Community sensitization on Drug Abuse, Prevention & Treatment held at Khangabok
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, September 02 2018:
The Popular Youth Club Khangabok Part III, underthe guidance and the support of Shine-IRCA, Thangmeiband and Nehru Yuva Kendra, Thoubal, organized a day long Community Sensitization on Drug Abuse, Prevention & Treatment at Kha-Khudon upper Primary School, Khangabok Part-II today.
District Youth Coordinator NYK Thoubal Y Laksman Singh, Programme Director of IRCA Roshul Sagolsem, Project Coordinator Thokchom Jackson and Councillor Maradona spoke during the programme as resource persons.
Programme Director of IRCA Roshul Sagolsem made a power-point presentation on the procedure for the treatment of addicts in the Shine ERCA, Thangmeiband while District Youth Coordinator NYK Thoubal Y Laksman Singh delivered a talk on the problems of drug abuse and its impact on personal health, family and society at large.
He also sought cooperation from the Youth Club and local Meira paibis to prevent the menace of drug abuse.
Councillor Maradona pointed out the sufferings of the parents of the drug addicts while adding that the time has come to spend quality time with the children so that the children should not indulge in drugs and alcoholism.
He urged the Youth Club for their active participation in identifying the drug addicts and helped them to admit in the nearest IRCA for treatment, counseling and rehabilitation.
About 112 members of the Youth Club, Mahilla Mandals, School Students and Social Activist participated in the sensitization programme while the Meira paibis leaders expressed their gratitude to the organizers and the resource persons for enlightening them to prevent from the harmful effects of drugs in the society.
The sensitization programme was followed by mass tree plantation of saplings issued by Forest Department, Thoubal in and around the campus of the school.