The “Decent Life” Foundation donated 14,000 books to the Al Azima Centers affiliated with the Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction and Abuse, in the fields of psychological, social, religious, and general culture. Reading enhances psychological calm, increases self-confidence, and increases the ability to understand oneself and others, which helps in overcoming trauma and social isolation. The first batch of 6,000 books was delivered to the Al Azima Center library in Port Fouad.
This comes within the framework of cooperation between the Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction and Abuse and the Decent Life Foundation, where training courses are organized for those recovering from the “16023” hotline, on professional crafts needed by the labor market, in cooperation with the “Decent Life” Foundation. The project includes various training on manufacturing and marketing sweets and various food products, as well as implementing activities to raise awareness of different groups in the villages of the Presidential Initiative “Decent Life” and organizing home visits to families to introduce them to the mechanisms of early detection of abuse and urging addiction patients to apply for free treatment from Through the Fund’s Resolve Centers.
On the other hand, and in the same context, the Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction is keen to intensify the implementation of training programs for those in recovery, within the framework of ensuring the provision of post-treatment services. Many initiatives have been launched to reintegrate those in recovery and empower them economically, as the “Craftsman” initiative was launched to train them in professional crafts needed by the labor market, such as “air conditioning, refrigeration, mobile maintenance, electrical appliances, carpentry, and other professional crafts.”
Training those recovering from addiction in professional crafts needed by the labor market is an initial step to prepare professional cadres in the field of small crafts within the framework of the keenness of the “16023” hotline of the Anti-Addiction Fund to provide post-addiction treatment services, represented by psychological rehabilitation and the reintegration of those recovering into society as an added value and increasing the value of work, under the supervision of psychologists in the Fund. At the end of the training, the trainee obtains an accredited certificate that qualifies him for the labor market.
The Fund’s Resolve Centers also have workshops to train recoveries in crafts needed by the labor market. The rehabilitation program at the Resolve Centers also relies on “combining a group of rehabilitative programs” represented by psychological rehabilitation and cognitive-behavioral therapy, a relapse prevention skills program, as well as vocational rehabilitation, “occupational therapy,” and physical rehabilitation, in addition to recreational and cultural activities on a daily basis.
Literacy classes are also provided for those recovering from substance abuse as part of providing a group of post-addiction treatment services, which are psychological rehabilitation and reintegration of those recovered into society as an added value and enhancing the value of work. After completing the educational program, tests are held under the supervision of the General Authority for Adult Education, and those who have passed the tests obtain certificates accredited by the General Authority for Adult Education. Computer halls are also provided for those with various educational qualifications, in the context of ensuring the provision of services after free treatment and community integration. For those recovering.
