The G.R.O. Foundation welcomed Mr. Darryl Perry the CEO of OHAfrica during his recent visit to Lesotho in March 2009.  G.R.O. project partners and students demonstrated Basotho cultural dances for Darryl and the Canadian team of physicians, nurse clinicians and nurses working at Tsepong HIV/AIDS Clinic in Lesotho. It was a great party and our G.R.O. partners were honored to welcome Mr. Perry and collegues.

OHAfrica operates and supports Tsepong HIV/AIDS Clinic in Leribe, Lesotho in partnership with the Lesotho Ministry of Health.  This important clinic is considered a center of excellence for HIV/AIDS treatment and serves over 10,000 HIV positive Basotho.  OHAfrica has been a strong supporter of The G.R.O. Foundation and through our Memorandum of Understanding with OHAfrica, we are able to issue Canadians with charitable tax receipts.  Learn more about OHAfrica at www.ohafrica.ca.

G.R.O. also congratulates James White, founder of The G.R.O. Foundation who is now the Acting Project Leader for OHAfrica in Lesotho.

The G.R.O. Foundation would like to send its thanks to our friends and partners in Canada who make our work in Lesotho possible.

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Likano Mpoteli

 

Form D

17 years old

 When I have completed my high school, I want to go to university where I want to study nursing.  As we see that Lesotho is a developing country, it has few people who are educated.  For instances, we have so many people who are sick bu there are few nurses in hospitals to help them and they end up dying.  I want to help Basotho to stay alive because one day those people may become our presidents have improve our country.

At school, I like to do English, Accounts, Sesotho and Science.  The subject that is giving me a hard time is mathematics but I have tried to come through those problems buy asking some help to my schoolmates and my teachers.  They helped me and I am still going to them for getting help.

I like to play handball and watching the soaps like ‘Days of Our Lives’.  When I play handball, I feel like a new born child – I feel good with no stress.

Lesotho is a country of peace and stability, and everyone feels at home when they are in our country. Lesotho is a mountainous country and we have rivers, lakes and plants like trees and traditional herbs that we use as our medicines.  We have some places where keep the wild animals (national parks), rock paintings, historical places where we get to know how our grandfathers lived.  We also have the waterfalls and horse riding where we enjoy ourselves.

I want to work hard at school and pass my exams and get the help for the subjects.  I want to enjoy school, play handball and attend the clubs that we have at school. 

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Thakisi Makoe

 

Form D

17 years old

Respectively my dream career is that on my own, I need to be a farmer in life.  My farming can be able to cover some problems that are encountered by the family.  For if one of my family needs to be helped with needs like clothes, the farm like a chicken project, dairy, and rearing of sheep can be able to take cover against that problem.

I need to go to the university because there are so many challenges that have been encountered by the country while they are still making some findouts about how the economics of the country.  I need to go to university to share my ideas with other people from different places.  Sharing ideas about the economy can be managed to set the better future for the beneficial of Basotho and other people in the whole world.

The subject that I am very interested in are commerce, geography, accounts, mathematics, as well as Sesotho. I really need serious help in English Composition and letters as without passing there is no where a person can go because the universities and technicons need a person who has passed English.

If I could go to any country I would go to America or Canada because those people living there have changed my life in Lesotho from deep down.  They have introduced me on how to do things in such a way that I am on the safe side and to learn to plan for how one person can succeed in life.

-          I need to work hard to pass and be in Form E next year.

-          I need to change my life to make a better life.

-          I need to start the poultry project before end of winter.

-          I need to help other people in the community.

-          I need to respect all people, big and small.

This is written by a boy fighting against hunger and poverty, searching for a better economy and life style.

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Kopano Phakoe

 

21 years old

Form E

I would first like to give thanks to the Family Scholarship Fund because I could have not attended the school if this family was not there to help students who suffer about school fees, suffer in the house and many more. 

So my dream being in this family is that I want to be an accountant.   I think people who know things about money can help students who do not go to school.  I want to make some changes.

I would like to study accounts in the National University or Center for Accountancy. I am going to work hard there so that my dream can become true but it does not mean I am going to start to work hard there only.  I have already begun now.  The only thing left is to apply more effort in other subjects that I don’t perform well in.  My favorite subjects are mathematics, accounts, science, and chemistry.  English is very hard for me and Biology too.  I think if I can balance all the subjects I will get a good pass at the end of the year. 

Apart from the above, my hobbies in school are playing football and reading magazines.  I have found that these hobbies of mine are helping me a lot.  Such as magazines as they help me improve my performance in writing and reading English.

If I could go to any country, I would go to America so that I could get more information about a successful life and after I get that information, return to Lesotho to help students and provide the Scholarship Fund for everyone who has a serious sufferings in his/her life.

My target goals this year are as follows:

1)      I want to pass with First Class in my last year of high school. 

2)      I also want to be a pleasant example for the other students in this scholarship.

3)      I also want them to work harder but for them to work hard I should be a good example.

4)      I have also targeted that, at the end of this year, we all pass and to have that we should be co-operative to one another as we are now a family.

Everything is possible.

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Liekae Ntsalong - 2009 Student

New 2009 Scholarship Student

Form A

15 years old

My dream is to be a nurse because I want to be able to help the sick people and make a better living.  In this career, I will need to go to the university.  I like science, English, geography and business education. I want to work the hardest in science because I think it is the one which helps when one wants to be a nurse.  My hobbies are to play netball, to be an athlete and I like to watch games like football. 

My country Lesotho is the developing country and it has the attractive places like nature reserves and the dams like Katse dam.  There are so many tourists visiting Lesotho to see the enjoyable things like that.  It is a country where people earn their living by ploughing and there are so many fields for people to plough.

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The G.R.O. Foundation welcomed nine new students into the Family Scholarship Program this year.  Thank you for answering  ‘The G.R.O. Scholarship Challenge’ as a result, we were able to include more students than expected into the new 2009 academic year.  Meet the new students below and keep an eye on the blog to read their poetry and stories!

Bernedict Mahanetsa

Age: 16

Form: A

Vulnerable student

Bernedict has six siblings and is taken care of by his grandmother. His family struggles for basic needs such as bedding.  He dreams of being a social worker.

Teboho Motanyane

Age: 11

Form: A

Single orphan

Teboho lives with his two brothers and three sisters.  His father has passed away and his mother is unemployed.  He would like to continue his education and help others.

Phamotse Tlelase

Age: 13

Form: A

Single Orphan

Phamotse lives with his two sisters and his unemployed mother who is quite ill.  His father passed away a few years ago. He would like to study economics at university when he finishes high school.

Motsamai Makamole

Age: 16

Form: A

Single orphan

Mostamai lives with his three brothers and two sisters.  He lives with his father who is unemployed.  He is happy to be able to continue with his school.

Sebongile Sebajoa

Age: 12

Form: A

Vulnerable student

Sebongile lives with her brother and four sisters.  Her mother sells fruits in the market and her father is quite ill.  She dreams of being an accountant.

Khoaisanyane Letsekang

Age:  16

Form:  C

Vulnerable student

He lives with his mother with two sisters and three brothers. His mother is unemployed and father is not around. He dreams of being a doctor or an engineer.

Likeleli Ramahapu

Age: 12

Form: A

Single Orphan

She lives with her mother who is unemployed, her four brothers and one sister.  She would like to become a nurse to help people in need. Her siblings weed gardens to help buy food for the family.

Liekae Ntsalong

Age:  15

Form: B

Vulnerable Student

Liekae lives with her father and her brother.  Her father is a watchman and earns less than $40.00 a month.  She dreams of being a doctor.

Mamoletsane Lekitlane

Age: 18

Form: C

Single orphan

Mamoletetsane lives with her mother, brother and three sisters.  Her father passed away and her mother is quite ill and unable to work.  She wants to further her education to take care of her family.

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