UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

(UNODC)

GOALS FOR TSUNAMI RECOVERY

UNODC Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific is

supporting drug prevention campaigns through

sports activities, run by an NGO in tsunami affected

villages, in partnership with the Embassy of Germany

in Thailand.

PARTNERS

Government: Embassy of Germany

NGOs: Duang Prateep Foundation (DPF)

DONORS

Germany, 10,000 Euros

PROGRAMMES

The project supported focuses on sports to promote

drug prevention awareness among children and youth

who have suffered from post traumatic stress during

the aftermath of the tsunami, in three affected villages

in Phang Nga province.

The project supports local communities in the villages

of Puteo, Bangmuang and Bangsak to engage 200

children and young people in sports as a means of

relieving mental health and emotional difficulties and

to prevent them from developing a potential problem

   drug abuse.

LOCATION

Three villages in Phang Nga province

PROGRAMME PERIOD

The project began in August 2005 for a period of one

year

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