{"id":183812,"date":"2018-08-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/183812\/helping-drug-addicts-reclaim-their-lives\/"},"modified":"2018-08-02T08:27:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T06:27:55","slug":"helping-drug-addicts-reclaim-their-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/08\/02\/helping-drug-addicts-reclaim-their-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping drug addicts reclaim their lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Founder of Future Fighters Community Empowerment Bongani Ngonyama held a drug awareness event in Extension Nine in Dukathole last Saturday.<\/p>\n

The event was a collaboration involving the Dukathole Crime Prevention Youth Desk, as well as the Germiston SAPS.<\/p>

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Drug-related issues were dissected, including bringing awareness to gender-based violence in the community.<\/p>\n

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Boys and girls from Dukathole gathered in Extension Nine to learn more about the effects of drug use last Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Tabea Buti, a social worker who is part of Helping drug addicts reclaim their lives, and Matete Mmola from the MEC of Community Safety\u2019s office engaged with the community members to find the root cause of why nyaope had claimed the lives of many Dukathole residents.<\/p>

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\u201cExtension Nine was the favourable location to host this event because the target market is in this area,\u201d said Const Maxwell Mabunda, communications officer for the Germiston police.<\/p>\n

\u201cNyaope has stripped a lot of the youth of their lives and it now owns their existence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have launched this drug awareness campaign to extend a helping hand to those who are actively seeking help.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also reached out to those who are strung out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Founder of Future Fighters Community Empowerment Bongani Ngonyama headlined the drug and gender-based violence awareness event hosted by his NGO last Saturday in Dukathole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Future Fighters Community Empowerment pledged to help drug addicts in the community reclaim their lives either by placing them in rehabilitation centres or getting them in touch with the Department of Social Development.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy hosting this event in their backyards, we are showing drug-addicted community members that we are accessible to them,\u201d said Bongani.<\/p>\n

The Germiston police motivated the youth to join the local youth desks in their area, as they believe it would keep them active in their communities and avoid mixing with the wrong crowds.<\/p>\n

To get in contact with\u00a0Future Fighters Community Empowerment contact Bongani on\u00a00815014452.<\/p>\n