A Fourways-based organisation has called on locals to support a new youth initiative aimed at serving the community.
In an effort to fight crime in the area, Douglasdale Police Station has partnered with Daily Bread to establish a Youth Crime Prevention Desk.
Daily Bread feeds thousands of people weekly and provides skills development to youngsters from surrounding informal settlements in areas such as Diepsloot, Alexandra and Msawawa.
Founder and chairperson of the non-profit organisation, Charmaine McGinley said the initiative would strengthen the existing working relationship between her organisation and the police. “Daily Bread is always open to work with law enforcement agencies in the area. We have a good working relationship with the local police station that dates back to 2008,” she said.
“We hope this partnership will yield good fruit in the fight against crime.”
Douglasdale Police Station spokesperson, Captain Mpho Tshetlhane said partnerships with community-based organisations that worked with young people could help in the fight against crime in the area.
“Police alone cannot fight crime without the involvement of community members, especially young people. Douglasdale Police Station has embarked on a campaign to recruit young volunteers between the ages of 18 to 35 who will serve in the youth desk office,” Tshetlhane said.
“We want young people to be involved in the fight against crime. Daily Bread is one of those local organisations that we’ve partnered with to fight crime in the Douglasdale vicinity,” she added.
Tshetlhane concluded by urging youngsters who wanted to become volunteers, to visit the station and ask for the youth desk coordinator, Sergeant Nicolas Mokwena.
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