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The latest updates from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and World Bank.

Low rainfall in recent months across Lesotho has left a quarter of the population in (to use the aid jargon) severely food insecure.
The 2019/20 summer will be tough. The government is having to divert some of it's very limited budget to buy grain imported from South Africa to avoid famine.
Even if the drought breaks soon water quality remains a major problem. If you visit you should only drink bottled water. The World Bank and the European Investment Bank have recently approved loans for phase 2 of the lowlands water project which will bring clean water to about 15% of the population in the second half of 2024.
The number of people living with HIV/AIDS remains at tragic levels (nearly a quarter of the population). There were about 13,000 new infections in 2018. Slow progress has been made but roughly a third of sufferers are not getting antiretroviral treatment.
Political instability dogs the government. Efforts continue to unseat the Prime Minister and bring down the government.

Pam and Nigel will also meet with the village chief and committee at Makhalong to plan 2020.

They will check out the school at Molelle to see how the new buildings are holding up.
Children from Kunyung Primary School have made friendship bracelets for their counterparts at Molelle. Pam will present them to the children when there.
The children at Molelle have written booklets about themselves in Sesotho and English so Pam and Nigel will bring them back to Australia and pass them on to Kunyung.