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Lesotho, a landlocked country in southern Africa, is home to about two million people, including Ivan Yaholnitsky, whose family name is familiar in the Yorkton area. The Yaholnitsky family farmed south of Mikado. Ivan went to the University of Saskatchewan, and what he is doing in Lesotho is the topic of this podcast.


Lesotho is a poor country. Nearly two-thirds of the country’s income comes from farming, and a quarter of the population is unemployed, according to the government of Lesotho website. 


That’s where Ivan arrived in 1987, to teach at the high school in the village of Bethel, in the eastern part of the country. And that is where he still is today. He and Antonia Nthabiseng from the village were married there in 1993, they raised a son and daughter, and that same year Ivan established the Bethel Business and Community Development Centre, or BBCDC, which teaches and practices sustainable development and learning by doing.

Ivan Yaholnitsky on Substack


Ivan Yaholnitsky on Solar Cooking Wiki


BBCDC newsletter detailing work completed in 2024


BBCDC website


BBCDC Facebook page


Ivan's Instagram


BBCDC on Google Earth


Sacramento City College and Solar Education Project Zoom session with Ivan and BBCDC students (September 2024)


Government of Lesotho website


Life in the Mountain Kingdom, YouTube channel of Ivan and Antonia's daughter Audryana

Video produced by Ivan's daughter Audryana about BBCDC

The Kingdom of Lesotho, completely surrounded by the republic of South Africa


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