One Youth Empowerment at a Time.
The rate of street violence, sexual exploitation of our girls, and illegal drug use has skyrocketed over the past few years. Evidence has shown the correlation between low social economic status, lack of family and community support as some of the reasons for increasing violence in the street.
Our youths need guidance and direction from everyone in the community to help them thrive and live a life that is free of crimes. We can help our youths make a positive impact in the community by directing their energy into learning skills, encouraging them to stay in school, and staying engaged with extracurricular activities. Youth join gangs for protection, enjoyment, socioeconomic status, money, and peer pressure.
Our underprivileged youths are at higher risk of joining a gang if they engage in lawless, criminal offenses because of such behaviors as aggressiveness, lack of resources to complete educational requirement, problems at school leading to drop out, low socioeconomic status of the parents, aggressive or violent behaviors, lack of family support and or community support programs.
Our focus at Passionate Fortress Foundation is to help support underprivileged youths in our rural communities to get them off the streets by helping to empower them with skills acquisition and training. We believe when we help empower our underserved youths with skills, we help reduce the burden of street crimes, as well as reduce the rate of sexual exploitation of our teenage girls.
At Passionate fortress, we believe change starts with one person leading the way and then propelling others to follow fast. Please help us make a positive impact in the lives of our youths. We need your partnership and help to support our goal and to help put a smile on the faces of our youths by equipping them for a better future.
Written by Tessy
References
World Health Organization (2012). Preventing Youth Violence: An Overview of the Evidence. Retrieved from 9789241509251_eng.pdf;jsessionid=145F267D0819B34CBFD63F66D5AFB445 (who.int)