| 1. How often are the sessions of Black Boys Can? |
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The sessions are run bi-weekly (every two weeks). However, during the Easter, Summer and Christmas periods there are limited sessions. The timetable can be found at: http://www.roberic.com/blackboyscan/sessions.htm
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| 2. What is the Age group for this project? |
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This project is aimed specifically at boys between 9 and 16 years old
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| 3. What about the black girls? |
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Well the girls (according to Local Education Authorities) do not appear to be failing as bad as the boys of certain ethnic minorities.
However, Black Boys Can are involved with the young females via other projects such as; Chakula Saturday School, Lo Ki Family and the occasional excursions.
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| 4. Why is this only for black boys? |
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This project has been setup to help the boys who are failing the Educational system. Currently, it is black boys of certain ethnic minorities who are consistently leaving school with little or no qualifications. This project is setup to identify and address the issues that are preventing these boys from exceeding at an early stage.
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| 5. What are Mentors? |
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The Mentors of this project provide their support on a volunteer basis. Their purpose is to be the role models for the youth of today. The group of Mentors come from different backgrounds and have gone through similiar experiences as the boys.
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| 6. What is Chakula? |
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Chakula is a Saturday School for both boys and girls. The purpose of this organisation is to provide the boys and girls with the extra academic curriculum required and a community to integrate and interact with one another.
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| 7. Who are the Lo Ki Family |
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The Lo Ki Family is run by Moqapi. Who is a sucessful Poet based in Birmingham. His project is amied at the youth who are interested in performing arts such as Dance, Poetry, Rap and Music.
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