الجمعة، 11 يناير 2019

Without Inner City Youth Programs Indianapolis Youngsters Are Doomed

By Kathleen Smith


It is a great tragedy that this modern world, with all its marvels and advanced technology, has only been to the benefit of the privileged. There is no more sense of community spirit. People no longer look after each other. It is all about oneself. It is selfish and greedy. In the cities, meanwhile, thousands of youngsters struggle for survival while nobody seems to care. Yet with their inner city youth programs Indianapolis organizations do actually make a difference.

Youngsters often end up troubled and in trouble because they no longer enjoy the love and care of a family. So many parents are just too busy to pay attention to their children. These youngsters often look for love and acceptance in all the wrong places. Organizations that try to help therefore often focus on creating an environment where young people feel save, worth something and cherished and where they receive encouragement.

A very large number of young people drop out of school and give up hope because they believe that they will never be given the opportunity to lead ordinary lives. Most of them do not even have rudimentary skills that can help them find employment. Some organizations recognize this need and in partnership with potential employers, they offer training courses that may just make all the difference.

Young people on the streets often develop very serious behavioral problems. They are angry and defiant, they want to be independent, they think that they have been abandoned and they therefore shun society. These young people need counseling and it is not always all that easy to convince them of that fact. They need to face all their issues and resolve to become active and productive members of society.

Sadly, many troubled young people fall into the ugly web of addiction. They use drugs and alcohol to help them forget about their hardships. They seek oblivion in glue, heroin and very often extremely dangerous substances. They, too, cannot move on until they are clean and sober. Several organizations help these youngsters by offering extended rehabilitation programs. Resources are scare, however, and not everyone can be helped.

No effort, however noble, will permanently have an effect of a young person that still have to survive in the streets. That is why several organizations have shelters where they can stay. They are kept safe from the bad influences of the ghettos and they are fed. It is almost always in these sheltered environments where charities do most of their good works and achieve most of their successes.

It cannot be denied that there are many people and organizations trying to help young people get on their feet. They are too few, however, and they have extremely limited resources. They can only reach a fraction of the desperately needy youngsters roaming the streets. Society and the authorities should become more involved. Every young life wasted should be an accusation against society as a whole.

The future of the world is in the hands of the youth. Large numbers of disenfranchised young people spell serious trouble for the future. That is why every effort to help them, to guide them, to counsel them and to employ them should be supported.




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