Tag: Youth Act
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Anti-crime charity at end of road
(CNS): After ten years of focusing on youngsters before, rather than after, they become involved in the criminal justice system, YouthACT is folding its operations as the charity is down to its last $600. The chair of the non-governmental organisation that provides proven crime prevention programmes for kids said that despite her best efforts, she […]
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Youth Act urges community to help make difference
(CNS): The organisers and volunteers at Youth Act are beginning what they hope will be the first step towards addressing the socio-economic deprivation impacting many Caymanians with the launch of a community project in Rockhole this weekend. Bonnie Anglin, who has been lobbying government to invest in crime prevention, said that nothing has changed in […]
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Funding scarce for crime prevention
(CNS): Local activists and volunteers, including the education ministry’s programme co-ordinator for at-risk youth, are hoping to secure funding from government to expand the work they do on crime prevention. While government spends tens of millions of dollars every year on police, prison and other security and enforcement measures, it spends almost nothing on crime prevention. […]