Youth Drug Use Prevention

A network for young changemakers working to make their communities better by developing innovative programs for preventing drug use.

Moderators

Robert Alvarez

CADCA

Isabella Araujo

Organization of American States/CICAD

Dichen Choden

Drug Advisory Programme

Shavangi Sutaria

State Department/International Narcotics and Law Enforcement

Andrew Blair Thompson

Department of State, INL

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Project Goals To educate and train professionals and students on preventing their societies from the hazardous effects of substance use. Key Achievements During Project It was initially intended to invite 20 professionals from different portfolios of Aga Khan Social Welfare Board (AKSWB) and Aga...

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A weekly activity in which the children from Sophiaslust learn various life skills and we help them relate these skills to drug abuse. We help them tap into their mind to be able to create something, born out of tge creativity within. They created their own posters and other creative works. They...

On this rainy day we visited the 6th graders of this school. The school is located in Abrabroki. This is also the neigbourhood I live in. There is a high amount of drug related incidents here. This is also the reason why the school asked us to help. Around 80 percent of the students have had some...

This session was done in a neigbourhood where most parents go to the city to work. This means that they leave early in the morning and come back late ag night. This leaves these young children with a lot of freedom. They choose to spend their outdoors using drugs and alcohol with their friends or...

This is the youth page of Foundation Liefdevolle Handen. All of our activities and info regarding the youth will be posted on this page. We also have another page called Stichting Liefdevolle Handen.

https://www.facebook.com/SLH-Youth-Initiative-101018271373104/

A Guest Speaker session was organized by teaching faculty for the students of Media Science on 28th December, 2019 at IQRA University EDC Karachi Campus. Mr. Ahmad Shah took the session and educated students on Substance Use Prevention and its Impact on family, Individual and Society.

Session on Substance Use Prevention among youth at 3rd Young Leadership Program 2019 on 28 December, 2019 National Incubation Center, Karachi Thank you Shumail Ali for inviting me to take session with the amazing youth

2nd Learning Fellowship on "Men, Masculinities and Transformation" from 9th - 20th December, 2019 Islamabad, Pakistan. Fellows from Academia, Media and NGOs from different parts of Pakistan discussed Intersectionality of Masculinities with Self Awareness, Patriarchy, Conflict, Culture, Feminism and...

At the Willem van Lier School I had to deal with these tough guys😂. They were very hesitant to do this exercise because it could ruin their tough guy reputation. I still got them to do it and teach the the lesson behind it. In the video you'll see them standing in a circle while holding hands with...

At the session I had with students from the 8th grade of O.S. Ephraïmzegen I had to talk about drugs and the body. In this session I tried to teach the children the life skill assertiveness. I did this by having one of the kids(the young boy in the video) draw an umbrella. After this I got them to...

Drug Free Pakistan Foundation (DFPF) is a substance Use Prevention organization committed to develop, and promote strategies, policies, healthy life styles, enhancing positive attitudes, improving life skills and empowering individuals to reduce illegal drug use, drug addiction, crimes and drug...

A drug is but a dead body. Think! For death is exactly what it may bring to your body! This means that a drug can't and does not force you to take it, but you should make a wise choice because it will cause lots of damage to your body, killing of braincells, the liver and so on. My true passion is...

Source: https://www.carnevaleassociates.com/file_download/inline/60f65971-fea9-46c0-bb13-55486377a94f The use of electronic vaporizing devices (“vaping”) among youth presents an urgent challenge. This policy brief explains the popularity of vaping, examines the regulatory environment, summarizes the...

Why Are Youth Vaping and How Prevention Can Respond - CALLC Policy Brief_0.pdf

Substance Use Prevention session organized by Hashoo Foundation Karachi , Pakistan on 3rd December, 2019 for their students from Balochistan currently enrolled in different Hospitality Management courses in Karachi Marriott Hotel. Mr. Ahmad Shah conducted the session and briefed participants about...

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Youth-led Policy Forum 2019 is an initiative with UNICEF Pakistan in collaboration with School of Leadership Foundation. The forum will serve as a key platform where young people can contribute to policy discussions through their collective ideas, solutions and innovations. For the first gathering...

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First Milestone Achieved: Successfully completed Training of Professionals on Preventing Substance Abuse in Schools and Community @ at PASK Hall 16 - 17 November, 2019 Karachi , Pakistan In first phase of the project trained 32 young professionals in schools and Community. These 32 trained young...

Lift Up “Prevention of Violence against Women Living with people with Substance Use Disorder” Special thanks to Institute of Clinical Psychology UoK, Pakistan US Alumni Network, Initiator Hdf SNYC, DFPF, Wajid Ali Rizwan Jaffar DrUzma Ali Dr. Shafaq Ali Dr. Salman Baig Muhammad Sohail Malik Dr...