Toddlers can't sit still without being busy with something.
Teenagers also have activities that keep them busy.
Whether it's studying or playing games, they have something to keep themselves occupied.
Post-matriculants who can't find spaces to continue their studies have nothing to do at home.
Tertiary graduates who can't find jobs also don't have anything positive to do with their lives.
If they can't find anything positive to do, they end up straying.
A solution could be to build recreational and sport facilities in communities around the country and encourage the youth to use them. Young people's minds should be stimulated and that's how they will develop courage to follow their dreams.
If we don't help the youth to shape their future, we destroy great talents which could rescue us from poverty, crime and other pandemics.
- Letter by Abigail Ledubuko, Bochum
