If you've ever had the privilege of visiting Lesotho, you already know what it's like to be surrounded by majestic...
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Traditional Basotho Dress
Basotho Blankets The origin of the Basotho blanket goes back over a century. In 1860, King Moshoeshoe I, the founder...
How to Make Papa
Have you ever had grits? Lesotho's staple food, papa, is like a thicker version of the southern delicacy. The stiff,...
10 Things Girls Can Do When They Have Sanitary Pads
For girls in developing countries, menstruation often means missing a week of school every month. When your family...
How to Tie a Basotho Baby Wrap
Happy Mother’s Day! In Lesotho, mothers and grandmothers carry their babies (or grand-babies) on their backs wrapped...
How Keyhole Gardens Are Helping the Battle Against HIV/AIDS
Grandmothers are the key support structure for children in Lesotho and are essential to their survival. Many of them...
Women Can’t Thrive When Marriage is Forced
In Lesotho, approximately 1 in 5 girls are married before their 18th birthday. Pontso* is one of those statistics. At...
Why Empowering Girls Is Not Enough
Lessons from the Young Mother Program The world knows that girls and women must be involved as key players and...
A Young Girl and Her Pencil
Many of you will remember a photo that Peg Herbert took 12 years ago of a sweet young girl at her primary school in...