Youth Crime Watch of Liberia is an accredited youth organization established in 2004 to help address the need for grassroots participation in nation building, following the civil conflict, which nearly decimated the population. Youth Crime Watch of Liberia is dedicated to fighting illiteracy and promoting reconciliation, reconstruction, peace, development and better and healthier lifestyles in Liberia through crime prevention, youth empowerment and youth employment.
To mobilize and equip a youth-led movement in schools and communities in partnership with public and private institutions to create a safer environment free of crime, violence, illicit drugs, gender-based violence, and to foster youth empowerment and good citizenship throughout the world.
To expand a youth-led movement locally, nationally, and globally involving all facets of the community in support of the altruistic motives of youth and to inspire a “watch out, help out” commitment resulting in youth friendly/supportive environment, a dramatic reduction of crime, violence and drugs.
Youth Crime Watch of Liberia holds that all youth are valued individually and collectively, and subscribes to the values of good citizenship, moral integrity, pride in ourselves and our community, self-reliance, accountability, personal responsibility, and care and respect for others. Youth Crime Watch members assume proactive leadership roles involving positive peer influence and a “watch out, help out” philosophy.
