Help Lesotho's Grandmother Support Program 2023-2025

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Over the course of the two-year Grandmother Support Program, 200 women explored a wide range of topics designed to help them process grief and loss in healthy ways, strengthen their communication skills, build resilience, and learn how to better care for themselves and their
families.

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100% of grandmothers felt they healed, learned, and grew as caregivers and community leaders.

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While the primary focus of the Grandmother Program is on the grandmothers themselves, it also includes several training days for grandfathers and the children being raised by these grandmothers. This inter-generational approach helps break down barriers and enhances the overall impact of the program.

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In addition, Help Lesotho facilitates the creation of ‘Village Support Networks’ comprised of smaller groups of grandmothers living in the same village. The support groups set their own meeting schedules and largely manage their own processes. Notably, these networks continue to thrive for years after Help Lesotho's training has ended. Additionally, the support groups often engage in self-led cooperative savings and income-generation activities.

 

                                                               Help Lesotho October 2025
 

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