About five years ago, some of us started a group called ‘Christians Affected by Crime’ (CABC) where our focus was on providing support for families of perpetrators of offences.
In 2019, we started another project, ‘The Extended Family’ and the focus was to create greater awareness towards developing a big extended family, as a support network across the country.
Building on our learning from these initiatives and other youth initiatives across the country, I would like to propose a ‘Youth and Security Programme called ‘Plot of Land for Guns and Knives’.
The aim is to re-orient our young men who are involved in crime, to put their guns and knives down and become a part of the programme and lead more meaningful lives.
I am thinking out aloud here; of a practical economic programme that could be attractive enough, as alternatives to marijuana cultivation, drug dealing and other criminal activities.
