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10% of these students who were in the 12-16 age group had already tried alcohol,'' said PHFI's Monika Arora

MUMBAI: After being blamed for tobacco use, Bollywood  is now being blamed for promoting alcohol to India's youth.  NGOs PHFI (  Public Health Foundation of India ) and HRIDAY(Health Related Information Dissemination Amongst Youth) made two shocking findings after interviewing around 4,000 Delhi school children who watched Bollywood films. "Firstly, we found that 10% of these students who were in the 12-16 age group had already tried alcohol,'' said PHFI's  Monika Arora , a  principal investigator  of the study. Secondly, the study found students that had been most exposed to alcohol use in Bollywood movies were found to be 2.78 times more likely to have tried alcohol compared with those who were least exposed..... READ MORE 

Nada involves the young for bringing back the senior citizens in to main stream

Mr.Verma retired from Indian Air Force, he has lot of community  initiative in his credit.  Today ,Nada Team visited Pehchaan senior citizens computer training program at Aya Nager. We met Mr.Verma retired from Indian Air Force.He shared his experiences and beliefs a lot of old people have,which hold them back from joining such new initiatives. He praised the efforts of Nada India team like Mr.Chandan. I tried to involve young people using Internet Cafe in a joint learning experience with old people. They welcomed the move and joined Nada India as volunteers and continue to involve them in learning process.        Subrat Nayak young volunteer from D.A.V. School Vasant Kunj 

Barrier Free Service : Use of ear acupuncture for treatment and rehabilitation of drug users at National Institute of Social Defence

Suneel facilitating the session on Barrier Free services  at NISD RKPuram New Delhi Dr.Uttam Singh NADA ADS conducting acudetox session  Dr.Uttam Singh NADA ADS conducting acudetox session    National Institute of Social Defence  (NISD), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India invited Nada India team to conduct a mini workshop on Barrier Free Service : Use of ear acupuncture for treatment and rehabilitation of drug users . NISD has been  organising  3 Months Certificate Course on De-addiction Counselling and  Rehabilitation  from 12th March to 10th June 2012 at NISD R.K.Puram , New  Delhi. This  training  course is to enhance the capacity of service providers  (Project Incharge/Counsellors/Social Workers from different parts of India like Kerala,Chattisgarh, Zharkhand,U.P.Nagaland, Mizoram,Maharashtra ,Harayana, Rajasthan and Delhi ) of NGOs working i...