Mafeteng — Students from Limkokwing University of Creative Technology have donated essential supplies to Morapeli Disabled Centre at Motsekuoa to improve the living conditions of children at the facility and support their daily needs.
Speaking in an interview with the Agency, Dr. Nketsi Moqasa, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, said students were given a task to identify unique health related issues for research, and they chose Morapeli Disabled Centre.
He said the students visited the centre to donate items that would help meet the children’s everyday needs. He said donations included crutches, mattresses, clothes and other essential supplies.
Dr. Moqasa said during their visit, he heard that workers were not adequately trained to care for children with disabilities, a situation that made their work challenging. He noted that the workers needed counselling to help them cope with the demands of caring for the children. He also highlighted other challenges facing the centre, including cooking outdoors and occasionally running ot of firewood.
Dr. Moqasa further expressed concern about the children’s clothing, saying some were not in good condition. He added that most of the children still had parents, but they had been brought to the centre because their parents did not know how to care for them.
Meanwhile, Sister Maneo Morapeli expressed her excitement to receive the donations, which addressed some of the children’s basic needs.
She said the donations came at the right time, as the centre was facing shortages of sleeping facilities and lacked adequate places where children could be served their meals.
Sister Morapeli said not only the University supported them this year even other organisations had also supported the centre in different ways.
She mentioned that Vodacom had constructed a boys’ hostel, Standard Lesotho Bank had provided food parcels and blankets, while National Drug Service Organisation had donated pallets that were used to make beds.
She further said both the workers and children needed counselling to help the children accept themselves and their circumstances.
Sister Morapeli expressed gratitude to the Limkokwing students for their generosity and encouraged them to continue extending a helping hand to those in need.
Morapeli Disabled Centre was established in 1970 by the Bishop Alphonce Morapeli who was based in Bethel to care for disabled people.
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