Youth work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1962 - 2966

Abstract

Through the' streets of Leopoldville and other cities of the Congo, one is astounded "by the prevalence of teen-agers, wondering aimlessly, unoccupied, unschooled, unprepared for life in the new Africa, "but dissatisfied with life in the old. In their shirt pockets one observes report cards and dismissal slips from the last schools they attended, and from which they either graduated or were released for poor grades or mischievous conduct.