Established in 1989, the Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) is an umbrella body of organisations dealing with disability in Lesotho.
LNFOD's Vision: A Basotho society that is accessible and inclusive of all people that live in it, and that enables and empowers people with disabilities to enjoy their social, economic, political and human rights on equal basis with others, and to reach their full potential in all aspects of development.
Its mission is to advocate for, promote, and defend the rights of people with disabilities and their families through provision of training, material and emotional support, and by representing their needs to government, development partners and the wider community.
Its membership consists of the Lesotho National Association of Physically Disabled (LNAPD), Intellectual Disability Association of Lesotho (IDAL), Lesotho National League of the Visually Impaired Persons (LNLVIP) and National Association of the Deaf in Lesotho (NADL)
​THE FIRST SITTING OF THE 10TH PARLIAMENT OF LESOTHO
 
The first sitting of the 10th Parliament of Lesotho took place on the 12 June 2017 post the 2017 June snap General Elections.
In his opening remarks, the newly elected speaker of the 10th Parliament Mr. Sephiri Motanyane raised the hopes of people with disabilities by highlighting the dire need to make the parliament of Lesotho inclusive of the self-representation of people with disabilities.
He uttered that, people with disabilities have been left behind in the parliamentary affairs due to absence of their self-representation of which continues to perpetuate social inequalities among the Basotho nation as a whole.

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Consultant Required: Baseline Study on Access to Financial Services for Persons with Disabilities
The Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) is implementing a three-year program, “Capacity development for the promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities” with the financial support from Diakonie Austria whose back-donor is Austrian Development Agency.
One of the key envisaged activities of this program is to conduct a baseline study to determine the level of existing inclusion of people with disabilities living in the program area in the economic, livelihoods programs, access to financial services for the establishment of income generating activities provided by the Public and Private Institutions including Civil Society Organisations.
The applications should be hand delivered at House no. 22, Mobile Rd, Old Europa, Maseru or submitted at admin@lnfod.org.ls on or before the 8 June 2017 at 5:00.
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The Immediate Success for the New Project
On 16 March, this project was introduced in Tšana-talana Community Council in the district of Mafeteng. The total of thirteen community councillors representing all thirteen electoral Divisions (ED) in Tšana-talana community council were in attendance. The community councillors welcomed the project beyond the expectation of LNFOD. Speaking on behalf of the councillors Mr. Teke Seeiso shared that this project came to their council at the opportune time when the council had just drafted its annual plan. He shared that people with disability have never been included in the previous nor are they included in the current annual plan of the council. Mr. Seeiso further mentioned that they, community councillors were not aware of the fact that people with disability comparatively benefit minimally from the work of the council living in poorest condition of life as a result.


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