Young Ex-Convicts to Be Assisted In Business - BNYC

EPHRAIM KEORENG
Staff Writer | Monday February 1, 2010 00:00

In an interview with Monitor, BNYC chairman, Chomi Letlole revealed that this decision was made at their recent board meeting, where they resolved to help rehabilitate young ex-convicts who are usually shunned by society.

He said with skills acquired in prisons such as carpentry, ex-convicts are better placed to start and grow their own businesses and thus be integrated back into their respective communities.

The board, said Letlole, also unanimously agreed to seek for funds from an international donor body to educate the youth on politics as encouragement to actively participate in the political affairs of the country. Even the youth who are already part of the country's political spectrum will be empowered to deal with the challenges they are facing.

Another resolution made at the meeting was to award certificates to youth in rural areas, involved in running the BNYC district offices.

'They are not paid anything, yet they volunteer their time helping in the noble cause of youth empowerment, hence we have decided that we should give them certificates that they can show in their Curriculum Vitaes, that they serve the youth,' he said.