By Poloko Mokhele
The Hub this week successfully completed its outreach sessions that were meant to raise awareness on climate change and Covid-19 to the communities around Morija and Matsieng in Maseru district.
The Hub is a creative technology laboratory that provides affordable access to computers, internet, library services and a digital media training in Morija.
The British High Commission in Lesotho supported the sessions which commenced in August 2020. But due to Covid-19 regulations the programme was put on hold until August 2021 when the sessions resumed. The Hub bid for funding for the programme and won.
In an interview with the session’s facilitator, Amelia Senekane told theReporter said: “The Hub in partnership with The British High Commission has been organising Covid-19 educational outreach sessions since August 2020.
“The most recent programming has been running since August 2021, with a special focus on addressing vaccine hesitancy. From December 2021 to January 2022, we also included climate change and plastic pollution awareness in the educational outreach sessions,” she said.
Senekane pointed out that as a result of climate change, Lesotho is expected to experience a change in temperature and precipitation patterns, towards dryer and hotter conditions. She highlighted that most of the participants in the climate change sessions showed their deep concerns about the devastating weather changes.
She concluded that in partnership with its donors and partners, The Hub will continue to provide services, education, and creative digital content to its target audiences, bearing Covid-19 protocols and safety in mind.
“We are also looking forward to hosting two climate change-themed photography exhibitions in the garden of Morija Museum & Archives,” she said.
The sessions were facilitated by a team of four members, Senekane, Thembekile Mokhosi, Selebalo Molefe and Limpho Thoahlane, the founder of Pheha Plastic Recycling centre in Morija, as a facilitator for the climate change sessions.
