Comments on: YouthNet Charity Will Cease Operations

By: Step up graduates

Step up graduates — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:16:08 +0000

The graduates can save the programme. Step up and win the battle for future generations.

By: Charline Asphall

Charline Asphall — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:20:36 +0000

As a former YouthNet mentor, I am sorry to hear this news but it is not surprising considering the current conditions. YouthNet did a great service for many of our young people and I am proud to have made a small contribution to the organization. Clare and her many teams, supporters deserve a special thank you for their dedication.

By: Community First

Community First — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 14:01:28 +0000

This is a major loss of a programme committed to developing young people. In the 25 years they have served, they probably positively impacted 25,000 lives – think about that.

Having a mentor is often the difference between feeling lost or connected. As the reality of how funding is distributed in Bermuda is revealed with COVID 19 and now questioned through our Black Lives Matter movement, one must ask the obvious:

Why do we continue to fund our very expensive yet broken public educational system and stand by as organisations like Youthnet dissolve?

Is Youthet simply collateral damage to an entrenched system of wealth creation for a few?

By: toadinthehole

toadinthehole — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:45:52 +0000

Very sad. Is this the first domino?