Don La Foucade, former Manager Social Investment, Corporate Communications for RBTT, right, and president of the Port-of-Spain West Rotary Brian Jones at Cascadia Hotel in St Ann's yesterday.
Photo: Shirley Bahadur

By Michelle Loubon

Former manager of social investment, Corporate Communications, RBTT Don La Foucade said yesterday Rotarians have an urgent responsibility to create programmes to stem the tide of youth violence and delinquency.

He made this comment while delivering the feature address to members of the Port-of-Spain West Rotary Club. Yesterday’s meeting was held at Cascadia Hotel in St Ann’s.

Among those present were president Brian Jones, past president Saty Seemungal, Guardian editor Valentino Singh, past president Christopher Kelshall and members Dr Paul Faigenbaum, Judy Wilson and Jerry Popplewell.

La Foucade said he had assisted about 200 youths from YTC on rehabilitating and restoring their broken lives.

“Young men are hurting. Do come up with youth initiatives. Do not hide behind your gated communities. These are people who built them. They know how they are built. It’s only a matter of time before they visit.”

“There are young women. You need to share your experiences with them. They all need to know somebody cares about them,” he added.

But he was optimistic, saying: “All is not lost. There are a lot of people, hopefully Rotarians, who believe they can make a difference.”