was named as a top-25 charity in Canada by the Financial Post.
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by Kate Lambert | Jan 22, 2016 | Stories |
Gender equality is not only a women’s issue, it is a human rights issue that affects us all – women and girls, men and boys.
Everyone benefits socially, politically and economically from gender equality. When women are empowered, the whole of humanity benefits. Gender equality liberates not only women but also men, from prescribed social roles and gender stereotypes.
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by Kate Lambert | Dec 10, 2015 | News About Help Lesotho |
The Financial Post has selected 25 charities from a shortlist of organizations that met basic benchmarks for spending on overhead and fundraising, with the bulk of their spending going to charitable work – not executive salaries and fancy parties. Most importantly, they all did a great job providing donors with evidence their donations are having an impact.
Help Lesotho made the list! Read more about the methodology here.
by Kate Lambert | Oct 23, 2015 | News About Help Lesotho |
Seventy-five grade seven girls from across Lesotho gathered atHelp Lesotho’s Hlotse Centre for a week-long leadership camp last June. The girls took part in life skills trainings, which focused on preventing teenage pregnancy, rape and HIV/AIDS.
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by Kate Lambert | Oct 17, 2015 | News About Help Lesotho |
Malilapa Mate says that if you had seen her five months ago, she wouldn’t be the vivacious, smiling young mother she is today. When the twenty-one year old became pregnant two years ago, there was a problem—she had no husband. Without the security of marriage she faced discrimination and harassment in her community.
Read more about The Necessity of a Gendered Approach to HIV/AIDS.
