Three members from Huvadhoo Aid will be participating in “Workshop on Ensuring Youth Programmes and Youth Associations as Enablers for Crime Free Generation” from 13 to 20 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The workshop is organised by the International Youth Centre (IYC), Kuala Lumpur, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Malaysia and University Putra Malaysia (UPM) with cooperation from the World Assembly of Youth (WAY), World Youth Foundation (WYF), Asian Youth Council (AYC), Committee for ASEAN Youth Cooperation (CAYC) and the Malaysian Youth Council.
The main aim of this Workshop is to ensure that youth programmes contribute to prevent youth involvement in crime, while sharing ideas and experiences on how youth programmes can be empowered and strengthen. The workshop will also outline crime free strategies, determine the approaches and action plans to enable a crime free generation of society. Two members from Huvadhoo Aid had also participated in International conference on engaging youth in crime prevention organised by IYC in August 2010.