Wide ranging cooperation

In February this year, China-lesotho People-to-people Friendship Action Fund (CLPPFAF) donated $3,000 to cover tuition fees for 40 orphans and vulnerable students in the capital Maseru.

In his remarks during the handover ceremony, CLPPFAF Chairman Chen Kehui said the Chinese community in Lesotho launched the annual initiative three years ago, after realizing the need to assist the underprivileged in the country.

“We came to Lesotho to start businesses, but we noted there were challenges of poverty especially among orphans and vulnerable children,” said Chen, adding that they then formed the association and approached schools in 2014 to help select vulnerable students for assistance with school fees payments.