Project Strong at Petrotrin

Trinidad and Tobago Project Strong, a rehabilitation programme which seeks to empower young felons to make positive life changes through sport will be launched on Monday at Petrotrin’s Conference Centre in Point-a-Pierre.

The project has been initiated as a means of dealing with the increasing rate of criminal activity among young people in Trinidad and Tobago.  The strategy is to focus on and  proactively deal with issues affecting the  country’s youngsters. The programme will be officially launched next Friday from 5 pm. Programme co-ordinator is Thao Nguyen and expected at the opening are the target group of youngsters, their parents, sponsors, stakeholders in the effort and representatives of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs. Project Strong is a partnership between the Trinidad and Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education and the Probation Department of Trinidad and Tobago.