This is the house that Sue and Hayley will share in Mafeteng. Me Lineo is making the introducions.

This is the house from the outside. The small house neighbouring is the landlady's house.

This is the second house in Mafeteng. It's a 5-minute walk from Sue + Hayley's house. It has three bedrooms but was still being renovated when we called by. This is where Fional, Helen and Adrian will be living.

This is just a cute film of one of the children currently living in the house singing a Sesotho song, "everyone is happy". Dolen Chair Wayne, director of Mencap Cymru, Liz Neal, Me Lineo and the landlady all join in.

This is the bathroom at the first house (Sue + Hayley's). It's not fully-functioning yet but they were almost done with the plumbing, so fingers crossed...!

This is one of the bedrooms at the second Mafeteng house. It's currently being used to store all the kitchen furiture and equipment while they're doing up the kitchen but will have a bed and cupboards in by the time you get there.

Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. The Basuto National Party ruled for the first two decades. King MOSHOESHOE was exiled in 1990, but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and was reinstated in 1995. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after seven years of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Botswanan military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative political stability. Peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002, but the National Assembly elections of February 2007 were hotly contested and aggrieved parties continue to periodically demonstrate their distrust of the results. Capital: name: Maseru geographic coordinates: 29 19 S, 27 29 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Administrative divisions: 10 districts; Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru, Mohale's Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek, Quthing, Thaba-Tseka https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lt.html

Mathakane Metsing, 24, is HIV positive and very open about her status. Her 18-month-old daughter Blessing was born free from HIV because Mathakane went through a comprehensive prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme in Mafeteng Hospital in Lesotho, services which are supported by UNICEF. Mathakane now uses her personal experiences to counsel other women about the importance of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In the African kingdom of Lesotho almost one in every four adults is living with HIV, the third highest HIV prevalence rate in the world. One in three pregnant women in antenatal care is HIV positive, meaning that every year thousands of children risk being born with HIV, passed from mother to child during pregnancy or birth. UNICEF has helped to increase the number of clinics and hospitals offering Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services that reduce the chances of babies being born with HIV. In these clinics, every pregnant mother is tested for HIV, given counselling and advice and if necessary, put on a life-saving anti retroviral (ARV) drug regime. Within eight hours of the birth, the newborn is also given a dose of the ARV Nevirapine. All of this increases the chances of the baby being born free from HIV. However, despite ongoing efforts, today only 20% of all HIV positive women in the country can access PMTCT. As a result, one in ten of all babies are born with HIV in Lesotho. Photographer Gideon Mendel travelled to Lesotho in November 2007 and the resulting Lesotho Voices films, images and words tell the personal stories of several women there. The women are from different regions of the country, all are living with HIV. Some of them have benefited from PMTCT. Others have suffered without access to these vital services. Find out more by visiting the Youth Voice website: www.unicef.org.uk/youthvoice/bornfree.asp.