Clowns Without Borders-USA, a United States of America based jester group, will visit Lesotho from November 18 to December 4.

Lesotho Save the Children (LSC) Village Manager, Mrs. Mphonyane Mofokeng, the group will visit several children's homes, including the Ts'oanelo centre in Leribe, the Lesotho Child Care Unit at Mazenod, Lesotho Girl Guides Association (LGGA), the Mantšase orphanage in Mohale's Hoek and the SOS children's home in Maseru.

Clowns Without Borders is mainly a child entertainer which aims at improving conditions in crisis situations by bringing humour and laughter to relieve suffering in crisis areas, including refugee camps, conflict zones and territories in situations of emergency.

The theatrical and circus oriented performances and workshops are taken into communities so that they can for a moment forget the tensions that darken their daily lives, Mrs. Mofokeng said.

The group has already visited South Africa and Swaziland.

04 November 2005