This was organized by ISSUP Nigeria, the Lagos State Chapter for the celebration of Children’s Day for the Nigerian Child, I was among the facilitators, the intervention focused on children at risk. The Seaside Cottage is in Bariga by the riverine of Lagos, which is notorious for drug use and culture. It is a common image to see adults smoking and taking drugs. 

The intervention taught the children refusal and assertive skills to overcome the pressure to use substance; for the drug literacy, the ability for children to obtain information, understand and use the information to guide them in...

Como a mi, creo que a muchos de ustedes les apasiona trabajar con y por los jovenes, pero, seria bueno responder algunas interrogantes que teniamos cuando iniciamos este trabajo y algunas de las cuales siguen estando presentes:

¿Que intervenciones son las mas efectivas en latinoamerica? 

¿Con que herramientas podriamos contar que nos ayuden a optimizar nuestra labor?

¿Que deberiamos evitar al trabajar con prevencion en adolescentes?

Agradezco sus opiniones y aportes, gracias.

Greetings everyone!  I am writing to invite you to join a new network, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) at the following ISSUP site: https://www.issup.net/node/11351

The SADD forum aims to share information with youth on how to prevent accidents related to students taking potentially destructive decisions. Members are invited to post information and resources that help students understand how some decisions have harmful consequences. 

SADD is a U.S.-based organization that mobilizes the youth community through activities that include a wide variety of topics, such as...

On August 12, 2020 it was International Youth Day. Together with the organization Stibula we have organized a cycling tour with the youngsters from different turns.

Our main goal: it was international youth day and because of covid infestation in Suriname most children are at home and are less active. hence the bike ride so that we keep moving.

"The Caribbean region is a major transit area for illicit drugs, primarily cocaine. These drugs are produced in South America, destined for markets worldwide. Small Caribbean jurisdictions are extremely vulnerable to the influence of drug trafficking at the political, economic, and social levels. International drug trafficking has contributed to drug abuse, and has increased crime and violence at the local level."
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

As Small Island Developing States we are faced with the debilitating effects of drugs and illicit trafficking within our societies...

Youth Forum

Team GuyYAD

Hello guys,drugs in Kenya and in particularly Central region are continually increasing.from children in the primary schools to adult's. Due to this I have decided to come up with project with which will help fight against this. The project will be aimed at:

1. Reducing.In this stage we shall be engaging the people who are not yet into the drugs.they shall be impacted with the dangers of getting into the drugs.we shall also have the group which is already into drugs and stop them from drug usage. The youth's and children in school are people with whom can be saved easily hence they are the...

Greetings sir/madam I'm Rutto kamama kolem Recovering alcoholic/addict 1yr 9months sober
Founder/director
-Tiaty youth Development Association cbo 
Tiatyyouthdevelopment [at] gmail [dot] com
Baringo Tiaty constituency.

I'm addiction counsellor founder/Director of TYDA-.org Tiaty Youth Development Association volunteer member of APRAK-Addiction Prevention and Rehabilitation Association of Kenya, NDIC-Nakuru Drop-In Center Volunteer agent Nacada- kenya creating awareness sensitization against alcohol/ drug abuse substances, also linking the chronic stage suffering addicts/alcoholics to Recovery...

Click on the link to view video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvUKLW8ZzeM&feature=share

This is an original Chorus: 

♫ Drugs will put you to shame

Mess up your brain make you end up in jail

Put strife and Grief in your life

Drugs can cut your life like a Knife  ♫

#InternationalDayAgainstDrugAbuseAndIllicitTrafficking 

Today is the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking #WorldDrugDay #RiseYouth

Support us as we encourage the Youth of Trinidad and Tobago to "SAY NO" to Drug Use.

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Cast your vote in the comments below!

Voting ends on June 14th, 2019.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Welcome all to the youth network! This is a free space where you can communicate with one another and share success stories, experiences, information, and knowledge. We hope you will use this network to connect with one another and continue to build a strong force of young people working hard in the substance use prevention, treatment and recovery field.