Somalina Posted May 17, 2011 Government of Alberta has recently made an announcement of critical funding that will enable the Canadian Somali community to prevent youth crime. This is a great victory for the Canadian Somali community. After a lot of advocacy efforts, the government of Alberta has finally listened to our concerns and provided the Alberta Somali community with much needed funding to deal with the loss of so many young men to gun violence. The program to support at-risk Canadian Somali youth in Alberta has received $1.4 million in provincial funding, the Alberta government announced recently. Ahmed Hussen, national president of the Canadian Somali Congress, was at the announcement to offer his support, along with Mohamed Accord, president of Alberta’s Somali Community Centre. “We’re very proud of this announcement,” Hussen said. “It is an initiative that has come from the community and it is meant to provide supports to Canadian Somali youth in order to enable them to avoid a life of crime.” The funding will enable Canadian Somali parents work more closely with a number of schools in order to ensure that their children succeed in school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geel_jire Posted May 17, 2011 most of the stuff was gang and drug related. it's a nice gesture, but im not sure that 'social programs' will be of any help. throwing money at a problem does not mean it will solve it. at least 4 deaths over the last two years that im aware of were men in their 30's gang/drug related incidents how is money targeted at high school kids going to help ??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
