Building Livelihoods and Spreading Hope

Lesotho, a small mountain Kingdom in southern Africa, has one of the world’s highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection. The double impact of illness and poverty has put strain on almost every social safety net and affects every family in the country. People are battling HIV/AIDS with few resources-availability of health care is insufficient, education is unaffordable, and access to trade opportunities is scarce.

Global Relief Outreach is currently operating three grassroots community projects in Lesotho. Powered by local creativity, we support sustainable social, health and education initiatives that have been empowering communities since 2005.

G.R.O. projects impact each generation. The Oatway Family Scholarship Fund and LEAP programs assist high school students, often orphaned by HIV/AIDS, to complete their education and pursue post-secondary education opportunities.

The G.R.O. Artisans Collective gives mothers, who are battling chronic illness and social inequalities, the opportunity to generate their own income by accessing local and world markets for sale of handicraft goods.

The Grandmothers’ Support Group runs a small scale organic poultry project that raises funds to help provide poverty relief and end-of-life care to families in their community.

The profound thing about G.R.O.’s work in Lesotho is that simple acts of compassion and support have provided tremendous change and hope in vulnerable Lesotho communities.

“G.R.O. is like a tree – we as this community are the roots, and we are growing into something beautiful, strong and lasting.” – Mpho Mphana (G.R.O. Lesotho Member)

Click here to learn more about Lesotho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho).

Click here to meet the Lesotho team.