It is too late for them now to set things right and you should not encourage these people to try.
The government encouraged us to try and shop at home.
But since it takes only 10 minutes to make your own, I encourage you to try.
This year what we would like to do is encourage people to try.
Yet I would not want to encourage another to try the same thing.
What's more, he encouraged me to try it for myself.
A friend who was a teacher encouraged her to try that career.
"I would encourage them to try to go find some."
I encouraged him to try to see more while he was here.
He was the one who encouraged me to try painting.