Saving our boys

BOYS MAY be most at risk on this island: at risk of becoming involved in gangs, dropping out of school, ending up in prison and of being killed by the gun. But not all of them are going down the gutter, thanks to police youth clubs which, with little resources, make a change in the lives of their community members. Not many Jamaicans know, but well-known persons, such as former National Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips, former Police Commissioner Francis Forbes, the executive director of the Broadcasting Commission, Cordel Green, and even Olympic champion Donald Quarrie are products of vibrant police youth clubs. There are 500 of these clubs islandwide, totalling some 12,000 members.....MORE HERE