"Umid” Support to Social Development Public Union successfully completed the project titled "Organizing Awareness-Raising Activities on Healthy Lifestyle and Preventive Measures on Substance Abuse at the Community Level” with the financial support of the Agency for State Support to Non-Governmental Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Within the scope of the project, 4 focus group meetings (number of attendees: 68 people - 38 men, 30 women) and 16 trainings on "Drugs and a healthy lifestyle” (number of attendees: 206 people - 127 men, 79 women) were provided in IDP communities in "Gobu Park-1”, "Gobu Park-2” and "Gobu Park-3” residential complexes located in Lokbatan settlement, Garadagh district, Baku. The format of the trainings, involvement of experts, the methods to be applied, as well as the analysis of the initial research conducted in the area and the suggestions made in the meetings with the focus groups were taken into account during the identification of the participatory group. During the trainings, participants were presented with slides by trainers/experts informing them on types of drugs, complications of their use (physical/psychological dependence, pain, illness, depression, suicide, etc.), signs of drug use and addiction, drug treatment, rehabilitation etc. Moreover, relevant recommendations were given to adolescents and young people to avoid harmful habits, including drugs, and to organize their leisure time effectively, and 1,000 drug awareness leaflets prepared under the project were distributed to all participants and IDPs residing in the area.
In order to measure the impact of the trainings organized during the project implementation, written assessment surveys were conducted with the participants at the end of each training. Surveys of 193 participants were analyzed and it was found that the participants' skills on the topic increased by 71%.
A package of proposals was prepared by summarizing the recommendations and opinions voiced during the meetings and trainings held within the scope of the project.
990 people benefited from the project.
