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Addiction

Addiction. Visit Port Moresby PNG by team addiction experts from Holland. Who we talked to / trained. Start conference Ginigoada 2 churches/ programs in communities Training Laloki hospital Talk US embassy US health affair Visit ED department general hospital Talk with NCDC.

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Addiction

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  1. Addiction Visit Port Moresby PNG by team addiction experts from Holland

  2. Who we talked to / trained • Start conference • Ginigoada 2 churches/ programs in communities • Training Laloki hospital • Talk US embassy US health affair • Visit ED department general hospital • Talk with NCDC

  3. Who we talked to / trained • Visit Pari Village • Training/ talk with bureau Narcotics • Open training ( 2x) on life style training & motivational interviewing;

  4. What we saw • Country full of possibilities • City full of possibilities • Strong social structures • Strong communities

  5. What we talked about/ trained : • What is addiction? • Starts as a bad habit • Becomes addiction = illness • Stopping is learning process, takes a long time • Falling and standing up again • Motivating essential • Punishing alone does not help • Praising efforts, making a plan does

  6. Lots of opportunities • Number one: working together! • There are lots of initiatives that work • Working together , talking to each other, knowing what everybody is doing will enforce the positive movement! • Make a social card of all organisations busy with the subject

  7. Working together • Bureau narcotics • Church leaders • Pastor Mike & Ginigoada • NCDC ( Social division) • Police • Communities • Mental health care • Etc. Etc. etc

  8. opportunities • Number two education • Youth = future of the country • Make knowledge about addiction part of curriculum

  9. opportunities • Number 3 • On all levels : give voice to the silence • Try to understand the problems of addiction opposed to bad habit; • Talk about it, enable people to talk about the problems caused by addiction

  10. opportunities • Number four: • Empower women in communities • Start with for instance Pari Village supporting a monthly meeting of the widows who want to stand up and help each other!

  11. opportunities • Start a ginigoada like program about alcohol and marihuana etc • Make good PR for good initiatives , like the christmas project form NCDC • Make more programs to prevent boredom in the city • Outreaching social work as spider in the web

  12. For policies and government • Improve mental health care and facilities • Start a addiction clinic!! ( expertise centre)

  13. All this could not have been possible without • Dame Carol Kidu and Canice • Janetta Douglas from Rotary POM

  14. Discussion • What did you think about our visit? • What kind of material do you need?

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