Established in 1991, the Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) is an umbrella body of organizations dealing with disability in Lesotho. Its mission is to protect the rights of people with disabilities Lesotho by providing support for disabled people’s organizations and empowering their members with life-skills, financial and material resources and representing their needs to the government, development partners and wider society. 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).

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Elevating Disability Rights in Africa Roundtable: Employment for Persons with Disabilities Lesotho
Maseru US Embassy organized employment roundtable for persons with disabilities with Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) on the 25 June 2014 at US Ambassador house in Maseru. The Lesotho private sector and the relevant government ministries were invited to share the experiences in how they accommodate people with disabilities at the workplaces as well as to how they ensure the recruitment of employees with disabilities in the companies. The invitees included the ECONET Telkom Lesotho, Vodacom Lesotho, and Lesotho Standard Bank, Employers association, Principal Secretaries of the Ministry Of Labour And Employment and Others.                                      Carl B FOX, who spoke on behalf of the US Ambassador, expressed the US government commitment to elevate disability rights in Africa and in this instance Lesotho will not be an exception. For full story click here
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LNFOD held a seminar on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) for members of the Social Cluster Committee of Parliament On the 30th May 2014. The agenda for the meeting was progress on the domestication of the UNCRPD. The Government of Lesotho acceded to the Convention on the 2nd December 2008. As an affirmation of its obligations under the Convention the Government has allocated a budget towards the development of a Disability Equity Act and the implementation the National Disability and Rehabilitation Policy. This is seen as a huge victory for the disability movement which has been advocating for the domestication of the treaty. For full meeting details click here 

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