| Purpose : |
Planned activities include the creation of committees comprising youth at risk who will be responsible for planning and promoting activities for young people; organizing sport activities to demonstrate the benefits of physical activity, sportsmanship, and healthy competition; organizing cultural activities to develop talent among youth, enable them to discover a little-known side of their personalities, and express themselves; organizing sport activities with neighbourhood police officers to improve the youth-police relationship; holding discussions during which stakeholders will informally address topics such as friendship, love, managing emotions, and alcohol and drug use; incorporating young people within Patro's staff so that they may keep meaningful company with adults they can talk to in order to find solutions to their problems; and organizing activities that develop young people's talents to improve their self-esteem. |