My brother, Stephen Turner, who has died aged 69 of bowel cancer, was a development consultant who spent much of his career in Africa, notably in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho.
A gentle soul, Stephen had a knack for forging consensus and achieving results. He was committed to bettering the lives of the poorest people in Africa. From 1987 until 1990 he was head of the environmental division of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, calculating compensation for villagers whose lands were flooded by dams built to provide water to South Africa, and power and income to Lesotho.
