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LRCS INTERACTS WITH DDMT
Mohale’s Hoek, Feb. 06 — With the aim of assessing understanding of National Disaster Risk Management Ecosystem, the Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS), with its representation from Pretoria, RSA, has on Tuesday held a meeting with the District Disaster Management Team,...
LESOTHO RED CROSS (LRCS) RELIEVES FIRE VICTIMS
By Ments’ele Mohloboli On Tuesday 20th February 2024, Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) provided a family whose house had just burned on the outskirts of Maseru at Ha ‘Mants’ebo with relieve materials that included bags of maize meal, rice, beans and cooking oil...
LRCS LAUNCH STORM SURGE RESPONSE
Following the heavy rainfall coupled with winds which caused severe damages affecting 968 people whose impacts were felt mostly by communities in Maseru and Quthing districts from the 22nd -28th December 2023, Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) received the Disaster...
SURFACE-2-STORAGE: USING WATER STORAGE DATA TO MITIGAGE DROUGHT RISK
Climate change increasingly exerts pressure on natural resources, threatening humanity and nature. Water-related risks are an example of this: in many parts of the world, scarce and continuously declining availabilities of water cause major concerns such as drought,...
LRCS EXTENTS A HELPING HAND TO ST. PAUL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
On the 10th August 2023, Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) received a request from St Paul School for the Death in Leribe that the school was about to be closed due to lack of food. As a result, Leribe Division and the LRCS Headquarters facilitated the provision of...
LRCS HOLDS AN EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL WORKSHOP.
On Thursday the 30th March 2023, Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) held an Early Action Protocol (EAP) at ‘Manthabiseng Convention centre. Present at the workshop were LRCS Divisional Secretaries, LRCS staff, Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Forestry, Range...
KENA GRANNY’S CLUB
With the help and guidance of Lesotho Red Cross Society, elderly people from Kena community started a “GRANNY’S CLUB” with the aim of destressing and coming together as elderly people to talk about challenges that they come across in their day to day life. This...
70 PERCENT TARGET TO VACCINATE AGAINST COVID-19 PROMISING
Africa CDC Saving Lives and Livelihoods Regional Coordinator Dr Charles Ibeneme informed the Lesotho Government Minister of Health Mr Selibe Mochoboroane that he is impressed with the achievements of the COVID19 vaccination project in Lesotho. Dr. Ibeneme informed...
LRCS COMPLETE CHLDREN’S RIGHTS VIOLATIONS STUDY FOR UNICEF
Although children have adverse challenges to get education in Lesotho like long distances to school and bullying they still find schools as safer places to be than home. This was said by the children during a UNICEF Lesotho study called ‘Children’s Voice’ whose...