KUNPHEN MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE & ILLICT TRAFFICKING

Kunphen centre for substance dependence and HIV has marked INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE & ILLICT TRAFFICKING with Dept of health (CTA). The main aim to the day is to bring awareness on Tibetan people about this social virus and giving them an opportunity to think over this issue.

We have set up three I pledge signing boot: one at main square McLeod Ganj, another at the entrance of Dalai Lama temple and gotoe  Ramoche monastery where there were celebrating the Birthday of H.H the karmapa. Beside signature event, we have posters, stickers, key tag and pamphlets to be distributed during the event. The respond to our event was overwhelming.

We have signing event in Tibetan schools but due to the shortage of staff and volunteer we have handle it to the school health committee and requested them to have same event in their school during the day. Many schools have changed the date of their event so as to fit in schools busy schedule.

On 25^th june we were invite to gopalpur TCV school to talk about how to stop smoking and how to prevent one from smoking. This has been a very good privilege for Kunphen centre to have that opportunity and our staff has spoken for an hour on the topic followed by the video presentation.

TCV upper Dharamshala has postponed their program to 2^nd July 2010, the health club in charge and chairman of TCV health committee has invite our involvement in their international days against substance abuse and illicit trafficking program, and we will update more on this detail.