The Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) and Ministry of Education Welfare Office are looking into complaints of truancy and neglect in the Vryheid’s Lust community.
During a visit to the community yesterday, Stabroek News noticed several school-age children milling about the neighbourhood during school hours. Children as young as six years old were seen running around the neighbourhood completing errands for their parents, such as purchasing cigarettes. Several boys, who could have been between 12 to 14 years old, were seen playing a game of dice around 11 am.
Persons in the area told this publication that there are numerous children in the community who regularly miss school. These children range in