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Tutu and ubuntu help tackle London’s knife-crime epidemic

16 October 2019 - 09:00 By Dave Chambers
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A project inspired by ubuntu and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has improved relationships between disaffected youngsters and the London police.
A project inspired by ubuntu and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has improved relationships between disaffected youngsters and the London police.
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Ubuntu is being used to tackle knife crime in London, where 19 teenagers have been stabbed to death so far this year.

A project led by the Tutu Foundation UK is bearing fruit by getting gangsters and cops to engage and change their perceptions of each other.

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