The TYLA Youth Development Trust was established in 1996, tasked with finding a better means of reducing the number of young offenders in New Zealand.
Our ambition is to identify ‘at risk' youth, who are on a pathway to crime, and to intervene before their wayward journeys take them too far.
Over the past year, through a process of community participation and constant programme refinement and evolution, TYLA has put in place two comprehensive programmes - in Otara and Avondale. Over 100 students have graduated through these programmes.
The TYLA Trust, in conjunction with the Government, local community and New Zealand Police, is now looking to expand its programmes into more communities.
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