Verulam Youth Crime Prevention Desk

26/08/2025

HEALTHY HER = HAPPY BABY 😄

22 August 2025

Celebrating women’s health and strength 🫶🏻

The Verulam Youth Desk hosted a special Women’s Day feeding at Waterloo Clinic in celebration of Women’s Month 🍲💐

In partnership with Durban Coastal Mental Health, the programme included an inspiring talk on mental health, nutrition, and women empowerment, reminding us of the importance of nurturing both body and mind.

A heartfelt thank you to all who supported this initiative and helped us uplift, empower, and honour the incredible women in our community 💖✨

18/07/2025

18 July 2025
MANDELA DAY FEEDING

Living Mandela’s legacy and serving with love, the Verulam Youth Desk distributed 150 meals of hot delicious samp to the following crèches:

1. Ebenezer ECD Centre
2. Ekuthuleni ECD Centre
3. Little Saints ECD Centre

“There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to helping others without expecting anything in return.” 💛

16/07/2025

12/07/2025

JULY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH 🧠💕🌷

Strong minds + kind hearts = brighter futures 🙌🏻💛✨

21/06/2025

19 June 2025

The Verulam Youth Desk donated and distributed prepackaged noodles to the following creches in Parkgate, Verulam:

Ebenezer ECD centre - 96
Little Saints ECD center - 36
Ekthuleni ECD - 60
Busy Bee Creche - 24
Enjabulweni Creche - 50

16/06/2025

🌟 Young, bold & full of hope! ✨Today we celebrate the power, passion, and potential of youth.💪🏽💛

26/05/2025

16 May 2025
Freedom to Flourish Youth Development Event in partnership with Trenance Park Library

This programme was focused on highlighting the social ills affecting our local youth, being alcoholism, drug abuse and mental health.

Several organisations provided information, awareness and education of the services and resources available for their support and development.

We are immensely grateful to all our sponsors and stakeholders:

1. South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
2. Durban Coastal Mental Health
3. Al-Anon Family Groups KwaZulu-Natal
4. Mr Micheal Lucas
5. Our programme director, Lindelwa Mkhize
6. Ethekwini Libraries District 2
7. K and K Foundation
8. Jennifer Singh
9. Quito Bhengu - Taxi Federation
10. Carshan Transport
11. All staff of the Trenance Park Library

Let us continue building spaces where our youth are not only heard, but healed. Not only seen, but supported. And not only surviving, but flourishing 🫶🏻🙌🏻✨🌈

22/05/2025

What are Sexual Crimes? : In**st

22/05/2025

Talk to children about the different types of bullying and its effects. 📢Speak up, report it. No child should have to deal with bullying alone.

https://www.saps.gov.za/resource_centre/publications/pamphlets/bulling_poster_2021.pdf

https://www.saps.gov.za/child_safety/youth/youth.php

21/05/2025

Let us keep our children safe online!