By ANDREW PHIRI
GOVERNMENT is empowering youths at Katombora Reformatory School with skills
to make them better citizens when they are released, Home Affairs Deputy Minister Stephen Kampyongo has said.
Speaking to juvenile prisoners and other youths at Katombora Reformatory School on Youth Day, Mr Kampyongo said Government had provided a number of training programmes such as carpentry, welding, plumbing and bricklaying through the Zambia Prisons Service.
He said Government would make a difference to influence positive change on the juveniles by empowering them with knowledge and skills that would better their lives as they integrate back into society once they are released. “Dear lads, when growing up, most of us witnessed different people going through different struggles in life and we felt and wished that we could help each other and every one of them with their problems.
“But we must realise that we cannot help and change everyone’s life. We can make a difference in some people’s lives, no matter how small that difference might be,” he said. He said the Patriotic Front Government was working tirelessly to assist the youths in business through the Youth Empowerment Fund. “It is up to you the youth to approach Government for the assistance you may need.
“There are also organs of Government and civil society that will assist young people with issues such as business registration, business plan writing and consulting depending on what you wish to do,” he said.
Zambia Prisons Service inspector of reformatories Fredrick Chilukutu said the inmates at Katombora Reformatory School could contribute to the social and economic development of the country. Mr Chilukutu said the juveniles were undergoing rigorous training in different skills, but that they were faced with a challenge of tools to continue their skills once discharged from the institution. He appealed to Government to consider setting aside funds that could help procure equipment for the inmates to use after being discharged.
SOURCE:TIMES OF ZAMBIA
Speaking to juvenile prisoners and other youths at Katombora Reformatory School on Youth Day, Mr Kampyongo said Government had provided a number of training programmes such as carpentry, welding, plumbing and bricklaying through the Zambia Prisons Service.
He said Government would make a difference to influence positive change on the juveniles by empowering them with knowledge and skills that would better their lives as they integrate back into society once they are released. “Dear lads, when growing up, most of us witnessed different people going through different struggles in life and we felt and wished that we could help each other and every one of them with their problems.
“But we must realise that we cannot help and change everyone’s life. We can make a difference in some people’s lives, no matter how small that difference might be,” he said. He said the Patriotic Front Government was working tirelessly to assist the youths in business through the Youth Empowerment Fund. “It is up to you the youth to approach Government for the assistance you may need.
“There are also organs of Government and civil society that will assist young people with issues such as business registration, business plan writing and consulting depending on what you wish to do,” he said.
Zambia Prisons Service inspector of reformatories Fredrick Chilukutu said the inmates at Katombora Reformatory School could contribute to the social and economic development of the country. Mr Chilukutu said the juveniles were undergoing rigorous training in different skills, but that they were faced with a challenge of tools to continue their skills once discharged from the institution. He appealed to Government to consider setting aside funds that could help procure equipment for the inmates to use after being discharged.
SOURCE:TIMES OF ZAMBIA
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