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ISSUP Gambia Chapter Launches “Don’t Touch” Campaign for Young Children

The ISSUP Gambia Chapter on Friday, November 25th launched a substance awareness campaign dubbed “Don’t Touch” for young children at the Sarah Kindergarten and Primary School in Lamin, in the West Coast Region of the Gambia.

Speaking to a packed hall of pre-teens, Ms. Elisa Mendy told the children that the “Don’t Touch” program is an initiative of the ISSUP Gambia Chapter geared towards discouraging sending children on errands related to illicit substances. Mendy said that children should not be sent on errands to buy, sell or handle tobacco products and other intoxicants.