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Apr 02, 2013 News
– youth club successfully launched
The administration of the Police ‘C’ Division (East Coast Demerara) has kept its promise to the village of Buxton to engage the youths of that community in meaningful vocations. It formally launched the Police/Buxton Youth Club last week.
The project which is partly the brainchild of Deputy Commander, Stephen Mansell, kicked off last Saturday with a day of sporting activities at the Buxton Community Centre Ground.
The initiative was born out of discussions between the ‘C ‘Division police and members of the once troubled village at a recently held face the community meeting, to steer the youths of the village away from ungainly activities.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Superintendent Mansell explained that the meeting with Buxtonians was part of a series of meetings that is planned for several communities throughout the Division.
“We recently had one meeting at paradise primary school where we captured 145 youths within Dazzell Housing Scheme, Bare Roots, Bachelor’s Adventure, Non Pareil, Paradise and other areas as far as Victoria,” Mansell explained.
During the discussions with the Buxtonians, the police immediately jumped on the idea of establishing a mechanism through which the youths could elevate themselves while engaging in fun filled and educational activities.
The police hope that through the youth club, which will mirror several others that were established in Berbice and other areas, the young Buxtonians as well as interested youths in the neighbouring communities will benefit from sporting activities, extra lessons and computer training classes.
“Out of this we will attach the youths to our summer camp that we usually have annually, and to our work study programme at Eve Leary,” Mansell stated.
It is expected that during the work study programme, the youths will be engaged in attractive areas such as forensic science and music, rather than just basic policing involvement.
Mansell said that although working in the various East Coast Demerara communities so far, the programme is in the embryonic stages, there is already some level of satisfaction on both sides and there is confidence that the objectives can be achieved.
“Residents are now getting on board and bringing their children out. There are parents who are also part of this club. In fact, some of the executives of the club are teachers from the Buxton Secondary School and police officers.”
The deputy commander revealed that popular businessman Mr. Wilson who owns the Buxton Gas Station has promised to provide some computers and soon a computer centre will be commissioned for the youths.
President of the club, Yvonne Bristol-Morrison, expressed gratitude to the police for the work they have started in the village.
She is confident that the programmes identified for the club and the successes will be manifested in the entire community embracing it.
“The Guyana Police Force pledged to us that during the August vacation, these children will be involved in work study within the various police departments.”
Morrison expressed the hope that some of the persons in the community who still have a negative perception of the Guyana Police Force will come around to embracing the present engagement.
“If police and the Agricola people were at odds recently, and now because of the work that the police did in there you can’t go into Agricola and say anything bad about the police, that is exactly what we want to portray in Buxton right now. We need to keep our youths occupied,” Morrison told media operatives who traveled to the community to witness the launching.
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