Members of this Commission who have programmes or plans to engage in sustainable agricultural, food security and environmental issues to contribute to the improvement of Basotho livelihoods. Some members work in the field of advocacy, others with grassroots communities.


Business and Commercial Development Commission
Members under this Commission are mainly involved in income generation projects. The focus of the commission is to promote small-scale enterprises and to generate employment. The commission also seeks to promote joint ventures for small-scale manufacturing and other enterprises development.


Democracy and Human Rights Commission
The main objective of this commission is to co-ordinate NGOs efforts in democracy and human rights issues. The role of the LCN through the Democracy and Human Rights Commission is to sensitise the NGOs about democracy and human rights issues. It is through the effort of this commission that the NGOs have played an important part in the democratisation process in Lesotho and where the Voter Education Programme is being administered. The commission has 22 NGO's.


Disaster and Humanitarian Relief Commission
The role of this Commission is to co-ordinate the disaster management relief operations of these NGO's, using the specialised knowledge of the commission. Effective co-ordination of this sector requires that disaster preparedness measures be put in place by the NGO’s participating in disaster management and relief.

Human Resources Development Commission
NGO’s under this sector provide social services such as health, welfare and education. Members of the commission also carry out training of the communities. The Human Resources and Development Commission is responsible for building capacities of its members and ensuring that skills of NGO’s personnel are developed so that the NGO’s in turn can train their members. In addition, the commission takes keen interest in issues related to education Lesotho and provide feedback to both the Ministry of Education and other training institutions. It has 14 member NGO's.

Under HRDC there are two main programmes. These are Population and AIDS awareness. Members have decided that the commission should develop co-ordination programmes to facilitate effective co-ordination of efforts in responding to different problems.

Women and Children Commission
This Commission co-ordinates all activities of organisations dealing with women and children issues. It was formed at the time when gender issues and gender equality were on the agenda in the country and internationally. Its focus therefore, is to improve political participation of women and to ensure that their rights are not violated.