LESOTHO: OBLIGATION OF FY06 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND

UNCLAS MASERU 000491 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/RSA; AFR/DP/PAB; AND AFR/SD GABORONE FOR USAID/RSCA/OFM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON EAID SOCI XA LT SUBJECT: LESOTHO: OBLIGATION OF FY06 DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND (DHRF) II -- AGREEMENT 632-DHRF-06-001 REF: (A) MARINDA J. HARPOLE E-MAIL DTD 09/23/2006; (B) MARINDA J. HARPOLE E-MAIL DTD 09/14/2006; (C) MASERU 455 ¶1. Subject grant agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Law Office (632-DHRF-06-001) for the purchase of law books has been cancelled in its entirety in compliance with DHRF requirements as per refs A and B. Amendment No. 1 to effect this change was signed by COM on September 28, 2006 and by the Director of Prosecutions on September 29. ¶2. Post entered into an agreement with a new grantee on September 29, 2006. Details follow: - Project Agreement Number: 632-DHRF-06-006 - Project Name: Lesotho Homemakers' Association - Project Description: The association will organize regional awareness workshops to target youth and women groups in the rural areas of Lesotho where it operates. The workshops will create awareness on what the Local Government entails and the roles and responsibilities that youth and women have in realizing developmental and democratic objectives. At the same workshops, participants will be introduced to voter education in preparation for the general elections to be held in 2007. The content uses both formal and informal education methods aiming to equip trainees with skills to disseminate the information on the voter education materials. The trainees will be guided with all the elections processes before, during and after the elections. The voter educators will be made to clearly understand the Mixed Proportion Method model currently in use in Lesotho. The project intends to bring awareness on the issues of the Local Government and the project will also ensure that women and youth understand and identify the roles that they need to play in such structures. - Amount of Grant: $5,000.00 ¶3. The Embassy is hopeful that all requirements have successfully been met for obligation of these funds. MURPHY PERRYJC