After living with neighbours for almost six years, and always in fear of being evicted anytime, a 16-year-old Mamoeketsi Khoeli of Lekokoaneng, Ha Maope in Berea district will finally have a decent home with assistance from Habitat for Humanity Lesotho in collaboration with an American team.
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May 7, 2019
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Another orphan gets decent house from Habitat
According to Resource and Communications Manager at Habitat for Humanity Lesotho, Bohlokoa Mokhotho, Khoeli, who lost both parents was taken in by a neighbour in 2013 after her home was completely destroyed by fire. She noted that Habitat and a team of 10 volunteers from the United States of Africa on Monday commenced the construction of a two roomed house for Khoeli which would be handed over to her by Friday at at Lekokoaneng.
Habitat for Humanity-Lesotho is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian organisation established in 2001, which seeks to eradicate poverty
and lack of housing in Lesotho for the vulnerable members of the society. It works in partnership with individuals, communities and
organisations to provide shelter for low income families and vulnerable groups by building simple, decent, healthy and affordable houses in addition to raising awareness on housing, property ownership and inheritance rights.
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Habitat for Humanity Lesotho has been transforming the lives of vulnerable groups in Lesotho through shelter since 2001.
To date, more than 2 500 families have benefited from several Habitat Lesotho interventions such as Housing Support Service where
they accessed loans for home improvements; Global Village Program where household's lives were changed through access to decent and affordable two-roomed homes with the ventilated pit latrines, the Advocacy programme where families' livelihoods were changed through security of tenure as well access to property and inheritance rights trainings.
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