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 The Gambia faces a challenging situation in drug and alcohol addiction and abuse problem amongst the youth population, especially those exposed to the tourism attraction areas and nearby urban settlements. This disturbing problem has reached historical proportions in recent years, threatening the life of the youth population in the Gambia.

This undoubtedly poses a grave threat to our future human productivity as a country with over 60% under the age of 35yrs old. With the recent return of hundreds of migrants from Europe, we are also experiencing a growing number of them turning to drugs and alcohol for relief from their distressful situation. This has also further aggravated the situation, calling for urgent intervention.

Unfortunately our Health Sector is inadequately equipped to tackle this problem. As a rehabilitated former drug addict myself, coupled with  few friends of mine who were in similar situations before, we felt it necessary to step  in and do something to help lift as many young people as possible out of the misery of addiction and abuse.

It is against this backdrop that we intend to set up a drug and alcohol abuse recovery and rehab center in the Gambia. SAVE ME REHABILITATION CENTER —The CENTER is founded by MAMADOU SILLAH, a Gambian based in Sweden; the CENTER is a charitable and non-profit making and having the desired intentionsand plans to mobilize resources through concerted efforts putting skills development, community services, peace building and unity amongst others as bedrock for community and youth empowerment.

The CENTER in collaboration with donor agencies and development partners will be committed in complementing  government efforts, through establishing platforms ideal to house various development programs in a bid to collectively address issues affecting the lives of young people, less privileged and communities within the Gambia and beyond. The CENTER among other activities will also create linkages with similar CENTERS nationally and internationally with the aim to transfer knowledge, skills and experiences for socio-economic development.

Drug Prevention Programmes

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Investing in prevention is a viable and cost effective policy option as it mitigates huge financial commitments required to address treatment and rehabilitation. It forms part of the continuum whereby linkage with treatment and rehabilitation are essential in the provision of comprehensive services colligated to drug abuse. Prevention involves series of measures taken to educate and sensitize the populace about the dangers and harms associated with drug use.

The goal is to prevent or delay the unset of drug use while equally encouraging abusers and addicts to seek help. In the Gambia, DLEAG acting in conformity with Section 15 m & g of the Drug Control Act (DCA) 2003 respectively has been engaging in series of evidence based preventive drug demand reduction activities and programs.

(Chronicle Newspaper Gambia 7 september 2019)

The Following film is an illustration on how alcohol and Drug prevention for youths is being addressed by the community by organizing a panel discussions on various ways and means to tackle the problem that is increasing with various methods to help the youths who are mostly the victims.

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