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Lesotho - Population: 1,865,040; Life expectancy: 37 years; Terrain: more than 80% of the country is 1,800 meters above sea level
 

 

 


D-lab Lesotho Team Leaders

Matt Orosz (mso@mit.edu)
 Kate Steel (ksteel@mit.edu)

Regional Partners

Bethel Business and Community Development Center
BBCDC was founded in 1993 as a sustainable community committed to rural development, education, permaculture and innovations in renewable energy.

Related Links

CIA World Factbook, Lesotho:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/lt.html

Lesotho Council of NGOs (LCN):
http://www.lecongo.org.ls/

Lesotho Government Online
http://www.lesotho.gov.ls/

The CDC website with recommendations for travellers to Lesotho:
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/safrica.htm

The US Dept. of State travel site with advice and information for travellers to Lesotho:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/lesotho.html
   

Contact Information
D-Lab is part of the Curricular Initiative for Development Design at MIT, and is sponsored by the Edgerton Center and a grant from the Alumni Funds. This year's class is organized the Edgerton Center, Setu, the Brazilian Students Association and the MIT Haitian Alliance. Contact Amy Smith (mmadinot@mit.edu) for more information.