Youth workers call for cultural competency training to prevent offenders boycotting resources. By Gladys Serugga, ABC News

Therapeutic specialist, David Chikwuba, is among those pushing for more cultural competency training in the industry, in the hopes that fewer young people will boycott available support in fear of being misunderstood.

"Empowering [young people] builds their self-confidence and from my experience empowering them just notifies them of the skills and abilities that they already have within themselves," he said.

Youth workers call for cultural competency training to prevent offenders boycotting resources. By Gladys Serugga, ABC News