Using Communication to Help Bring Education for All in Lesotho
he Kingdom of Lesotho is a small mountainous country completely surrounded by South Africa. It is a peaceful, politically stable country; a nation with a traditionally high literacy rate when compared with other African countries. The people of Lesotho place a high value on education which they view as a human right for all citizens. Lesotho’s constitution encourages fundamental education for all.
Yet attaining total access to education remains a struggle fueled by economic and social challenges. Unemployment exceeds 50 percent, for example. HIV/AIDS prevalence in Lesotho is the third highest in the world (as a percentage of population), estimated at more than 27 percent of sexually active people. The number of orphans, resulting from the AIDS crisis, is nearly 10 percent of the total population.
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