1. Introductory PowerPoint For KS1 & KS2 This World Food Day…

2. © ActionAid / 2013 / 2 Where is Lesotho?

3. This World Food Day… © ActionAid / 2013 / 3 Did you know… Lesotho is the only country in the world that is entirely over 1,000 metres above sea level – that’s very high! Lesotho’s population is 2 million (the population of the United kingdom is 63 million) It has a currency called the loti (and each loti is made up of 100 lisente) Nearly two-thirds of the country's earnings come from farming, so growing food is really important for the country.

4. This World Food Day… © ActionAid / 2013 / 4 Why are ActionAid in Lesotho?

5. This World Food Day… © ActionAid / 2013 / 5 Meet Linjenj…

6. This World Food Day… © ActionAid / 2013 / 6 Meet Linjenj…

7. This World Food Day… © ActionAid / 2013 / 7 You can help families like Linjenj’s to grow their own food by taking part in… FUNDRAISING FACT £25 could buy gardening tools for a whole household

8. This World Food Day… What activities are on offer? Live Like Lesotho: Grow your own garden Investigate how food is grown in Lesotho try growing your own grub in weird and wacky containers! Live Like Lesotho: Give it up for Lesotho Find out what children eat in Lesotho and give up your favourite food for a week. Live Like Lesotho: Water race Challenge your pupil’s to carry water over long distances, without spilling a drop! Live Like Lesotho: Listen to Lesotho Experience the vibrancy of Lesotho’s culture by listening, playing along and dancing to Lesotho songs. Live Like Lesotho: Drop Scotch A variation of the popular playground game Hop Scotch, with an added Lesotho twist!

9. This World Food Day… What next? Now what are you waiting for! Do you want to… Grow your own garden? Give it up for Lesotho? Take part in a whizzy water relay race? Make your own music and listen to Lesotho? Or play a traditional Lesotho game of Drop Scotch! Fill in your pledge cards: Before you get started think about why you want to Live Like Lesotho, and the difference you can make to the lives of vulnerable families

10. This World Food Day… Don’t forget to tell everyone what you’re up to! We’ve got event posters you can stick up around your school and sponsorship forms and letters to take home. We’ve also got a totaliser you can print off and colour in as you raise money. Then you can see exactly the difference you’re making to people in Lesotho! FUNDRAISING FACT £50 could provide enough seeds to ensure a whole family can grow a varied crop, for life.

11. This World Food Day… © ActionAid / 2013 / 11 The money you raise for Lesotho will help ActionAid to ensure that families like Linjenj’s can produce enough food to support themselves, so THANK YOU!