I had no meetings arranged today so I took the opportunity to go with Manyanye to visit my colleague, Jan, at St Angela Cheshire home for disabled children. St Angela’s gives children with disabilities a chance to attend school and get support in a country where for many people a disability is regarded as a […]
4th February 2018 The area around the guesthouse where I am staying is popular with learner drivers who are recognisable by the massive L-plates strapped to front and rear. The roads are usually quiet and there are a steady stream of learners being put through their paces. The road conditions here though hardly prepare them […]
Today was the start of the six nations rugby tournament back in Wales. I love the six nations. It is a great competition, there is lots of good natured rivalry and the matches are usually pretty exciting. If I had been at home I would have sat down in front of the TV with my […]
2nd February 2018 In the pre-departure training it was made clear to us that there would be days when not much would happen. We would be waiting for meetings to be arranged or people to come back to us and in the end nothing would happen. Today was one of those days. The meeting I […]
1st February 2018 In Lesotho, the Basotho people speak Sesotho. One person of Basotho origin is Masotho as in he is Masotho. The -sotho bit of all of them is pronounced soo-too. Every person I have met here has been friendly, with the possible exception of the public taxi drivers all of whom seem to […]
31st January 2018 In an effort to understand the mental health system in Lesotho a bit better I started my day by visiting the psychiatric hospital in Maseru. Mohlomi Hospital is situated to the South of the city in rural countryside and next to a large army barracks. Me Lehema, the Director of Mental Health […]
30th January 2018 Today started with a journey our to the suburbs to meet Me Phomolo Mohapolo who is the Lesotho representative for REPSSI. Their focus is on teaching caregivers skills to develop the wellbeing of children. With the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Lesotho many families are missing key caregiving generations and the burden often […]
29th January 2018 Today I started the placement proper. I met Manyanye at the Dolen Cymru/Lesotho-Wales Link office and started to plan how to get to meet the people I needed to see. Lesotho is a country where they like to do things properly – in some ways. Most professionals will not speak to you […]
Sunday 28th January At the risk of conforming to the British stereotype I thought it was time to say something about the weather here. This morning David and I went for a walk around the local neighbourhood in the blistering heat (this is by comparison to Wales). The skies were clear and the sun was […]
Saturday 27th January Having settled in yesterday David, a fellow ILOer who has been here for a couple of weeks already, offered to take me down to the Pioneer Mall in Maseru to get some supplies. The Mall is very similar in many ways to any you would find in Europe although still exciting for […]
