(l.-r. front row) Ms. Charlotta Saul (GIZ representative for the training seminar), Ms.Yvette Wrigley (Commercial Attaché Lesotho Embassy), Ms. Sibylle Beck (Weltwärts Facilitator), HE Dr. Makase Nyaphisi (Ambassador Lesotho), Ms. Keeena Malefane Mosheshe (First Secretary Lesotho Embassy) (second, third & fourth row volunteers) Ms. Lena Rieger, Mr. Killian Mittl, Ms. Janna Bischoff, Ms. Marianne Stefanie Grzondziel, Mr. Jonas Bonhage, Mr. Max Träger, Ms. Anna Hechenrieder, Ms. Wiebke Pier, Mr. Benedikt Johannes Kürzinger, Ms. Hannah Schwär, Mr. Alex Burkard, Mr. Jonas Breidenstein, Ms. Karolin Bludau & Ms. Leona Sedlaczek (second and fourth row facilitators) Ms. Andrea Peters & Mr. Elias Perabo.

On the 15th August 2011, the Ambassador of Lesotho in Germany, H.E. Dr. Makase Nyaphisi together with First Secretary; Keeena Malefane Mosheshe and the Commercial Attaché, Yvette Wrigley paid a visit to the 2011-2012 German-Lesotho Volunteers, undertaking a two week preparatory training exercise at Brandenburg, Berlin Germany before departing for Lesotho.

Under the Weltwärts-worldwide’ programme the volunteers will be in Lesotho for one year. H.E. Dr. Makase Nyaphisi expressed his sincere thanks to the 14 volunteers for choosing to live and work in Lesotho for one year by presenting the volunteers with books depicting a short history of Lesotho, written by the Morija Museum. The volunteers also received tourism information brochures, Lesotho-German friendship pins and mini Mokorotlo’s in preparation for their Lesotho stay. As a token of their appreciation of the visit the young volunteers, displayed their Sesotho skills already learnt by reciting Sesotho proverbs and their English translation.

These young German volunteers who have just completed their matriculation will be based in various German funded projects in Maseru, Mafeteng and Berea districts offering Computer Sciences, Arts and Music at kindergartens, orphanages and youth centers. This is the second year that the volunteers are participating in the Weltwärts programme in Lesotho. The ‘Weltwärts Programme (Worldwide Programme) is an initiative of the German Development Corporation (DED) together with the German International Cooperation (GIZ) The Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho in Germany wishes the volunteers much success, happiness and fulfilling learning experience as well as heartwarming discovery in our beautiful Kingdom in the Sky.