The reason we are a Youth Desk is because we deal directly as young people with other young people who struggle with finding their purpose as we are purpose pushers. The desk encourages and enables young people to participate actively in identifying the causes of youth violence and crime, and to collaborate in creating social crime prevention strategies for their communities. We work with other youth and youth groups to develop projects that are attractive, sustainable and implementable, and to respond to the specific safety needs of their communities. Initiatives Includes o Ongoing leadership and mentorship training for Youth Desk volunteers. o Peer educational support. Ongoing counselling, educational workshops. o Community upliftment programs. One day booth camps. o Youth Summit for change camps and workshops o School holiday programs and excursions. o Motivational talks at school assemblies, parent meetings and community initiatives. o Substance abuse & anti-gangsterism. Youth in our communities do not unnecessarily want to be gangsters and drug users, but they do so because of various factors such as absence of positive role models, broken home, negative peer group pressure and bullying lack of recreational facilities in our our communities, and lack of real interest by authorities in them and communities. We foresee that this project will in a very big way address some of these factors, , but importantly so, to develop also an entrepreneurial spirit amongst them.

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