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”
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“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”
Building Resilient Information Ecosystems in Southern Africa
From September 30 – October 3, 2024, Meri Hyöky represented The Hub at the ‘Building Resilient Information Ecosystems in Southern Africa’ conference on the future of journalism, education, free expression advocacy and media and information literacy in Windhoek, Namibia. The Hub was invited by DW Akademie, co-hosts of the conference together with the Namibia MediaContinue reading “Building Resilient Information Ecosystems in Southern Africa”
Tackling the Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in Rural Lesotho
In September 2023, The Hub travelled to Mokhotlong to document this story for Community Based Chronic Disease Care Lesotho (ComBaCaL), a collaborative programme between Lesotho and Switzerland that is tackling the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) of diabetes and hypertension in the rural districts of Butha-Buthe and Mokhotlong. Originally posted by ComBaCaL. The Hub provided services inContinue reading “Tackling the Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in Rural Lesotho”
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