Residents of the Karoo town have come together to create programmes aimed at tackling the crisis among young people, many of whom struggle with drug addiction and unemployment.
We drove through the charming village of Prince Albert in January – “charming” because, unless you have a debilitating dislike of desert heat, it really is. We were on a road trip, and I always enjoy staying in this little Karoo town. Yet beneath the cute veneer, there is a crisis among the town’s young people, many of whom are involved in drugs and end up dropping out of school.
The village park, a block or two from the cafe, was in a sad state. I learnt that some Prince Albert business people were collaborating with representatives of North End, the local township, to craft a plan to fix up the neglected park for the children of Prince Albert, a project called “Parkie”.“The new trend in some towns is to put fences around the parks to keep the bad elements out,” one of the meeting attendees later wrote to me.
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