Exectutive Paln Eng Final

The Guardian of the Future

Executive Plan Proposal Year 2006 / 2007

Submitted by: Right Start Foundation International

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The Executive Summary:In this document, a general briefing about the current situation of the problem of drugs addiction in the countries of the region is presented. We reached the conclusion that it is important to stop denying the problem and to start taking practical and positive steps, which could be achieved only through uniting all the efforts and putting long term plans incorporated within national plans, while focusing on youth and giving the priority to decreasing the demand on drugs in the proposed program. We also present the general vision, mission and goals of the project, which show that we have a clear framework and a clear policy for the project, from which all the activities and the programs would be initiated. The objectives of next year are also included in the document, which are: finishing the training of the rest of the countries and starting the second part of the training program, plus finishing the revision of the material of that program as well as preparing an awareness-raising program for parents. At the end, an evaluative system for the assessment of the performance of the project is included, which ensures its progress and efficiency of its members. Moreover, the methodology of the project is explained as well as its organizational philosophy, which is mainly based upon decentralization as a method of dealing with the teams, societies and youth centers who are given total freedom in choosing their way in applying the “peer pressure” technique, which a lot of studies have proved its effectiveness and efficiency.

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Based on the mutual understanding memorandum; the executive role of each of the five signatories to the memo have been divided as follows: the UN Office for Drugs and Crime and the World Health Organization Middle East Office will be responsible for reviewing the training material in addition to participating in the courses, evaluations and propaganda for the program. They will also present all the available studies. As for the Dubai Police, it will be responsible for preparing the training content and training young people in different countries. Right Start will manage the project and choose the local quarters, where the courses will be given. It will also monitor the accomplishments of the young people, collect reports, and prepare periodical reports and present them to the different parties to the memo. Mentor, on the other hand, will be responsible for evaluating the program as a whole and preparing suggestions for the development of the program. Countries were divided into groups according to the type of training they have received up till now. The two parts of the training program and the number of the training hours for each part are also explained. That is in addition to the sequence of the training as well as the system upon which the program is based. Dubai Police will provide the main trainers and will also train the local trainers, who – in turn – will train lecturers from among the youth; they will be divided into teams in schools, universities, clubs and youth centers. As a matter of fact, they constitute the backbone of the program, on whose shoulders lies the responsibility of organizing the lectures, symposia, fairs and all other activities.

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In the chapter dedicated to the discussion of the activities of the team, the targeted groups are mentioned, and they are mainly: the teenagers, youth and parents. The targeted places are also mentioned, and after that we move on to cite examples of what the young people do depending upon three major axes, which are (prevention, moral support & rehabilitation and pressure & influence). The first and second depend basically on young people’s efforts, for they are the ones who are responsible for raising the awareness in the different places in the first axis and achieving the goals of the second on (moral support & rehabilitation). The psychological support team takes care of the addicts in the phase of recuperation and tries to reincorporate them in the society by trying to communicate with and befriend them. As for the pressure and influence axis, what is hoped is that all parties to the memo use their connections to urge the governments to pass laws, make decisions and support educational, media, health and security programs so as to serve the objectives of the project. In the chapter discussing human resources, a general vision for the administrative structure for Right Start is presented. Moreover, the job description for each of the committees of the project, which are (Research & Training, Public Relations and Quality Assurance), is presented. That is in addition to the budget of the project. A copy of the mutual understanding memorandum is enclosed with the plan as well as the awareness-raising program for parents, which we hope that all partners will work on developing. The plan also includes the number of young people who volunteered from the different countries as well as the number of those who were actually trained, plus 4

a report on the achievements of the Future Guardians up to the present. There is also a copy of the follow-up form used in monitoring the activities of the team. The challenge is to make the project reach the rest of the countries of the region and to develop what we offer in order to achieve the goals of the project, which is really a big challenge. Yet, we have great hope that we can achieve it, for what have already been accomplished, is a huge success and is also a proof that the project can move forward and achieve all its goals.

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Contents

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‫التقديم‬ I. Introduction……………………………………………...6 II. Magnitude and Dimensions of the Problem. ………….10 III.The Future Guardians Project…………….……………..18 IV. 2006/2007 Objectives……………………......................19 V.Methodology……………………………………………20 VI.The Executive Role for Each of the Signatories to the

Memorandum of Mutual Understand ………………………..22 VII.A general Overview for the Work Plan …………………25 VIII. Training …………………………………………..……26 IX. The Activities of the Awareness-Raising Team ……..…30 X. Human Resources ……………………………………38 XI. Work Plan …………………………………………….41 XII. The Budget …………………………………………...42 XIII.Appendices ………………………………………….…44

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I.Introduction: Two years ago, Mr. Amr Khaled – head of Right Start’s board of trustees – launched a warning campaign against the wide spread of cigarettes, the hookah, cannabis , alcohols and drugs) in his famous TV show “The Makers of Life” on Iqraa satellite channel. Hundreds of thousands of young people of both sexes across the Middle East as well as in some of the European and American countries responded to the initiative and demonstrated their willingness to volunteer for propagating the idea of drugs rejection in their societies . Results surpassed all expectations and millions of brochures were printed in a unique experiment that revealed young people’s enthusiasm and ability to effectively take parts in activities that serve their communities with the hope of developing and raising them. Coming from a TV show and allowing people for the first time to communicate through a website, this experiment set a precedent in this field. From the very beginning, The World Health Organization (Middle East Office) encouraged the experiment, and it awarded Mr. Amr Khaled honorary certificates out of its belief that this experiment falls under the umbrella of the kind of volunteer work the organization always supports. Hence, the initiative of the Future Guardians Program was launched in its current form to promote young people’s role in raising the awareness of their societies. The partnership started with Dubai Police’s initiative to adopt the awareness-raising campaign and train the first generation of trainers. Then the UN Office for Fighting Drugs and Crime

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joined in, which gave the project a big boost and helped it spread to seven countries so far. Accompanying this start was the desire of the international institution, Mentor, to exert efforts in the field of raising the awareness against the dangers of drugs in the Arab world. In 2005, Mentor held an international conference with the aim of getting acquainted with the existing efforts before deciding on the kind of contributions it would make in the Arab region. Thus came the project of the Future Guardians out as an outstanding representative for what Mentor had planed to offer, so it decided to join the Future Guardians in their efforts instead of wasting their efforts in repeating what others might do. Mentor was welcomed by the original partners as a new partner that shares the same vision and objectives. Therefore, we present this document as a proposal for the program of the Future Guardians 2006/2007 in the period that starts with 1/7/2006 and ends on 30/6/2007. The document includes the suggested visions and objectives, work plan and role of each of the signatories to the memorandum of mutual understanding, training programs as well as the proposed activities of the different teams. That is in addition to the administrative structure for the project and the executive work plan enclosed with the detailed budget for the project. At the end, it is note worthy to mention that only a year and a half later after its launch, the Future Guardians Project became one of the most important projects undertaken by active youth in the field of fighting drugs, and its chances to succeed and become the best and the first in its field are very promising. Indications prove this; however, this depends on the support of and coordination between the partners in the project 8

so as to take the project from mere words on paper to the realm of reality in order to achieve success after success, thereby affirming its pioneering role and excellence.

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II.The Magnitude and Dimensions of the phenomenon Figures reflect how big the problem the world is witnessing because of drugs is. UN reports show that nearly 200 million people in the world (5% of the world’s population) have been taking drugs in the last 12 months.1 That is in addition to the fact that the spread and production of drugs cover the whole world, as it spread to 170 countries and regions.2 Worth mentioning also is the fact that trafficking drugs has benefited a great deal from the technological development in the Internet in reinforcing its nets and penetrating the different social circles. As a matter of fact, the danger of drugs trafficking lies in the fact that it represents an international web that intersects with other crimes like the organized crime, which includes prostitution, theft, burglary, kidnap, money laundry and participation in legal economic activities; thus, drug dealers infiltrate the different economic and political institutions and assume positions of authority and power. On the individual level, every one knows the effect of drugs on the individual and that it leads to a series of crises represented in the collapse of the family and social relationships, getting involved in theft, trafficking, burglary, murder, gambling and drowning in debts, for it is a phenomenon that has psychological, social and national dimensions.

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The executive summary of the UN Office for Fighting Drugs & Crime report for the year 2005 Taken from Al-Ma’rifa encyclopedia at Al-Jazeera website: www.aljazeera.net/ indepth/drugs/2001/4/4-21-2.htm 2

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The dimensions of this phenomenon in the Arab world:3…3 Symptoms of addiction: There is not a social class that is drugs-free. Yet, children who live in the grip of poverty are those who are most liable to addiction specially street children and dropouts. Prisoners and the unemployed as well as high school students are among the most liable categories to getting addicted. It has also been found that the first age to drugs taking in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia is higher than that in Egypt, Morocco and Oman. Additionally and in spite of the fact that the number of male addicts is much higher, the number of female addicts is growing. Common drugs: In the past, each country had to deal with just one kind of drugs such as cannabis (hashish) in Egypt and Morocco and catha edulis (Al Qat) in Yemen. Yet, nowadays, as a result of the great development in the fields of transportation and communication and the effects of globalization, all kinds of drugs became available in abundance in all regions in different proportions though. Added to that is the fact that taking more than one kind of drugs by the same person is the most common style of addiction in the present time. Cannabis is considered to be the most common in the whole world whereas Al Qat is the most common in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Somalia. As for opium, it is widespread in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and

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Taken from an analytical study about the problem of drugs in Arab countries for Dr. Mahdy Baeth on the website of the international institution of Mentor: www.mentorfoundation.org/pdfs/prevention_perspectives/2.pdf

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Lebanon. Heroin, on the other hand, is considered to the most common drug in Bahrain, then Libya and Egypt come next.

Protective measures: Most countries in the region are in denial when it comes to drugsrelated problems, and consequently they have not exerted any effort to assess the nature of the problem nor have they put the right mechanisms to fight it. Nevertheless, they have recently started to understand and comprehend – in different extents though – the problem and show readiness to solve it especially the specialized centers and NGOs, which demonstrated a great zeal and diligence despite the fact that they are suffering from the lack of financial support and shortage in human resources. The efforts exerted in the field of protecting from and combating drugs can be divided as such: Protection programs: Some countries like Egypt, Lebanon and Morocco have developed some protective programs for certain groups such as street children and Aids patients. Jordan, on the other hand, has adopted a program for teaching skills as an experimental program. Generally speaking, it seems that these programs are limited and short-termed; they also lack effective evaluation and they need to be incorporated into an integrated national plan. Medical programs: Some countries have developed a number of medical programs, most of which are limited to hospitals and rehabilitation institutions that 12

offer medication for cases of intoxication only that do not exceed sedatives and pain killers.

Rehabilitation programs: The rehabilitation programs in the Arab world are very rare; some of which include specialized consultations, group therapy and family therapy. Addiction statistics: It is very difficult to find reliable studies when it comes to drugs in the Middle East, as –for many years – any data related to drugs were treated with extreme sensitivity. However, in the present time, most countries admit the fact that they have drugs-related problems and are attempting to solve them by trying to overcome all possible political and cultural obstacles. Thus many countries conducted evaluative studies in the recent years, and in spite of the shortage in data, these studies are regularly presented to the UN organizations working in this field especially WHO and the UN Office for Combating Drugs and Crime. It is also worthmentioning that the data collected from these studies differ in depth and that most of them are issued by experts in specialized medical centers. WHO in the Middle East has adopted an analytical study for the size of the phenomenon of drug addiction in the region. The results of the survey showed that some of the official estimates for the size of drug addiction in 13 countries. Yet, it was hard to count those estimates as reliable sources, for most of them were randomly

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done, even though some of them were issued by specialized entities such as medical institutions and prisons.

The results also revealed that the phenomenon of drugs addiction in the age bracket (15-24) is growing in 13 Arab countries and that the age when teenagers start taking drugs ranges between 15-18 years old. It is also note worthy that 12 countries are witnessing an increase in the number of female addicts. In addition, addiction through injection is considered to be a dangerous phenomenon in 15 countries, as the number of addicts who resort to injection ranges between 137-200 thousands (mostly opium). It also seems that the fear of the society is the main reason behind the addicts’ escape from medication and from facing their problems, for a study that has been conducted in Cairo show that only 12% of the addicts get the needed care and medication. Hence we find that the phenomenon of addiction is on the rise, whereas the percentage of those who undergo treatment is very little if not nonexistent in some countries.4

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The report of the 4th meeting for the Regional Counseling Team, which discussed the effects of drugs (The United Nations’ Regional Office for Drugs and Crime in the Middle East and North Africa)

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The following tables show the estimated size of addiction to the different types of drugs to the population in some of the countries of the region. Opium Country Egypt Bahrain Jordan* Lebanon* Oman Yemen** Saudi Arabia Syria Kuwait Qatar

Year 1998 2001 2001 1999 1999 2000 1998 1998 1998

Percentage (%) 0.06 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.09 0.09 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01

Cocaine Country Jordan** Lebanon

Year 2001

Percentage (%) 0.1 0.1

Cannabis Country Egypt Bahrain** Jordan* Lebanon* Oman Syria** Qatar

Year 1997 2001 2001 1999 2002 1996

Percentage (%) 5.2 0.4 2.1 6.4 0.1 2 0.1

*Estimates by the UN Office for Combating Drugs based on local studies **Preliminary estimates coming from governmental reports, the European center for watching drugs addiction and the US foreign office.

The developmental solutions for combating drugs: The problem of reducing offer and demand: Studies, reports and researches all over the world show that the problem of drugs addiction is growing despite the international efforts that aim at combating it. This is because what drugs trafficking gangs

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and organized lobbies own, supports their nets and activities in all societies and makes them strong and powerful enough to make governments and international organizations unable to fight them effectively, for the history of drugs shows that drug addiction is an old human experiment that is related – in many cases – to people’s culture, habits and traditions as well as the societies’ geographical, political and social conditions. For example, the location of the Sinai peninsula is considered to be a cross point for heroin and hashish trafficking from the main production regions in Southeastern Asia to the European markets. Lebanon, on its part, has been a major producer of drugs in the Middle East in the 70s and 80s because the Lebanese authorities lost all power and control during the civil war. In the 90s, Lebanon gradually turned from a producer to a center for cocaine and heroin trafficking; this is due to the fact that a big number of the Lebanese immigrants live in South America and usually their relatives who still live in Lebanon get involved in drugs trafficking nets. Thus a scientific and realistic conviction has been formed aiming at turning the fight against drugs to addicts. In other words, combating drugs should not be limited to the efforts undertaken by governments that focus on reducing the “offer”, which is not enough. The best alternative is a double activity that aims at reducing the “demand” on drugs as well. This process depends mainly on the raising of awareness, guidance and protection. Bottom line: Thus we deduce the following:

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1-It is important that governments, civil society and volunteers from all walks of life unite their efforts, for the problem affects all classes and categories. 2-Efforts to evaluate the nature of the problem and to set the methodology and protection and combating mechanisms as well as to stop denying the existence and the true size of the problem should start immediately. 3-Communication, serious and regular evaluation for the results as well as setting long-term plans should all be on the agenda so as to make up for the current shortage in efforts. 4-Protection programs should target the age bracket (10-24), as those who belong to it are the most liable to fall in the pitfall of addiction, especially in view of the continuous increase in the number of addicts within this age bracket in the countries of the region. 5-Efforts should be focused on the axis of “reducing the demand on drugs” away from the authority and power of the gangs that cultivate, traffic and distribute drugs in the hope of creating a positive current that rejects drugs within the society itself .

III.The Future Guardians Program All the signatories to the memo share the same vision and objective, which reflects that they are on the same track. This is a primary proposal for the vision of the project based on presenting a mutual

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understanding memo and the activation of the project in the previous period. The memo has been presented to the five partners in order for them to reach a common vision. The proposed vision: Our vision is to create a society that rejects and fights drugs addiction. The proposed mission: The Future Guardians Program works on attracting and mobilizing the efforts and resources of the governmental and public institutions, locally and internationally, to prepare the societies to have a positive effect in fighting addiction by implementing protection programs against these ailments and to those who are in the recuperation phase. General Aims 1. Contributing to the official efforts as well as the national and international ones in reducing the numbers of the drugs and alcohols addicts among the youths 2. Raising people’s awareness about the effects of addiction and alcohols 3. Raising the awareness of families about the necessity of protecting young people and educating them about the dangers of addiction 4. Using the different and huge powers and abilities of young people and reinforcing human relationships in order to enhance humanity at large through the energy of those youths 5. Enhancing the role of the family in the protection from addiction.

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IV.2006–2007 Objectives (1/6/2006 – 31 / 5 / 2007) 1. Training the second group, which have not received the first part of the training yet 2. Resuming the training of the first group ,which have already received the first part of the training, on the second part of the training program 3. Preparing activating courses and programs for some countries 4. Reviewing the content of the training program and developing it 5. Preparing an educational program for parents 6. Preparing a scheme for evaluating the project 7. Preparing a scheme for developing the project

V.Methodology The philosophy of the project is based on the use the “peer pressure” technique, which depends on raising the awareness of young people and training them into influencing their peers. This technique has been proved to be very effective; this is because when a young man/woman tries to exert his/her influence on his/her peer, he/she will

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use the same language and refer to the same realities they share being of the same age. That is also in addition to the fact that he/she will be psychologically closer to him/her. The Future Guardians Program adopts the attitude of decentralization, as the project management in Right Start does not dictate for the teams or the different countries involved what to do; Right Start gives them complete freedom to offer the kind of activities they see best. This is due to the following reasons: 1-Empowering young people: The project aims at empowering young people by giving them the chance to learn through practice and know right from wrong as well as have them take decisions on their own, which will give them more confidence in their abilities and enrich their skills. 2-Enriching creative thinking: Undoubtedly, this attitude will encourage young people to be creative and to come up with new ideas without having to follow readymade models for the activities, which might restrain their creativity.

3-Peer pressure: The project depends on the technique of peer pressure, which will be discussed later. Each volunteer will have the right to choose the way that he/she sees best in persuading his/her peers. 4-Taking the local dimension into consideration

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Our project is an international one and it is being implemented in different regions and communities. It follows then that it is better to give up the decision of choosing the methods of awareness-raising to the local communities; this is due to the fact that each country or community has its won culture, customs and traditions, which differ from that of others.

VI-The Executive Role for Each of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Mutual Understanding

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According to the mutual understanding memorandum signed by the five partners in April 2006 concerning the implementation of the Future Guardians Program (appendix 1), each partner has specific roles. They are as follows: The United Nations’ Regional Office for Drugs and Crime in the Middle East and North Africa: 1- Revising the material of the training program 2- Providing related data, studies and research results 3- Participating in the training courses (when possible) and

approving them 4- Participating in the assessment of the program and its

improvement . 5- Cooperating with the other partners in propagating the program.

The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean: 1- Revising the material of the training program 2- Providing related data, studies and research results 3- Participating in the training courses (when possible) and approving them 4- Participating in the assessment of the program and its improvement 5- Cooperating with the other partners in propagating the program The Dubai Police Department: 1- Developing the material of the training program 2- Preparing the second part of the course material 3- Resuming the training for the rest of the countries, which have

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4- Training all the countries in the second part of the program Right Start Foundation International: 1- Selecting the national organizations and preparing them for receiving the first part of the training for the countries that have not received it yet 2- Preparing the second part of the training for the countries that

received the first part 3- Monitoring the achievements of the trainees and preparing regular

follow-up reports 4- Participating in the improvement of the program with the other partners 5- Organizing the training courses and the trainees’ activities in the different countries 6- Advertising the programs’ activities through the different means of

the Media 7- Building international and national relations to support the program

The Arab Institution of Mentor: 1-Preparing and executing an assessment project for the evaluate the program (quantitatively and qualitatively) according to: • Course material 23

• Management methodology • Trainees’ efficiency • How convenient the trainees are to the training course • The effect of the course on achieving the targeted awareness goals in these communities 2- Creating development programs based on the results of the evaluation

VII. A General Perception for the Work Plan

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Providing trainees Dubai Police Department

Right Start

Training trainees

Evaluating the Program

And setting the

Developing programs

WHO

UNODC

Mentor The Reviewing and Development the training program

Plan 1

VIII. Training:1- The groups of countries Countries were divided into three groups according to their need for the training. 25

The First Group: The first group comprises the countries which received the first part of the training program and some of them started working, while waiting for the second part of the training. Event

Country

Local provider

Lebanon Qatar Jordan

Sonaa Al-Hayaa Youth Care Future Guardians Dubai Police

Emirates Yemen Egypt Iraq Syria Morocco

Department Sonaa Al-Hayaa Right start ME (temporarily) Reformation org. Drugs Defense Department El Rashed Center

date 9/2004 1/2005 3/2005

Country Representative Dr. Mohamed Al-Sayad Aly Al-Kenady Abeer Al-Sharky

3/2005

Dr. Aisha

4/2005

Dr. Yomna Al Aswady Dr. Ahmed Za'fan

6/2005 11/200 5 2/2006

(temporarily) Dr. Omar Al-Genaiby Col. Ahmed Al-Hoory

4/2006

The project in the Middle East is managed by Right Start Middle East and the project coordinator is Dr. Ahmed Za'fan. The Second Group: The second group comprises the countries that have not received neither the first nor the second part of the training program. The Training Program: 1-Algeria 2-Tunisia

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3-Libya 4-Sudan 5-Palestine 6-Saudi-Arabia 7-Oman 8-Kuwait 9- Mauritania Note: Both Lebanon and Bahrain need a warming-up course in addition to the second part of the training. 2-The Training Program: Training program comprises two parts which the trainees will get in two separate stages as follows: First Part: -Training Content: •

Information about drugs (Different types and their harmful effects . . .)

• Presentation skills • Team work • Preparing awareness campaigns and planning their budgets -Training Methods: • Lectures • Exercises • Workshops -Number of Trainees: • 30 persons 27

-Duration: • 5 days Second Part: -Training Content: • Additional information about drugs • Additional information about training • Sharing experiences with others • The methodology of designing awareness campaigns How to deal with the Media The Main • Methods of working Traineron the national level -Training Methods: •

• Lectures • Exercises International Trainers 5 • Workshops -Number of Trainees: • 60 persons. -Duration: Local Trainers • 5 days

Instructors

3-The Current Structure for the Project

Youth Centers

Clubs

Universities

Dubai Police

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Lectures, symposia, fairs, arts & sports activities

Schools

Dubai Police

Plan (2)

XI-The Activities of the Awareness-Raising Teams According to what was previously mentioned, the following are only general frameworks that are supposed to educate the volunteers about the project.

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1 – Targeted Categories: a) Teenagers (12 – 18) b) Youth (18 – 25) c) Parents 2 – Targeted Places: a) Teenagers: • Schools • Universities • Youth Centers • Clubs • Reformation Houses • TV • Homeless Children Organizations b) Youth: • Schools • Universities • Youth Centers • Clubs • Restaurants and Coffee Shops • TV • Mosques & Churches c) Parents: • Clubs • Homes • Malls 30

• Summer Resorts • Restaurants and Coffee Shops • Mosques & Churches 3-Work Axes: First

: Prevention

Second: Moral Support & Habilitation Third

: Peer Pressure & Influence

First: Prevention: It mainly aims at raising the awareness of young people against the dangers of addiction as well as working on annihilating the causes that lead to addiction, and this can be done through: 1–Raising the Awareness in Schools: Schools are considered to be the most important places to be targeted, for this is where we can focus on the age bracket (12 – 18). The teams are going to raise the awareness against the dangers of drugs addiction whether by classical methods such as lectures, symposia or through activities such as cartoons, singing, plays and sports and art activities. A group of students will be chosen and trained to represent the Future Guardians Teams and to make their colleagues aware about the danger of drugs using the “peer pressure” technique, which will be done in two steps: a) Collective Awareness : By holding symposia, lectures, sports tournaments, cultural and arts activities as it was previously mentioned

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b) Individual Awareness : Each volunteer will be responsible for raising the awareness of a group of his/her colleagues, friends, families or his relatives individually, which will increase the benefit and the chances of the success of the project. 2–Raising the Awareness in Universities: It will be similar to what is done in schools, taking into consideration though, the fact that the age bracket (18-25) is different and that university students are different in terms of ideas and interests. Therefore, the messages used should be more mature and more suitable to their age. Similarly also, university students will be used in raising the awareness of their colleagues by forming Future Guardian teams in the different faculties following the collective and individual awareness-raising methods previously discussed. 3 –Raising the Awareness in Clubs: In clubs, teams affiliated to the Future Guardians will organize symposia, hang posters, distribute brochures and set permanent stands. The targeted age brackets are: a) Teenagers (12 – 18) b) Youth (18 – 25) c) Parents This will ensure that the message reaches all the members of the family and benefits both the upper and the middle classes, who frequent clubs. 4–Raising the Awareness in Youth Centers:

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Youth centers are a suitable alternative to clubs for young people from the middle and lower classes. Activities in the youth centers are similar to those in clubs; moreover, they have the ability to organize sports tournaments under anti-drugs titles or slogans. 5–Restaurants & Coffee Shops: Volunteers will hang posters and distribute fliers and brochures in coffee shops and restaurants that will respond to the project and put the logo in obvious places as well as raise the awareness of the customers about the dangers of drugs addiction. In addition, the volunteers try to recruit those who are willing to be part of the project. 6–The Drugs Combating Department: •The Drugs Combating Department will publicize its phone numbers to encourage people to report drug dealers. The objective of this step is to encourage the community to help the police in its fight against drugs and to foster a positive attitude among all the categories comprising the society as well as affirm the importance of cooperation. The cases that have been initiated based on people’s reports will be anonymously announced. That is to assure the public that their positive participation and role in the fight against drugs are important.

•Participation in symposia: The Drugs Department will send one of its highly experienced officers to participate in the symposia with the Future Guardians’ youth, which will raise the spirit of young people and make them feel

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that they have a big role equal to that of the police, which will, in turn, unite the different segments of the society in serving it. Second: Moral Support & Rehabilitation: More often than not friends stand as an obstacle in the path to quitting. They are often the ones who tempt teenagers and young people into taking drugs. The role friends play in positively or negatively influencing their peers is known, and accordingly small groups that will be responsible for offering moral support to two types of targeted segments will be formed. The targeted segments are: 1–Non addicts: This segment includes young people who are most liable to take drugs. The aim here is to protect them from falling in the pitfall of addiction in the first place. 2–Addicts: The aim here is to provide addicts with the moral and social support essential to helping them quickly integrate once again within their communities. That is by helping the addict communicate better with his/her family and friends as well as having him/her participate in volunteer work especially that related to fighting addiction such as the Future Guardian Project. By filling his/her free time, the addict will be spared the dangers of relapse, depression and sense of loss, especially when he/she fails to reincorporate in his/her community whether it was due to personal reasons or reasons related to his/her friends. The venue for these activities will be one of the following: ♦ Educational and Reformation Houses ♦ Hospitals or Centers for Addiction Treatment

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Third: Peer Pressure & Influence: This axis aims at creating a creating a unified public opinion through different organizations; a public opinion that realizes how dangerous the problem of drugs in our countries is and that positive influence through the different channels is extremely important, as it helps push the same efforts forward and move institutions to make decisions and pass laws that are meant to put an end to the spread of drugs. This, in turn, requires from the five signatories to step up their pressure and to direct it to the right direction as well as support the activities of the volunteers. This can be achieved through the following: 1–The Ministries of Education: The educational curricula are the top priority in the awareness issue. Therefore, we will coordinate with the ministries of education so as to add awareness-raising items to the curricula in the different stages, which will foster the culture that rejects and fights drugs addiction. That should be done in a simple way and Future Guardians volunteers can teach that part themselves. 2–The Ministries of Religious Endowments: We will arrange with the ministries of religious endowments to devote a number of Friday sermons to raising the awareness about the causes and effects of addiction and showing how unlawful it is as well as how to protect one’s children from it, which will guarantee that the message reaches a great number of people. It is noteworthy to mention here that the power the religious or spiritual side has is undeniable. The scientific and practical side is also part of the plan,

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which will enhance the chances of persuasion and the acceptance on the part of the audience. 3–Churches: As it was previously mentioned, religious pulpits are one of the most important and effective tools in delivering any message. Therefore, the clerical councils in different countries will be contacted so as to participate in the campaign: •Future Guardians Team •Clergy men in churches and the different ecclesiastical occasions 4–Ministries of Youth and Sports: We will coordinate with the ministries of youth and sports to facilitate the activities of the Future Guardians in youth centers and clubs in the different governorates and be allowed to hold sports tournaments and carry different awareness-raising activities there. Additionally, the Future Guardians will take part in the activities and camps of the different ministries so as to reach more people. 5–Mass Media: It is doubted less that the media plays an effective role in decision making and forming the public opinion; therefore, the project will cooperate with TV channels, newspapers, magazines and writers who are particularly interested in environmental and health issues. That is in addition to inviting them to the Future Guardians Conference for fighting drugs addiction. 6–The Future Guardians Conference:

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It will be organized after achieving the goal of the proposed plan, making use of the success accomplished by the will of God through the campaigns and awareness programs. 1) Drawing the attention of the community to the danger, magnitude, dimension and repercussions of the problem 2) Agreeing on a unified strategy that aims at integrating all efforts 3) Evaluating the current experiments and explaining the pros and cons 4) Recommending the latest methods of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation that suit our community 5) Presenting the achievements of the project and propagating it on the international level

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The Administrative Structure for the Project

The Project Manager

Financial Manager

The Quality Assurance Committee

Group Three Bahrain-1

Coordination

Public Relations

Group two Algeria Tunisia Libya Sudan Palestine Saudi Arabia Oman Kuwait Mauritania Lebanon -10

Plan (3)

The Job Description for the Committees:

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Research & development Committee

First Group Qatar Jordan Emirates Yemen Egypt Iraq Syria Morocco

1– The Coordination Committee: The coordination committee is the link between the central management of the project and the teams, and it is also responsible for organizing and monitoring their work. •Tasks: 1. Monitoring the work of the teams in the different countries

and preparing their work reports 2. Minimizing the obstacles and the administrative problems 3. Organizing conferences and the project’s big seasonal

activities in cooperation with the public relation committee 4. Preparing the data base for the members of the team

• The Experience and Skills required in the members of the committee members 1. High administrative skills

2. Leadership qualities 3. Team work spirit 4. Initiation 5. Enthusiasm & persistence 6. Ability to work under pressure 2–Research & Development Committee: The research and development committee is responsible for training as well as the material for the symposia and lectures.

•Tasks:

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Preparing and developing the different training material (training instructors, training trainers, training coordinators & training the specialized committees)

• Providing the latest statistics and information relevant to drugs and smoking • Preparing and reviewing the material used in the symposia, lectures and advertisement and approving them • The Experience and Skills required in the members of the

committee members ; 1. Research, critical and analytical abilities 2. Expertise in training or scientific research is preferable. 3–The Public Relation Committee: •Tasks: 1. Organizing the propaganda (newspapers - Radio & TV) for all

the activities of the project 2. Working on finding partners to execute the programs of the project (sponsors-executers) 3. Working on spreading the idea and importance of the project •The Experience and Skills required in the members of the

committee members 1. Self-confidence 2. Good communication skills 3. Good negotiation skills 4. Creativity 5. Enthusiasm & persistence

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Project Manager

Research & Training Committee

Ready-made Material

The PR Committee

The Coordination Committee

Needs

Coordination needs

Partnership in execution

Publication material Periodical

Reports

The QA Committee

Plan (4)

Work Plan Microsoft Project file

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Appendices

Appendix (1)

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Appendix (2): Parents Program:No one can deny the importance of sound education for children. The negligence on the part of many mothers for their educational, protective and guiding role, in addition to the generation gap and family division, all lead to the problems previously discussed, which result from the complete or partial absence of the parents’ role. Accordingly, a special program that aims at raising the parents’ awareness will be implemented and it will comprise the following items:

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First: Reasons behind addiction: 1-Individual-related

reasons

(lack

of

religious

impetus,

bad

companions, having lots of leisure time, availability of money, staying up late at night and social problems) 2-Family-related reasons (bad examples, lack of supervision, family division, parents’ who are in the habit of taking lots of medicine and drugs) 3-Society-related problems (the absence of the role of the school, the weakness of the role that the different means of media plays, the availability of drugs by traffickers and distributors) Second: Methods of protection against addiction: 1-Personal elements (young people’s personal skills, complete awareness about the dangers of drugs, holding on to religion, habits and traditions) 2-Social elements (strong family ties, social rejection of drugs, reducing the demand on drugs, applying strong daunting measures against drug dealers)

Third: Symptoms of an addicted son: 1-Behaviour (isolation, deterioration on the academic or professional level, loss of appetite, sleeping a lot, irritation) 2-Appearance (paleness of face, rapid weight loss, lack of concentration, marks on the body) Fourth: How to act upon discovering an addicted son: This requires the participation of other parties to develop it.

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Appendix (3)

M

Country

1 2 3 4 5

Egypt Syria Morocco Algeria Jordan

Number of instructors

4174 603 434 377 332

Number of

M

Country

14 15 16 17 18

Sudan Lebanon Oman Iraq USA

trainers

402 56 59 55 32 52

Number of

Number of

instructors

trainers

60 57 41 41 39

14 6 5 5 10

6 7 8 9 10 11

KSA Yemen Palestine Emirates Tunisia Libya

292 224 211 159 100 98

35 16 23 13 8 12

19 20 21 22 23 24

12

Kuwait

89

11

25

76

16

26

13

Afghanista n

Bahrain Qatar Canada Germany Sweden Italy Mauritani

34 32 23 18 10 10

6 4 4 2 2 1

7

2

Malaysia

5

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Total

7546

799

a

Appendix (4)

M

Country

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Emirates(7 intakes) Qatar Jordan Yemen Egypt Iraq Youth Intake (Jordan) Morocco Bahrain Lebanon Total

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Number of trainees 180 60 60 60 30 20 60 60 70 600

Appendix (5): Our Achievements Egypt : •Training the first group of trainers (20 trainers) •Holding 19 intakes so far •Forming 36 local teams •Covering 8 governorates •Forming 4 teams in Cairo, Mansoura, the 6th of October and the

Suez Canal universities •Raising the awareness in 119 schools and forming 63 teams in them so far •Launching awareness-raising campaigns in 4 clubs •Organizing awareness-raising campaigns in Cairo University,

which targeted 4000 students •Organizing The Future Guardians Conference for Port Said in

Al-Sadat Academy •Organizing 3 campaigns in the villages of Al Sharqia governorate

(which is one of Egypt’s most notorious governorates for the

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cultivation of drugs) under the title “Without It, My Life Would Be Better” , after which many of the governorate’s inhabitants volunteered to work on the project •Organizing 3 debates in the Rehabilitation Institution for children

with criminal records •Organizing the biggest awareness campaign in The Arab Youth

Week in the university of Mansoura •The number of the main teams reached 448. •The number of volunteers in the teams in schools and universities reached 620. •The number of those who have attended our sessions reached

47,874. Iraq •190 trainees have graduated over the span of 5 intakes for the

youth of the Iraqi universities in addition to the Islamic Society for the Women of Iraq “The Iraqi Mother Society”. •6 workshops were run in the presence of 209 educational guides in cooperation with the Ministry of Education with the aim of enhancing their roles in the field of students’ protection against drugs and designing alternative programs for students so as to train their colleagues in their turn. •Participating in the following conferences: 1-“The Danger of Drugs and its Effects on the Society” in the Center for Educational and Psychological Researches in the university of Baghdad 2-“Protection against Drugs” in the university of Mostensaria

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3-“The First Regional Conference for Combating Drugs” in Kuwait -Organizing a number of TV and radio interviews to raise the awareness against the dangers of addiction -Organizing a number of lectures and debates in the Arab universities

Jordan -Founding a society under the name of “The Future Guardians Society” -Launching our own website www.futureguardians.org -Cooperating with the Combating Drugs Unit in: 1-Organizing a march for the protection against drugs in Amman under the auspices of her majesty Queen Rania 2-Organizing a football match between the Jordanian and Iraqi teams under the title “Yes to life . . No to drugs” 3-A helicopter has been hovering overhead during the march and the game carrying a banner that read “Yes to life . . No to drugs” celebrating the International Day for Combating Drugs (24/6/2005) -Taking part in the organization of “The Drugs Combating March” and “A debate about the danger of drugs”, which was held by the Arab society for raising the awareness against the dangers of drugs and dangerous medicine in the City of Zarqaa.

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-Organizing an awareness campaign against the dangers of drugs in the Hashemite University -Launching a project under the title “The Awareness Initiative in the Jordanian Universities” with the aim of forming teams affiliated to the Future Guardian in all Jordanian universities in cooperation with “King Abdullah II Treasury for Development” -Composing a special song with the name “Ana Lola Allah” encouraging young people to stay away from bad companions. -Forming a human picture by school children carrying anti-drugs slogans -Making the biggest cloth banner in the Middle East that extended for 2 kilometers carrying anti-drugs phrases Qatar -Founding a volunteer society under the name “Al Multaqa Al Tatwoee for Protection Against Drugs” -Using the summer centers organized by schools to organize a joint workshop to raise the awareness of and train female students (preparatory & secondary stages)

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Appendix 6 The Future Guardians project The form of the periodical reports The report of (month) ………. of year 2006 for (country) ……….

First: Introducing the team: o The coordinator of the region: o The person in charge: o Number of the members of the team: o

Number of the members of the team according to the places where they carry their activities:

- University: ………- School: …………Others (committees, centres): … ………

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o Number of lecturers in the team:

o Number of trainers in the team:

o Number of effective members in general (other than lecturers

and trainers):

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Second: Activities done by the team during the period from (month) …. to (month) …. (Note: Mention all the activities and enclose 2 photocopies for each activity after the table and write on each copy the activity it refers to) Activity

The target achieved by the

Number of volunteers who

Preparation

Location & a brief

Number of

activity

took part in the preparation

Period

summary for the event

trainees

Achievements &extra opportunities

/attendees

Woke shop1 Training1

Starting the training of

4 members from the team

university teams

& the club management

2 weeks

It was held in the

30 trainees &

Holding an agreement with the

Doctors Club

2 organizers

management of the club for

st

(1 training for the

future cooperation in the club

university teams and

and reducing the fees for future

included students from

intakes

3 different faculties, which are those of medicine, commerce & science) schools and last for 5 days Training2 Lectures for schools 1 Lectures for schools 2

Third: The opinion of the team: o Pros gained/acquired by the team:

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o Cons that faced/affected the team:

o Problems you faced but couldn’t solve:

o Problems you faced but managed to solve:

Reporter: Tel:

e-mail

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