Basotho Women Leading the Cause in Climate Change Action and Biodiversity Preservation: Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Mar 8, 2022 | UNDP
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Among the rolling hills of majestic mountains and green foothills lies the home of ‘m’e ‘Makatleho Kutoane; a 35-year-old bee farmer who has taken it upon herself to preserve these pollinators for the benefit of the ecosystem and to start her beekeeping enterprise. As a passionate farmer, she heard about the importance of bees in income generation, ecosystem improvement and other health benefits  on the radio, and she decided to venture into beekeeping. She embarked on independent research, and when UNDP Lesotho through Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change Project in collaboration with the Ministry of Forestry, and World Vision introduced a beekeeping training programme, she used the knowledge gathered as a launchpad into her business.