Annual report on Sierra Leone / Colonial Office.

  • Colonial Office
Date:
[1951]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on Sierra Leone / Colonial Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Probation Service for Adults A probation officer for adults worked during the last six months of the year in the Courts in Freetown and during this period investigated 68 cases referred to him. Twenty-six of the offenders were subse¬ quently put on probation under his supervision. Two persons were convicted while on probation and imprisoned. Two-thirds of those placed on probation either retained their previous work or had new employment found for them. Youth Work The average number of youth organisations was 60, comprising 23 male, 13 female and 24 mixed groups with a total membership of about 6,500. With financial aid from Government and from the headquarters of the World Assembly of Youth, the Sierra Leone National Youth Council was able to send its chairman as delegate to the conference in Paris organised by the Youth Council of the French Union and to the First General Assembly of the World Assembly of Youth at New York. The aim of this Council is to co-ordinate the activities of all youth organisations in the territory. The Boy Scouts’ Association sent a contingent of six scouts and a Scouter to the 7th World Jamboree at Bad Ischl, Austria, and the Festival of Britain International Scout Patrol Camp, London ; at both places the contingent received commendation. The Girl Guides’ Association had a local member appointed as District Commissioner. Both Associations continued to make steady progress in the Colony and Protectorate. Re-organisation of the Boys’ Brigade and Girls’ Life Brigade was carried out and officers’ training courses were run with satisfactory results. Development of youth work in the rural areas of the Colony and Protectorate was not spectacular, principally owing to the lack of Youth Leaders. The Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Boys’ Brigade and Sierra Leone National Youth Council received grants in aid. Voluntary Organisations The British Red Cross Society’s local branch continued its effort to raise funds to acquire two ambulances for use in the Colony and the Protectorate. The Organiser returned to the United Kingdom after training and helping to establish the Junior Links under a local Director. The Y.M.C.A. lost its temporary headquarters during the year which was a set-back to its further development. The Y.W.C.A. was fortunate in securing the services of a full-time organising secretary, a Canadian lady, who re-organised the local branch. The Protector¬ ate sections of these Associations also made progress. Community Welfare The Freetown Community Centre, which is run by the Community Association with the help of the Social Welfare Department, was used
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