DVDs
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Karabo’s life in Lesotho Powerpoint
Questions and pictures exploring life in Lesotho
This Powerpoint invites pupils to look at similarities and differences between their lives and that of Karabo from Lesotho. These slides show several pictures from her everyday life, including her home, school and doing jobs and a series of questions are posed to get children thinking. This resource can act as a good starting point for discussion and is linked to other resources about Karabo’s life. For more information for Welsh schools wanting to partner with a Lesothan school, visit the Dolen Cymru website.
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Life in Lesotho - video clip
A day in the life of Karabo
Find out what nine-year-old Karabo does during her day and see how Send a Cow have helped her family. If you don’t have access to Vimeo.com at school, register for an account on their website at home and then you can download all our videos using the link on the bottom right of each video page. For more information for Welsh schools wanting to partner with a Lesothan school, visit the Dolen Cymru website.
A child’s day in Lesotho - keyhole gardens in action from Send a Cow on Vimeo.
You can download these videos for use in schools (if Vimeo is blocked) by creating a Vimeo.com account, going to the video and choosing the ‘download’ option on the right.
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Keyhole Gardens - video clips
Find out how Keyhole Gardens are used at home & school
A Ugandan group and school children in Lesotho show how to make a Keyhole Garden in these two videos. If you don’t have access to Vimeo.com at school, register for an account on their website at home and then you can download all our videos using the link on the bottom right of each video page.
How to make a Keyhole Garden from Send a Cow on Vimeo.
Keyhole Gardens in Lesotho from Send a Cow on Vimeo.
You can download these videos for use in schools (if Vimeo is blocked) by creating a Vimeo account, going to the video and choosing the ‘download’ option on the right.
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DVDs - older pupils & staff
Show a DVD to staff or use for discussion with KS4+
As well as Cabbages and Cowpats, we also have some free DVDs that are suitable for older pupils or to help enthuse staff about Send a Cow’s work. There are two to choose from: Harvests in Uganda, how people, land and animals live in harmony and our Lesotho & Ethiopia DVD, highlighting different approaches, like keyhole gardens, used when working in upland areas. Call us for a copy of these DVDs on (01225) 874222.
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Karabo’s life information boxes (+Welsh)
Background info on Karabo from Lesotho
These information boxes give insights into nine year old Karabo’s life, they can be cut up and handed out to table groups to discuss the questions are posed on each one. The boxes can also be used to promote discussion on their own, or by viewing this video piece (watch the Life in Lesotho video clip) or Karabo’s life in Lesotho Powerpoint. For more information for Welsh schools wanting to partner with a Lesothan school, visit the Dolen Cymru website.
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Drop Scotch
Fun hopping game from Lesotho
A variation of Hop-Scotch played in Lesotho by Julia. The game involves shunting a shoe polish tin around a grid as you hop. Not as easy as it sounds, but really good fun! You could have a competition to see who can get to the end.
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5 a day with Mpho (+Welsh)
Healthy eating lessons from Africa
These two lessons fulfill the curriculum requirement to teach about food groups through reference to the story of a four year old boy from Lesotho called Mpho. They are part global Citizenship and part Science and encourage children to think about healthy eating and specifically the goal of eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day - fitting into QCA - Teeth and eating and other areas in Science. For more information for Welsh schools wanting to partner with a Lesothan school, visit the Dolen Cymru website.
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