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)

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LNFOD Press Statement on the Provision of Disability Grant for Persons with Disabilities in Lesotho.
LNFOD notes with appreciation the steps undertaken by government of Lesotho through the Ministry of Social Development (MOSD) to budget for the implementation of the disability grant as envisaged in the Persons with Disability Equity Act of 2021. The provision of the grant has a great potential of improving the social and economic status of persons with disabilities if implemented in the human rights-based approach. However, LNFOD is equally concerned with the manner in which the MOSD intends the implement the disability grant. 

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Request for Proposals
The Lesotho National Federation of Organizations of the Disabled (LNFOD) seeks services of an independent, competent and qualified consultant to support the organization to develop gender action plan to be implemented by the organization under the ongoing Gender and Disability in Practice Project 202/2023. The action plan is expected to fully promote the institutionalization and operationalization of LNFOD Gender Policy 2015 to Promote Gender and disability Mainstreaming within LNFOD.
Duration: 20 days
Interested consultants are required to submit their proposals on or before 19th March 2021

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The Long-Awaited Disability Law welcomed by PWDs in Lesotho 


After 12 years of ratification of the united Nations Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, The Kingdom of Lesotho has on the 12th March 2021 domesticated this treaty through the Enactment of Persons with Disability Equity Act N0 24 of 2021. 

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Request for Qualifications: 
The Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) seeks to engage an independent consultant to evaluate the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, legitimacy and lessons learned from the ‘Lesotho National Disability Mainstreaming project for 25 days.
This project is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Social Development (MOSD) And LNFOD from the 1st March 2020 to 30th April 2021.  
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Call for Proposals
LNFOD with the financial support from the Austrian Development Cooperation they have created an innovation grant to support organizational capacity building for Organisations representing Persons with Disabilities (OPDs).
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