Raised for Excellence

Raised for Excellence is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that has implemented several Projects involving young people. We are passionate about young people because they are tremendous tool for growth and sustainability in any economy.

In our quest to leaving no young person behind irrespective of their vulnerability; we had engaged with young people in Juvenile who got into involved with the system for substance abuse, unhealthy behaviour, petty and medium risk offences while few were found loitering or their guardian or parent  had brought them in for corrections.

We also got involved with young people who had claimed that they were wrongfully charged but were not released until years after, as a result of successful interventions while others, who didn’t have access to such interventions remained behind bars.   Most of whom have had their life goals disrupted and cut-short hence, their feeling of meaninglessness, helplessness, depression and suicide ideation.

Engagement with some ex-convicts showed that few were back to the Street as they had no access to basic care, shelter, education, job at release and had got involved with gangs while another few continued display of unhealthy behaviour. 

In Raised For Excellence We believe every young person should be accountable and held responsible for their actions however, our belief in justice requires that we are fair in our approach to implementing corrections because most of the young people at the Juveniles are victims of the economy and family backgrounds.

We are therefore involved in implementing programs that will lead to behavioural change in young people that have had or likely to have conflict with the law,  empower them pre & post release.   We also believe that the Juvenile Centre is no place for any young person and it is our goal to  reduce incarceration and work towards creating a diversion system to minimise the jailing of young people.  

We partner with professional mental health/family therapist, coaches as mentors for both our pre-release and post-release programs. With our post-release program young people are given the opportunity to improve in their lives through our mentorship, empowerment, training and family bonding activities.   Our Advocacy partnerships thrive to ensure that no young person is incarcerated and if at all they are, they are freed within a short while. 

Our Access to program beneficiaries, their families, partnerships help us to build homes and systems for economic growth