Help Lesotho documents its impact
By Francis Moran
For some time now, our major pro bono client here at inmedia has been the Ottawa-based charity Help Lesotho. Although we originally became aware of this group because of my personal connection to Lesotho, where I spent five highly formative pre-teen years, we have stuck with the organization because we are in awe of the dedication and passion of its volunteers and supporters and, most of all, of the clear impact they are having every day on the lives and futures of the young people of Lesotho with whom they work.
Help Lesotho has just released a new video that documents this impact in the words and life experiences of a few of its young leaders and others. Lesotho’s situation is complex and often seems overwhelming and even irredeemable. But the voices you will hear in this video are testament to the human spirit, to the audacity of hope, as U.S. presidential aspirant Barrack Obama has put it, and to the tenacity of Help Lesotho and the young people who benefit from its programming. One life at a time, one group of young people at a time, one school at a time, new skills and leadership are being developed. It is in this way that a person, a group, a village and, eventually, an entire nation, will heal and grow.
