Key Messages There is no price data available for the reporting period. The food security situation was not affected by conflict or natural disasters during the reporting period. Although the food...
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Lesotho: ARA Gallery enters into partnership to aid orphans and vulnerable children with Habitat for Humanity
Through the Eyes of Africa's Children - a Gallery Exhibition To Inspire & Aid! Pretoria, South Africa, December 27, 2010. - In March 2011 Dubai's newest hot spot for artists and art lovers will open...
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Southern Africa Food Security Outlook October 2010 through March 2011
With the lean season approaching, regional food security conditions remain mixed with stable conditions prevailing over most parts of the region where harvests were good, but fragile in localized...
Education Initiative Puts Millennium Development Goal within Lesotho's Reach
Primary education in Lesotho is free but only half of classrooms meet quality standards - A grant from the Education for All - Fast Track Initiative will help refurbish classrooms and support primary...
Lesotho: Revised Plan 2011 (MAALS002)
Executive summary The national food self sufficiency and household food security is steadily declining as a consequence of natural and human induced factors such as drought, hailstorms, low adoption...
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Southern Africa Regional Food Security Update, October 2010
Lesotho =B7 Baseline assessment for the Joint UN Nutrition programme started on 24 October 2010. Final results expected towards end of November. =B7 Due to delayed start of the rainy season, planting...
European Investment Bank to provide EUR 140m for Metolong Dam and Water Supply Program, increasing access to safe water and supporting economic growth in Lesotho
The European Investment Bank today confirmed its commitment to improving access to water and quality of life in Africa with a EUR 140m loan for the EUR 282m Metolong Dam and Water Supply Program...
Ireland and Cyprus sign partnership agreement to improve access to education in Lesotho
Minister of State for Overseas Development, Peter Power, T.D and the Ambassador of Cyprus, Mr Sotos Liassides, today signed an agreement to improve facilities at Lesotho's only polytechnic which will...
Lesotho Food Security Monitoring System Updates Quarterly Bulletin 3rd Quarter 2010, September 2010
Summary for 3rd Quarter 2010 - The 14th Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook forum (SARCOF-14) predicted increased chances of above-normal to normal rainfall in the first half of the rainy...
Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcomes of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Spain and Lesotho
AFTERNOON 21 September 2010 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Spain and Lesotho. Yong Chanthalangsy,...
Lesotho: Health Sector Reform Program Phase II
Lesotho Health Sector Reform Program Improving Access to and Quality of Health Services in a High HIV-Prevalence Setting Overview Lesotho's challenges in the healthcare sector are daunting: battling...
GIEWS Country Brief: Lesotho 15-September-2010
FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Large increase in maize and sorghum production this year, attributed to favourable rainfall and improved access to agricultural inputs Cereal prices have remained stable during...
Lesotho: Don't forget the children - A renewed call to enact the Children's Protection and Welfare Bill
UNICEF and civil society call upon parliamentarians to stand by the children by enacting the Children's Protection and Welfare Bill. Maseru, Lesotho 08 September 2010- As the parliament of Lesotho...
Price Monitoring and Analysis Country Brief: Lesotho, June-August 2010
Key Messages Cereal prices have remained stable during the first half of 2010. The bumper harvest of 2009/2010 agricultural season resulted in increasing food security levels among the population. ...
Boosting Basic Education in Lesotho: US$20 Million Grant Awarded by Education for All Fast Track Initiative (FTI)
Press Release No:2011/072/AFR MASERU, 27 August 2010 - A US$20million grant agreement for improving the quality of educational infrastructure and basic education in Lesotho was signed on August 25,...
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Southern Africa Regional Food Security Update, August 2010
Lesotho - Results of the of the crop forecasting by the Bureau of Statistics show higher maize production (98,035 MT) compared to last year's production of 57,127 MT. - According to the LVAC annual...
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ANALYSIS-Measles complacency allows deadly surge in Africa
Measles outbreaks in Africa are the worst for years * Rising death toll shows what happens when guard is dropped * Funding gap of $59 million must be closed to halt spread By Kate Kelland, Health and...
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More in need of humanitarian assistance
By Irene Hoaës WINDHOEK - The number of vulnerable people that need humanitarian assistance in SADC has increased from 3.6 million in 2009 to 4.04 million in 2010. Namibia is among the eight...
LESOTHO Appeal No. MAALS002 - Mid-Year Report
This report covers the period 01/01/2010 to 30/06/2010. In Brief Programme outcome: In line with the strategic aims of the Strategy 20201, the Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) expected programme...
Mother-Baby Pack' model helps prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Lesotho
One mother's story: Malekena George sees hopeful results By Roderick Huntress Here is one is a series of stories on HIV/AIDS and children, presented in tandem with the XVIII International AIDS...