Gogo Chalo Chiseka of Chiseka said it was heart-rending that the youths, who form a big chunk of the country’s population, were getting destroyed by drugs and alcohol.

He said despite establishment of by-laws and trying their best to encourage children to work hard in school there was still resistance.

He thanked MAGGA for coming in. “I should really thank government because of this organisation. MAGGA is working with the youth especially the girls and this pleases me. We have welcomed it and we are working with it.”

Gogo Chiseka said there was change. “There’s a noticeable change because girls who dropped out of school because of unwanted pregnancies have returned to school, and when we ask the teachers they are saying that the girls are doing well.”

According to Gogo Chiseka they expected more from MAGGA.“We wish they helped us with a survey to find out what makes these youths to start drinking beer because there is always a reason. What do they hear from their friends and what drives them to start, and do they really find what they are told once they start? It looks like there is too much deception that if you drink beer or smoke you will experience something great.”

Gogo Chiseka had advice to MAGGA. “You should not concentrate more in the towns. You should go to the villages, es-pecially in the schools and your preaching should concentrate on two things: youth should be told that the world depends on them and that drinking and smoking is not good for them as future leaders.”