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Sentebale’s mission is to help to transform the lives of Lesothos orphans and vulnerable children, to empower them to reach their full potential.

Founded by Prince Harry and Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso, Sentebale works with grass roots community based organisations to deliver long term help and support to Lesotho’s children.

Lesotho is a unique and beautiful country, but with extreme poverty and the third highest rate of HIV/AIDS in the world, it is a country in desperate need of help. Of Lesotho’s population of 1.8million, it is estimated there are at least 400,000 orphans with around 3% of the population dying every year. Life expectancy is an average of just 40 years. The people of Lesotho are fighting for survival against the HIV/AIDS pandemic ravaging the country and extreme poverty.

Sentebale is committed to identifying, supporting and empowering Lesotho’s most vulnerable children, helping them to transform their own lives, and giving them a leg up to escape the poverty trap. We are helping the most vulnerable children; orphans, abused, disabled, ill, deprived children and herd boys. We are changing the lives of children like Lebo every day.

Lebo is just ten years old. Her mother died of HIV/AIDS and her father is mentally handicapped. She had to leave school as there was no one to care for her younger brothers. One of her brothers needs special care as he has HIV as well as TB. Lebo is responsible for her whole family, cooking and caring for them, with no one to look after her. Through working with a local care centre, we are providing Lebo with support looking after her family so that she can go back to school, and making sure that Lebo and her family get clothes, food and medication. It is only through support such as this, in partnership with local organisations, that Lesotho’s children can not only have a childhood, but a chance at a future as well.