By Pontšo Sekhesa As part of the Hair Salon Project, on April 9, 2025, our Project Coordinator Pontšo Sekhesa was invited to attend a symposium by the Lesotho Ministry of Health, held under the theme “Strengthening Research and Innovation for Resilient Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage”. Below is her report. The symposium highlighted theContinue reading “Strengthening Research and Innovation for Resilient Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage Symposium”
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AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2024
From November 5 – 7, 2024, the Embassy of France invited The Hub to join them at the AfriLabs Annual Gathering in Cape Town, South Africa. The Hub has been a member of the AfriLabs network since 2018. AfriLabs is a dynamic innovation-focused organization empowering and building a community around innovation hubs and other stakeholdersContinue reading “AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2024”
Leadership Camp at Help Lesotho
From November 30 – December 4, 2024, The Hub was invited to join a youth Leadership Camp at Help Lesotho in Hlotse. Over the last 20 years of working in rural communities in Lesotho, Help Lesotho has had over 57,000 graduates of intensive life skills and psychosocial support programs and reached more than 300,000 vulnerableContinue reading “Leadership Camp at Help Lesotho”
“Let’s make discrimination a thing of the past”: Celebrating Lesotho LGBTQIA+ Pride 2024
Since our inception in 2015, The Hub has proudly supported movements and organisations that promote and uphold human rights in Lesotho. This year, we are happy to have partnered with The People’s Matrix Association to cover Lesotho’s 2024 LGBTQIA+ Pride. By Leila Hall Saturday, 9th November 2024 – Outside the ‘Manthabiseng Convention Centre in centralContinue reading ““Let’s make discrimination a thing of the past”: Celebrating Lesotho LGBTQIA+ Pride 2024”
Exploring hair salons as potential venues for the promotion of sexual and reproductive health services in Lesotho
From March – July 2024, The Hub implemented an innovative cross-sectional survey – designed and conducted in collaboration with citizen scientists – and gathered data among more than 150 hair stylists and 300 clients across Lesotho. The survey assessed the acceptability and feasibility of offering SRH services (for example oral contraceptives, menstrual products, HIV self-testingContinue reading “Exploring hair salons as potential venues for the promotion of sexual and reproductive health services in Lesotho”
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