‘Things will get heavier and heavier for them’: The devastating consequences of Covid-19 school closures in Lesotho

This photo essay was part of OSISA’s Numbers as Faces campaign in May, 2021. Download the e-magazine. The interviews were completed in March, 2021. By Leila Hall and Moleboheng Rampou ‘Lesotho shall endeavour to make education available to all…’ – Constitution of Lesotho This is the third year in a row that 15-year-old Mamello Rasiloane’s educationContinue reading “‘Things will get heavier and heavier for them’: The devastating consequences of Covid-19 school closures in Lesotho”

‘This sickness is killing us in so many different ways’: Elders in rural Lesotho reflect on the impacts of Covid-19

This photo essay was part of OSISA’s Numbers as Faces campaign in May, 2021. Download the e-magazine. The interviews were completed in March, 2021. By Leila Hall and Moleboheng Rampou ‘My cousin’s son and his wife got the virus last year,’ recounts 68-year-old ‘Malepekola Moshe, who lives in the remote village of Ha Ramabele inContinue reading “‘This sickness is killing us in so many different ways’: Elders in rural Lesotho reflect on the impacts of Covid-19”

WordPower 2020: Locked down with my abuser

By Vuyani Tshabalala-Monyake Hello, my name is Moratehi. I wish! No, seriously, my name is Lithonako: a curse handed over to me by my mother, by my narrow-minded grandmother. I was born while my migrant father was away, so my mother had to bear the brunt of being fertile enough to conceive a child soContinue reading “WordPower 2020: Locked down with my abuser”

Digital Skills Workshop with OSISA

From February 18th – 20th 2020 The Hub hosted a Digital Skills Workshop in Morija in partnership with Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA). The workshop participants were OSISA grantees and partners from Angola, Botswana, DRC, Eswatini, Madagascar, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. We had a wonderful time hosting this workshop and meeting colleagues doingContinue reading “Digital Skills Workshop with OSISA”

Blood Donation Drive

On January 31st 2020, The Hub hosted a Blood Donation Drive, in partnership with Morija Museum & Archives, Morija Arts Centre and Lesotho Blood Transfusion Service (LBTS). We emptied our indoor space for the day, making laptops and tablets available outside for our young members! “Many more people showed up than we expected!” said MolebohengContinue reading “Blood Donation Drive”