Community Safety - A Necessity
While community safety might not be a reality for many South African neighbourhoods, we at Tracker believe it is a necessity, a goal which we continuously strive to achieve in all that we do.
This means investing in initiatives which have a direct influence in the upliftment of communities, where the positive results are tangible. Some of our Community Safety initiatives include:
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Township Basketball Courts
One of the best ways to address crime is to draw youth into healthy activities which keep them away from crime. This is the clear objective of our Township Basketball Courts project.
Launched in 2006 in Tembisa with just 10 basketball courts, this project has grown phenomenally and there are now 19 Tracker basketball courts across South Africa, including Limpopo, Mpumalanga and
the Free State. Each community has fully embraced this initiative, and you will find youngsters playing on the courts during the day and in the early evening.
This project will continue to grow during the course of 2009, and we look forward to introducing more communities to the game of basketball.
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Tshwane Peace and Development Programme
Community members usually have a good idea of what’s happening in their communities and many of these people also have considerable influence over their peers. Tracker has turned this knowledge into a positive crime fighting tool with the launch of the Tshwane Peace and Development Programme in Atteridgeville.
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Tracker, in partnership with the Tshwane Metro Police Department, the Atteridgeville SAPS, the Atteridgeville Community Policing Forum and a German Government
Organisation, GTZ, has trained over 250 adults to be “Peace Officers” in the Atteridgeville community. Their job is to help diffuse instances of conflict in the area, report any criminal activity they observe, assist with counselling, community building projects and scholar patrol.
Tracker has provided skills training to these Peace Workers, as well as office facilities and equipment, computers and Internet connectivity. With this project Tracker truly has empowered the community to “take back tomorrow”.
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Click on the links below to find out more about our worthy CSI initiatives:
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