IMAGES FROM OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE RECENT PHRAMACISTS CONFERENCE IN NIGERIA

Introducing Team Guyana 🇬🇾 || The GIA- Girls In Action! || Coming to you from the Amazon Forest in South America, a nation full of resources and beauty! Our most important resource being our people! The ‘Girls in Action’ encompass three vibrant young women, all in the profession to decrease the...

Y.T.T.A.D- Youths of Trinidad & Tobago Against Drugs, Is a group comprising young hard-working minds from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago whose Primary goal is to treat the issue of drug use among youths in the country. This team will be headed to the 2nd edition of the Caribbean Youth Forum for...

On October 19, Mr. Jameel Huggins of the RISE YOUTH Program had the chance to speak as the Youth in drug use prevention showcasing the work of young leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean at the twenty-third meeting of CICAD's Demand Reduction Experts Group, chaired by Mexico and vice-chaired by...

The Indian Walk Police Youth Club's young members continue to be involved in the RISE YOUTH Prevention Programme. The group of young people underwent four (4) training sessions from September to November. The subjects covered consist of: Define and discuss the etiology model and micro- and macro-...

The RISE YOUTH Prevention Programme continues with members of the Indian Walk Police Youth Club. There were four (4) training sessions conducted during the month of August with the group of youths. The topics covered include: Explain why substance use prevention is important to the well-being and...

THE RISE YOUTH PRGRAM STARTED WITH THE INDIAN WALK POLICE YOUTH CLUB ON MONDAY JULY 25TH. THE PARTICPANTS CONDUCTED A PRE- ASSESSMENT SURVEY BEFORE THE SESSION AND THEY WERE THEN INFORMED ABOUT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: To prevent or delay the onset of drug use To...

Attached are images of the introductory session that we used to get volunteers and other stakeholders involved in the RISE YOUTH project. We had attendees from the Princes Town West and Princes Town East Secondary schools, Trinidad and Tobago Police Youth Club heads and the Princes Town Regional...

I had the opportunity of being one of the co- facilitators at the Third Global Youth Forum and ISSUP Conference held in Abu Dhabi.

On Saturday 7th March 2020 the RISE YOUTH team held an orientation and recruitment drive session at the Indian Walk Police Youth Club to get participants for the Drug Use Prevention Programme. We ended the activity with a CHESS game to keep the youths engage and looking forward to the next session.

I was fortunate enough to take part in a first responder training in January. This training opened my eyes to so many facts about drug use disorders amongst young people and the correlation between the disorder and the increase in certain diseases previously rarely found in young people, now...

In the last weeks there were many drug prevention sessions with different classes in different schools. Some of the students really like to make it clear during the sessions that they are not happy with our presence. This however boosts my motivation to work with them. I love seeing the change in...

On Wednesday , February 12, 2020 “Introduction to U.S. Grants” Workshop organized by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad ,Pakistan at the Lincoln Corner PACC Pakistan American Cultural Center (PACC) 1 Fatima Jinnah Road, Karachi Cantonment . Where discussed in brief about U.S. Grants opportunity, proposal...

Lunch with Ms Charlotte Sissons and Rise Youth team

Youth Forum. DEA Presentation.

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...

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...

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.