Citizens Unite To Reduce Crime In Gqeberha Using The Way To Happiness Moral Regeneration Programme

With an alarming 3,711 reported cases of criminal activities committed within the minute city of Bethelsdorp alone, angry community members in Gqeberha, in collaboration with the Church of Scientology of Port Elizabeth, have decisively banded together to tackle the situation with both hands.

Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa - August 17, 2023 —

With an alarming 3,711 reported cases of criminal activities committed within the minute city of Bethelsdorp alone, angry community members in Gqeberha, in collaboration with the Church of Scientology of Eastern Cape, have decisively banded together to tackle the situation with both hands. Since the month of June onwards, they have been holding workshops and distributing booklets of The Way to Happiness – a moral regeneration programme designed to create a calm and peaceful environment – to effectively address the situation of criminal conduct and immorality in their area. This includes offenses such as murder, gang violence, rape and drug-related crime. 

The Way to Happiness is a programme whose mission is to reverse the moral decay of society by restoring trust and honesty the world over, through the publication and widespread distribution of The Way to Happiness book, a common sense guide to better living.

“The Way to Happiness was written by our founder L. Ron Hubbard and originally published in 1981”, said Asthra Maximov, Director of Social Reform for Africa. “With its 21 precepts, its purpose is to help arrest the current moral decline in society and restore integrity and trust to humankind”, Maximov added.   

In view of the devastating effects of crime in the area, local community and members of non-profit organizations in Gqeberha, participated in educational The Way to Happiness workshops hosted by the Church of Scientology of Port Elizabeth, where they received hands-on knowledge and learned how they can play key roles in their areas using the programme. Then they went in the streets and distributed booklets to put some sanity in the area. 

“Local areas within Nelson Mandela Bay such as Bethelsdorp, has an extravagant number of cases with drug abuse, murder, child abuse such as rape, and human trafficking”, said Aline Jones Public Executive Secretary for the Church of Scientology of Port Elizabeth. “As this area has about 52 schools with roughly 1,000 + kids in each, the future of these children is very concerning to me and community leaders at large”, Jones added. “We need to act now. This is why we need to make The Way to Happiness an ever-expanding programme in the community.”

“I attended The Way to Happiness workshop at the Church of Scientology and it was amazing! I learned a lot of things about how to conduct myself and how I can affect change in my environment” said L. Lobese, volunteer of the Zwide Citizen FC NPO. “I really like how I can help the kids that we work with in our organization, to take a right decision about drugs and alcohol and all the other negative things in life, as well as help these kids become better people who contribute to the society. Now that I’ve attended this workshop, I can use the knowledge to teach the kids to be productive and to be leaders with a bright future, by having them apply the virtues of "The Way to Happiness”, Lobese further added. 

“As a psychologist graduate intern at the Bethelsdorp SAPS Police Station, from The Way to Happiness workshop I attended at the Church of Scientology, I realised that I am entering the world of work with a book of knowledge”, said Ms. L. Giweje an intern at the Bethelsdorp South African Police Station. “I now need to apply this knowledge. The Way to Happiness is a reminder that for me to be of service to the community and help people with social issues, I need to be emotionally intelligent enough to be in a position to assist the most vulnerable members of our society.” Giweje added. “With The Way to Happiness, I hope to make a positive change and I really want people to flourish and prosper!”

“I am truly in awe with The Way to Happiness”, said Pastor E. Assam, who attended a recent The Way to Happiness booklet distribution in the Bethelsdorp community. “I am very interested in becoming more involved in this programme to take action. I will be attending The Way to Happiness seminars with the Church of Scientology so I can be further indoctrinated with this movement in eradicating crime in my community”, Assam added.   

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Name: SANDILE HLAYISI
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Organization: CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY SOUTH AFRICA
Address: Gauteng, South Africa
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