Youth Forum offices raided

Statements — By on October 13, 2009 4:23 pm

Dear colleagues,

It is with deep regret and sadness that we inform you of a break-in that occurred at the Youth Forum offices at the Travel Centre in Harare’s central business district. The break-in occurred during the weekend of 9 – 11 October.

The thieves got away with a lot of our office equipment, among them 2 laptop computers, a digital still camera, an HP printer, photocopier, scanner, fax (all-in-one model), one desktop CPU (central processing unit), electric heater, numerous electric wall adapters as well as reams of bond paper, markers and pens. They also got away with CDs which contained the bulk of the Youth Forum’s backup data storage.

It is disturbing to note that when the Youth Forum attempted to make a police report the police have been reluctant to act on the case. Officers at the Eastgate police post which is closest to the offices indicated that they did not have enough manpower to attend to the crime, referring us to the First Street police post. The officers from the First street post were also understaffed and referred us to Harare Central police station. Up to now the police are yet to visit the scene of the heinous crime or record any statements.

We would like to appeal to our various stakeholders to bear with us as we ponder our next move in view of this drawback. We however wish to stress that the drawback will not retard us from our work of ‘promoting the genuine empowerment and participation’ of youth in the various facets of life, in particular civic and political participation.

Youth Forum Information and Publicity

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