VISION
WE LIVE IN A WORLD
WHERE PEOPLE
INITIATE AND
SUSTAIN
ENDEAVOURS TO
STRENGTHEN THEIR
CAPACITY, PROMOTE
INDEPENDENCE,
FOSTER ECONOMIC
GROWTH, NURTURE
THE ENVIRONMENT
AND THUS ENHANCE
THE QUALITY OF
THEIR LIVES.
MISSION
THE MALEALEA
DEVELOPMENT
TRUST WORKS HAND
IN HAND WITH THE
MALEALEA
COMMUNITY ON A
RANGE OF SOCIOECONOMIC AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAMMES.
TOGETHER WE
PROMOTE
EMPOWERMENT,
IMPROVED
LIVELIHOODS AND A
SPIRIT OF
IINDEPENDENCE
MALEALEA DEVELOPMENT
TRUST
ANNUAL GENERAL REPORT
2013/2014
The Malealea Development Trust is a Registered Charity:
Registration number: 26610
Contents
1. Foreword from the Chairperson
2. Acknowledgements
3. Summary of the activities of the Malealea Development Trust
Focus areas:
3.1 Health and well-being
3.2 Social Care
3.3 Education and Training
3.4 Community development
4. Financial statement
Foreword from our Chairperson
Acknowledgements
The Malealea Development Trust would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of
the following organisations and generous individuals who have made a significant
contribution and had such a positive impact on the lives of the communities of
Malealea over the last year:
The Steven Lewis Foundation, for unwavering financial and moral support for our
HIV and related programmes, in particular village-based development work,
transport stipend and e-pap provision for HIV+ people, and most gratefully,
organisational development.
The owners and management of the Malealea Lodge and Pony Trekking Centre
for their generosity in the use of office and storage space and for facilitating positive
interaction with visitors and groups.
EAF for funding enabling us to continue our scholarship programme for students
attending Secondary and High school.
SOLMA and Gerard Heijkoop in particular (Holland) and all their generous donors
and contributors for their consistent and generous support for development projects
in the area of education and water.
To GIZ and Marcel Goeke in particular, for a donation which enabled us to have
solar power in our two new rooms at the community hall complex
The German Embassy for the funding of a new two-roomed building at the
community hall, and the fencing of this area.
Australian Volunteers International for giving us the indispensable Andrew, our
financial and planning master who sadly completed his term with us and has moved
one. We wish you well in the future Ntate, rea leboha.
The British High Commission, and Anne Macro in particular, for the funding to
allow us to project manage the building and fencing at the community hall.
Ib and Louise Margre and Amatola Foundation in Denmark for the funding of
mattresses, blankets and eating utensils for identified HIV+ children.
John Sames for the funding to build a reception class at Malealea Primary School.
Building a Global Community, Angela and Jennifer, our new partners, for funding
the new pre-school at Makhoseng village, a fence for the school garden, a tank for
water harvesting and for support for Ntate Isaka’s nursery.
Michael Schultze and the DAIMLER AG group for their most generous donation of
food vouchers to feed 30 orphans and their guardian families through two harsh
Lesotho winters and for clothing, stationery and first aid materials in beautifully
packaged parcels. Thanks to the whole team and all who contributed back in
Germany.
Johanna Haanstra for her generous donations to help orphans to be able to attend
pre-school, and for funding our social care worker.
Janet Tyler for her generous donations towards and on-going interest in the care of
our orphans.
Tessa Bell for funding for orphans and ZumKaliKali for 2012.
Jessica Huntingford and Correnti for fund raising in support of our orphans
projects.
KitAid, and the Fidler family in England for the generous donation for funds to
equip our football teams.
Clongowes Wood College for their consistent hard work out in the community and
excellent fundraising for the ‘tsoha o iketsetse’ food gardening project, for the
support of 4 orphans and to Father Mockey for the establishment of his scholarship
fund.
Bill Roebuck and his students from Dartmouth University, USA, for their regular
constructive working visits on community development projects in particular the
Dartmouth Donga.
Windsor Mountain International for their visit and positive interaction with the
children at the community hall.
Ken Dunn and Africa’s Gift and his colleagues for their regular visits and hard work
in a range of community projects, for useful donations of all sorts, all of which make
a significant difference.
Alice Ward for her ongoing donation of funds towards staff salaries.
M’e Felile our local environmental health nurse for her constant support and
enthusiasm in working with us on water and health related projects. We will miss you
very much M’e, tsamaea hantle!
Pieter Mierke for starting and leading our pottery project, ‘Letsopa’. Pieter has also
been a great source of support for orphans and old people in his work as an MDT
affiliation. Kayla Mierke, for tireless work with the young woman’s sewing and HIV
education group, ‘Thusanang Bacha’. To the whole Mierke family for help in a myriad
of ways and for endless support and encouragement.
To Ntate Hlapisi for assisting us so well in our orphan’s feeding programme at his
shop, and for the donations for our King’s Birthday Celebration. Ntate we appreciate
your support.
To the staff of the Malealea clinic for on-going collaboration and support.
M’e Manyanesu, our local community councillor for her support of our work and
providing us with the opportunity to work together.
Jacqueline Heijkoop our hardworking treasurer for all the hours of voluntary work
that she puts in on our behalf, our very grateful thanks
Casper … for his invaluable assistance with updating our web-site.
All our volunteers, Andrew who has just left us and Jocelyn Powleson who is
currently providing much-needed help with the children’s library, the ‘Letsopa’ pottery
project and with our HIV+ people’s survey.
To each and every visitor who has made a donation of whatever amount or of
whatever kind we thank you for your open-handed generosity. It is a constant source
of inspiration to cross paths with people like you. We feel privileged to have met, for
however brief a period of time. Even the smallest contribution makes a real
difference to the people of Malealea in myriad ways. You not only provide much–
needed financial and material and support to us all, but give us encouragement,
continued motivation and inspiration to continue the work of supporting the people of
Malealea.
To our Board of Trustees for their guidance and support, and last but not least, to
the dedicated and hard-working staff of the Malealea Development Trust, our social
care worker, M’e Maphakiso, our fieldworkers Ntate Motseko and M’e MaTsepo. Our
dedicated book keeper and office administrator Manthabiseng, our cleaner M’e
Marelebohile, our night watchman, Ntate Thabo Kolobe, and our dedicated and wise
chairperson and part-time projects manager, Ntate Tello Moeketse. Without the
commitment and dedication of this group of people, none of the work of the Malealea
Development Trust would be possible.
Activities of the Malealea Development Trust
The Malealea Development Trust works in four main focus areas. Each of these is
reported on below.
Health and well-being
HIV/AIDS is one of the biggest challenges facing people in the villages of Malealea.
Currently an estimated 27% of people are infected with the virus, and many more
affected in a number of ways. As in developing countries all over the world, it has hit
hardest in the most vulnerable groups which are young people, and in particular
young women, but its effects are felt by all people living in the valley. The MDT’s
support in this area is intended to take into account the far reaching consequences
of the disease and to provide a range of support. This support has taken the form of:
1. To continue to provide direct practical assistance to sick people through:
(a) the provision of a nutritional supplement, E-pap, to those whose CD4 count puts
them in the category of a severely compromised immune system, and thus most
susceptible to opportunistic diseases such as TB.
(b) the provision of transport stipends to enable people to access treatment, CD4
and viral load testing, and to undergo procedures not available at the local clinic
such as testing for TB and X-rays.
2. The MDT continues to support the activities of the local primary health care clinic
and its staff. We have done this through regular meetings where problems have
been shared and discussed, and through direct support such as materials for the
village-based health care workers’ first aid kits. We have also collaborated with the
environmental health nurse on projects related to environmental waste and water
and water-related hygiene, both of which meet basic human needs in the villages,
the need for safe clean water and for a clean environment.
3. The ‘Letsopa’ project aimed at generating income for interested community
members, foremost, HIV+ people. The project, still has a core group of regular
attenders, with some newcomers, and has extended to a children’s afternoon once a
week. We now fire pots in clay and dung kilns, and are experimenting with different
decoration techniques. All clay is sourced and processed locally to reduce overhead
costs.
Orphan support
Our programme has many aspects to it:
(i) We place orphans with guardians rather than in an orphanage, as we believe that
children thrive better in an extended family situation and in this rural area it is more
culturally appropriate. These orphans come from a number of villages in the valley.
We provide a small monthly food stipend to supplement the family income, we also
cover the necessary medical costs, including those children who have tested HIV+,
and we cover school related costs such as school uniforms and books at primary
and secondary level. Our social care worker offers physical and moral support
through regular visits to homes and schools.
(ii) The MDT social care field worker monitors and provides support for 28 orphans
and their guardians through regular visits to, and interviews with the children
themselves, their guardians and their teachers. The children currently attend the four
primary schools in the valley, Malealea Secondary School, Mathula High School, St.
Thomas High School and Motsekuoa High School. In this way we try to work with the
children and their families to identify difficulties and needs and to solve problems on
an on-going basis. Our aim here is to care for children and their families in an holistic
manner, so we concentrate on health, education and school performance, and the
quality of peer and adult relationships.
(iii) We continue to have a growing waiting list of 30 orphans. We offer what support
we can as often as possible through second-hand clothing distribution and donated
food parcels. We used a generous donation of food vouchers to feed these children
and we regularly distribute clothing, uniforms when we have them, and school
stationery.
(iv) We have continued to hold regular meetings with guardians to discuss such
issues as food security and the testing of children for HIV which is now under way.
(vi) Our Orphans’ Day has been renamed Children’s Day as we feel that every child
in this valley is vulnerable. This programme runs every month and continues to be a
success for those children who attend. This involves bringing together children from
all over the valley. On this day we offer the children an opportunity to speak privately
with our social care worker, and an opportunity to play games and enjoy themselves
in the company of other children. We offer activities such as singing, dancing and art
making when people with these skills offer to work with us. We are encouraging
networking and friendships in this group to promote stronger peer interaction and
support.
(viii) Our children’s library, begun in 2011 with donated books from Biblionef, has
grown from strength to strength. Starting out in a few boxes in the corner of an office,
we now hold library sessions twice a week in the community hall. We have a paid
librarian and 1 volunteer assistant one of whom is one of our orphans, and we try to
include structured games such as chess and card and board games to provide some
stimulation for our children who have little at home.
Education and learning
The Malealea Development Trust believes that access to useful and productive
learning is one of the cornerstones of human development, and is an important, if not
the only, way out of poverty for the children of the valley. We therefore actively
support education and informal training activities in the schools in the valley, as well
as informal groups.
The Malealea Development Trust continues to extend a helping hand to orphaned
and vulnerable children whose parents or guardians are unable to afford school fees.
Our ability to do this has been compromised by the difficulty in raising funds to
support children at Secondary and High School level, but we continue with
fundraising efforts for this important activity.
1. Pre-school level
In 2011/12, the MDT has continued to offer support to pre-schools. We
provide school fees for 5 orphans and vulnerable children in each of our
seven pre-schools. Our teachers write quarterly reports on these children, and
have learned how to keep simple financial records of donated monies. The
MDT holds regular monthly meetings with the teachers, where both business
matters and teaching activities are discussed. We regularly share donations
with all our schools and this year we had an informal programme of materials
making this year with the group.
2. Primary School level
The MDT has continued to offer support over the last year to 4 primary
schools in the valley. This support has taken the form of:
 The channelling of donated stationery by visitors to each school
 Assisting with school gardening.
 The channelling of received funds for self-identified projects.
3. High school level
During 2011/12 the MDT Scholarship Fund continues to support orphans and
vulnerable children on a scholarship programme allowing them to continue
their studies at secondary and high school levels. Owing to difficulties raising
funds, we have not been able to take on any new children entering Form A
during 2013. Students on the programme have been supported with books
(rented/loaned) school fees, computer education fees and examination fees.
Informal learning
The MDT has continued in its efforts to support informal education. This is intended
to supplement the work done formally in schools, as well as to promote life-long
learning in adults.
1. We have a pottery project mentioned above. ‘Letsopa’ has opened up to any
member of the community and are working on consolidating work done to
move more strongly towards income generation.
2. Our young women’s sewing group, ‘Thusanang Bacha’ aims to explore with
this very vulnerable group, issues around sexuality, HIV/AIDs and selfprotection. The sewing activities have now produced products that are being
sold, and it remains open to any young woman in the valley.
Community development
2012 and 2013 have seen the Malealea Development Trust engaged in a number of
community projects:
 The valley-wide survey of the villages we work with has proved to be a very
useful tool both for identifying and prioritising community development
projects by the villagers, and for fundraising purposes. Work now
concentrates on water projects and the ‘tsoha o iketsetse’ vegetable
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gardening projectIt covered aspects such as health, water and sanitation,
education, women and child-headed households, transport and access to
basic amenities. This survey has proved to be very useful in identifying
important village-based issues that need addressing. Phase two of this work
involves prioritising needs with the community and meeting those needs
wherever possible with the support of the MDT.
We have worked with communities on installing community toilets at Khorong,
Haphathela and Makhakhane villages.
The difficult work of tackling waste management has continued, with villages
working to collect, sort and process village waste. We aim to include local
businesses and taxi owners in the village of Makhumalong in particular.
We have built closed and open ponds in 5 villages to improve the hygiene at
water collection points. This was done with our visitors Clongowes Wood
College from Ireland.
Repairing the road to Tseanku village (also with Clongowes Wood College).
We are reclaiming a very deep donga at Haphathela. This work is on-going
with our visitors from Dartmouth University in America.
It takes a lot of tyres and stones to fill a
donga
 We have started a family-based
keyhole food gardening project, ‘tsoha
o iketsetse’ aimed at supporting
families in their efforts to grow a
nutritious and diverse range of
vegetables. This project has extended
into helping small-scale vegetable growers to buy seeds for income
generation. Our series of workshops aimed at exploring issues related to food
gardening are well attended and a Garden Committee has been formed to
take advantage of Government schemes in future. A teaching/experimental
garden is also attached to this project where new techniques and plants are
experimented with. The whole project is run along permaculture principles as
a means of maximising sustainability of food production, and care of the
environment.
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Participants on our 2-day permaculture workshop
and a successful keyhole garden at Letlapeng
village
Two new pre-schools have been funded, one opened earlier this year and one
is still under construction.
A footbridge has been constructed for the children of Litsoekeleng, with funds
raised through SOLMA.
Road work continued at Moreneng village, also with the help of the Dartmouth
students.
We supported a number of individuals who approached the MDT for support
in terms of income-generation projects. This included tanks and piping for
agricultural activities, roof repair, shoe mending and uniform making.
Choosing the next book to take home
 Football activities for all 5 teams in the valley were supported through the
funding of the English charity, KitAid and Julia Childs. Nets, cones, boots,
balls and storage facilities were bought for the teams to share. Two teams
have done particularly well in league matches in the last two years, one of
which is the young women’s team.
 We work hard to ensure that the second-hand clothing that comes in from the
Malealea Lodge and other sources is distributed as quickly and fairly as
possible to the most needy people in our valley. Our clothing hand-outs are
arranged regularly, and people receive clothing in exchange for work in and
around the Trust and local villages. We also distribute donated stationery
items to the schools in our area, and medicines and related materials to the
village-based health care workers through the Nurse in charge at the clinic.
The MDT hosted Kick4Life football workshops at 2 local primary schools in 2011 and
2012, and assisted the counselling and HIV testing organisation New Start in their
efforts to reach young men in particular, to encourage HIV testing.
In 2011 we began work to try and bring together all the sporting and recreation
activities in Malealea including local choirs and bands, the support of 5 football
teams at development and league level for men and women.
In line with its policy of promoting holistic development of communities and families,
the MDT hosted a number of community social events. In 2011 and 2012 these
were:
1. Working with Katt Lissard’s Winter Summer Institute from New York which
brought together drama students from the USA, South Africa, Lesotho
National University, and our local drama group, the MDT hosted a drama
festival in 2011, which focused on issues related to HIV/AIDS.
2. A Fun Walk/ Litter Walk, talent show and football festival in celebration of
the King’s Birthday in July 2011 and July 2012.
Walking from HaTaniel village to the
community hall at Makheteng on the
King’s birthday, picking up litter
3. The celebration of Independence Day in September 2011 and 2012.
4. A celebration of World Aids Day on December 1st 2011 with a drama and
music performance at the local clinic, and a Run4Life, Dance4Life,
Play4Life series of physical activities at the community hall.
As Ntate Tello mentioned in his foreword, we often get requests for assistance from
villages that we do not formally work with. This is because of their distance from us
and our limitations in terms of staff and funding capacity. However, we do try to offer
support when we can. So during 2011 the MDT also supported other needy schools
in more remote areas, Jobo Primary, Sebelekoane Primary and High schools,
Lebona R.C. Primary school, Lebona A.C.L. Primary School and Lekhache L.E.C.
Primary School, through the distribution of clothing stationery and toys for children,
as well as medicines for the local clinic.
As an organisation, we look forward to the opportunities and challenges ahead of us,
and to working hand-in-hand with the Malealea communities and all our supporters.
Thank you
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
MALEALEA DEVELOPMENT TRUST
2011-2012
Balance of monies in account on 1 April 2011 through 31 March
2012
Opening balance 1-4-2011
(A)
R
363,098.42
SLF account
Development monies received from Malealea Lodge
Donations direct through the Bank
R
R
R
533,574.24
131,954.52
705,355.29
Total funds received financial year: 11th April 2011 through to
31st March 2012
(B)
COSTS
R 1,370,884.05
1. Small projects: community hall, infrastructure
R 184,116.81
development(toilets, roads), micro-development income
generation projects, pre-schools
2 Overheads: Office administration, travel costs, postage,
R 135,540.44
staff salaries.
3 HIV/AIDS and REFLECT learning circles: (SLF funded)
R 424,162.87
4 Orphans and social care: multiple donors
R 116,842.95
5 School development: pre-school teachers’ salaries,
R 39,318.40
excluding scholarships
6 Environment: donga reclamation, tree planting, waste
R 8,040.00
management
7 Water: harvesting and sanitation of water sources, water R 37,631.75
projects
8 Computer-related projects (Hatta)
R 10,824.35
9 Clongowes Wood College, Ireland
R 43,235.55
10 SOLMA (Netherlands) school development
R 1,010.00
12 Banking charges
R 14,337.10
14 Expenses: Lodge income
R 119,940.28
TOTAL COSTS
(C) R 1,133,999.50
Funds remaining in 2012
(B-C) (D) R 236,884.55
Funds remaining for 2011-2012
(A+D) (E) R 599,982.97
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Scholarship account
Total income
R331,820.03
Costs
R 87,338.46
Scholarship Fund balance (2012-2013)
(F) R244,481.57
Total Funds remaining 2012-2013
(E+F)
R844,464.54
All account balances
Current account (MDT)
Savings account
Scholarship account
SLF account
Total Savings
R490,852.01
R 86,959.46
R238,646.30
R 1,668.65
R818,126.41