Kanono Thabane has three years’ experience in community development, focusing especially on social accountability. Currently, Kanono is Programs Director at Lesotho Council of NGOs where he is responsible for initiating, designing and implementing collective civil society programs in Lesotho. He holds a Master of Science in Economics from the National University of Lesotho and is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of the Free State. Kanono is driven by his passion for creating platforms which will provide a combination of modern, drug-free, alternative recreational activities and sexual and reproductive health education and services for young people in rural and urban communities. He intends to use his time in the Mandela Washington Fellowship to learn about methods for mobilizing young people across Lesotho towards drug-free recreational activities while providing them with basic life skills, civic leadership skills, and sexual and reproductive education and services.
