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Sentebale benefits from the Manhattan Polo Classic
17th September 2009
The Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic, held in New York in May this year, has raised over $400,000 for Sentebale’s work supporting orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho. The American Friends of Sentebale were kindly selected to be the beneficiary of the match, in which Prince Harry took part.
The donation will help the charity to continue to expand its work on the ground in Lesotho.
There are an estimated 400,000 orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho. Through Sentebale’s partnership work with grass roots organisations, the lives of children such as Lebo are being transformed.
Lebo is just ten years old. Her mother died of HIV/AIDS and her father is mentally handicapped. She had to leave school as there was no one to care for her younger brothers. One of her brothers needs special care as he has HIV as well as TB. Lebo is responsible for her whole family, cooking and caring for them, with no one to look after her.
Through working with a local care centre, we are providing Lebo with support looking after her family so that she can go back to school, and making sure that Lebo and her family get clothes, food and medication. It is only through support such as this, in partnership with local organisations, that Lesotho’s children can not only have a childhood, but a chance at a future as well.
Sentebale was founded by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in 2006 to help Lesotho’s orphans and vulnerable children. The charity works with community leaders and grass roots organisations to transform the lives of orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho.
Lesotho is one of the world’s poorest countries and has an estimated adult HIV prevalence rate (15 – 49 years) of 23% of the population.