{"id":8293,"date":"2022-01-08T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/ldf-prepares-makoanyane-rangers-for-community-integration-2"},"modified":"2022-01-08T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T15:51:41","slug":"ldf-prepares-makoanyane-rangers-for-community-integration-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/ldf-prepares-makoanyane-rangers-for-community-integration-2","title":{"rendered":"LDF prepares \u201cMakoanyane Rangers\u201d for community integration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commemorated Mass Sports Day together with Makoanyane Rangers and the Ultimate Radio in an effort to motivate young women and men who are undergoing<\/p>\n

rehabilitation at the facility. The celebration was an initiative by the LDF Youth Development and Rehabilitation department, made possible by the youth radio station \u2013 the Ultimate Radio, Tobaka Consultancy,<\/p>\n

Maluti Mountain Brewery (MMB), Vodacom Lesotho and Alliance Insurance. In an interview with Informative Newspaper LDF Youth Development and Rehabilitation Leader Captain<\/p>\n

Bokang Melato said the activities are meant to get \u201cMakoanyane Rangers\u201d ready to reintegrate with the community. \u201cThem being part of our Mass Sports Day celebration allows for communication with<\/p>\n

other groups of people,\u201d he said. Melato said they often engage with other parts of the community in an effort to re-connect them with the communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe go to churches and community services so that they could work and interact with other people,\u201d Melato highlighted.<\/p>\n

He noted that Makoanyane Rangers are the fortunate group of people he had ever come across as they have been supported by multiple experts from different professions and institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are already working with the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports and<\/p>\n

Recreation to create projects that will enable these young people to work independently when they get out there,\u201d he said. MMB Head of Sales and Marketing Pusetso Twala told Informative Newspaper that they were<\/p>\n

inspired by LDF\u2019s initiative. \u201cThese young people are our siblings, brothers and sisters, we live with them in our villages as well as our homes, so their<\/p>\n

development means that our communities will improve, our country will develop and most importantly, our operations will be secured. We have supported with<\/p>\n

refreshments as it is a celebration day, gave away t-shirts and caps, our support to this initiative amounted to M10 000,\u201d Twala explained. When speaking at the<\/p>\n

celebration LDF Commander Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela indicated that it has been a tough journey to get where they are because they were extremely<\/p>\n

challenged by negativity coming from the communities. \u201cThere was a point where we thought it was unethical to keep these children, however we looked deep into<\/p>\n

our intentions and reassured that our aim is real, honest and truthful, there is a huge difference to this far, a result of activities we have had, through<\/p>\n

the help of stakeholders and community members,\u201d Letsoela said. He stated that as they had nowhere to take resources that would be used by these young women and men who are now called Makoanyane Rangers, they received support from different companies when they called out for help.<\/p>\n

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