Country Description:

CARE opened its office in Lesotho in response to the government's request for international assistance for drought victims. CARE's assistance included distribution of food, medicine and schoolbooks, as well as tools and equipment for the construction of roads, bridges and dams. During the next two decades, CARE operated a project that helped rural women increase their income through the establishment of small-scale, hand-spun mohair enterprises. CARE Lesotho has since diversified its programs to include water-supply construction, rural enterprise promotion, forestry and agriculture, and the commercialization of technology.