Rebuilding lives
2009-10-15
EIGHTEEN youths from Mbekweni have joined the Realistic (Rebuilding and Life Skills Training Centre) course that started three weeks ago in Mbekweni. This is part of a four month reintegration training course that helps youths to be productive, law-abiding citizens. This week ten of them joined a group from Guguletu for an orientation camp in Wellington. Realistic is a community-based organisation located in Guguletu which was established in 2004 by a former employee of the South African Department of Correctional Services (DCS) who realised that many ex-inmates re-offend after they are released from prison. “To intervene in what is widely viewed as a cycle of crime, Realistic offers holistic support (therapeutic support as well as vocational training) to ex-inmates as well as youth at risk,” said Tsepiso Mphulanyana, the project administrator in Mbekweni. “This orientation camp for the young people will be followed by a four month part-time rehabilitation course. After that they will receive a certificate and help with other community projects. “It is our mission to create a crime free society by supporting ex-inmates and youths at risk to to get back into mainstream society. We want them to become productive, law-abiding citizens. “The staff is the driving force of this group and they also frequently inform the parents about the progress of their children,” he said. For more information on the program, contact Tsepiso at 082-404-5636.
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