Blue Cross Denmark
Blue Cross Denmark is dedicated to social equality and to caring for people harmed by alcohol and drugs. It works to prevent further harm to others, especially among children and youth. The Blue Cross in Denmark provides:• treatment and prevention • community centers…
Life Skills and Peer Education in Congo – Empowering Vulnerable Youth in Congo with Essential Life Skills
Country contextGlobally, the harmful use of alcohol causes approximately 3.3 million deaths every year. This is greater than, for example, the proportion of deaths from HIV/AIDS with 2.8%. Worldwide, and specifically in Africa, substance abuse represents an obstacle to development. There is now…
Life Skills and Peer Education – Empowering Vulnerable Youth in Chad
Blue Cross Chad has found that amongst the main risk factors associated with the onset of alcohol dependence are a difficult social environment, discontinuing school and exposure to networks of peers who are already dependant or demonstrate high risk behaviour. Blue Cross Chad is therefore reaching…