Barbados street crime needs to be curtailed
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is so worried about the surge of gang culture on the island that she has called for the creation of community-based parenting clubs and a national support hotline.
Noting that gang culture has increased organised crime, Mottley, who is also the minister of national security, said that the problem, while not as severe as in other parts of the region, is not just for the government alone to address.
She wants lawmakers and Barbadian citizens to coordinate parenting clubs and to create spaces for reasoning. “We make assumptions that people in every family know what is right and wrong in terms of raising children,” Mottley said.
In the debate on the Criminal Gangs (Prevention and Control) Bill, Mottley also said that, until these were implemented, a hotline should be established to help parents manage difficult children.
She also highlighted the $5m special grant fund facility for registered faith-based organisations to deliver youth-focused community programmes, saying these entities will help in the raising of children.
09 Aug, 2023
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