My Sources

Works Cited

WBBC News - Lesotho country profile - Overview. (n.d.). BBC - Homepage. Retrieved June 14, 2012, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13728324

Sentebale. (n.d.). Sentebale. Retrieved June 11, 2012, from http://www.sentebale.org/home/index.html

UNICEF - Lesotho - Statistics. (n.d.). UNICEF - UNICEF Home. Retrieved June 14, 2012, from http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/lesotho_statistics.html

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Watch 'The Forgotten Kingdom'

To watch Prince Harry's experiences in The Forgotten Kingdom click here

About Sentebale

When Prince Harry visited Lesotho for the first time during his gap year in 2004 he met Prince Seeiso of Lesotho and the two began to formulate an idea for a charity devoted to Lesotho's children.  The film 'The Forgotten Kingdom' which documents the experiences of Lesotho's children created a huge interest in the topic with its success.  600, 000 British pounds were raised in donations from all around the world and another 500, 000 were raised in the sails of the film.  In 2006 the Princes launched Sentebale and set up headquarters in Lesotho.  Since then Sentebale has provided finale aid and management to many local organizations and has effected the lives of countless children forever.

Go the Extra Mile

If you are interested in Sentebale and would like to know more about them or would like to make a donation  visit their website http://www.sentebale.org/home/index.html

Your support is greatly appreciated!

How Can Nelson Help?

My plan of action to get the Nelson community involved in this issue, as well as raise funds for the NGO, is to plan a school dance with all proceeds going to Sentebale.  Dances at Nelson are a lot of fun and if promoted properly they can raise A LOT of money.  I am on SAC so I would be able to propose the idea of this dance to the other members and recruit their help to plan it.  The theme of the dance would be red because that is the colour mainly associated with the fight against HIV/AIDs.  Students would be encouraged to wear red clothes to support the cause.

At the dance students could buy snack, beverages, red rubber bracelets that say hope for $1 or red and silver charm bracelets for $5.  All proceeds from these sails would go directly to Senetbale.

Charm Bracelet




                                 Rubber Bracelets




Each student who arrives at the dance will be given a free red support ribbon after they hand in their ticket.  These ribbons will also be placed at the ticket sails table for students to take as well as the snack and jewelry table during the dance.  Students would be encouraged to take these as a way to spread awareness about the cause and to show their support.

Tickets would be sold for $7 and you could buy them at lunches in the week leading up to the dance, permission forms would also be available in the office during and a few days before ticket sails.  All ticket proceeds would be donated to Sentebale.  At the dance we would keep with the red theme and have red balloon bouquets on either side of the entrance, we would also hang red and white ribbons from the ceiling and cover all tables with red table cloths.  Inside the dance itself we would use red lights to flash while the music played to keep with the theme.  Our goal is that the dance would raise $1000 for Sentebale to help the orphaned and vulnerable children of Lesotho.

Interesting Facts

Did you know?

-Lesotho has a population of 1.8 million

-it is the only country in the world where all the land lies above 1000 metres 

-400, 000 of those people are orphans or vulnerable children 

-nearly one third of the population is infected with HIV/AIDs

-it is the only country in the world completely surrounded by another country 

-Lesotho has the third highest HIV/AIDs rate in the world

-Sesotho is the language the Basotho people speak 

-Sentebale means 'forget me not' in Sesotho

-both The King and Prime Minister of Lesotho have been HIV tested to encourage people to get tested

-life expectancy at birth is only 40 years

Now you know!

What Still Needs to Be Done

Although Sentebale has provided much needed aid to this country and improved the lives of many children, much work still needs to be done before this country reaches it' s goals of becoming AIDs and poverty free. In 2000 Lesotho accepted it's UN Millennium Declaration Developmental Goals as being, combat HIV/ AIDs, eradicate extreme poverty and provide universal primary education.  Even with the attention and donations given to Lesotho progress towards reaching these goals is slow and the children are suffering from it.  The children are the future of this country but unless something is done it is likely the country will never meet its goals.  Desperate action must be taken immediately to help save this country's crisis.  Sentebale is striving to take this desperate action and have ambitious plans to help change Lesotho's future but to do this they need donations to help fund the projects they support.  Much work is needed to be done in Lesotho but  with organizations such as Sentebale devoting their time and effort to the cause there is hope for a better future.