Lesotho and Moliehi Sekese

This week, in class we have been visited by Moliehi Sekese, a reward winning teacher from Lesotho, a small country with little over 1.9 million inhabitants, surrounded by South Africa. The country is, despite its size, very beautiful, complete with great mountains like the peak of "Thabana Ntlenyana" which is 3'482 meters above sea level. All though the country has a lot of mountains the really interesting part is the overall altitude of the country. The lowest point in Lesotho is at 1400 meters making it the only country where all of the land is above 1000 meters. As I mentioned, Lesotho is surrounded by South Africa. In other words it is an enclave, a country situated within another state, but because of Lesotho's height the climate and the country in general is much different from the rest of South Africa. The temperatures are much lower and the summers are shorter, some places they have snow parts of the year, and in the mountains they have snow all year around. 

As well as being a beautiful and tiny country it is also one of the poorest countries in the world, giving the people of Lesotho inexcusable school conditions as an example. Despite the fact that Moliehi's school has few resources she has been dedicated to her work all the time and has managed to provide her school with several computers. Moliehi Sekese is a teacher at Mamoeketsi Primary School in Lesotho. When she first started using technology in class she borrowed two laptops from a friend. Her school however didn't get electricity before 2010, which meant she had to charge the computers at home and then bring it to class at school. Even though the school has few technological resources Moliehi managed to win one of Microsoft’s technology competitions. Winning the competition gave her the opportunity to visit other countries like Britain, Brazil, Sweden and Norway on conferences.

Moliehi's dedication towards the school is something we should all learn from and I believe we should think about how lucky we are to be born in Norway. We should really us the opportunity for education we've been given, and use the access of technology to our advantage.