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Watch this important discussion on World Drug Day as part of the Think Change Forum’s ongoing consultation programme on “Ideas for an Addiction Free India”. #TobaccoFreeYouth #worlddrugday Panelists: 1. Mr Suneel Vatsyayan - Chairperson - Nada India Foundation 2. Dr Pallavi Rao Chaturvedi Parenting Coach, educator, author and founder of Get Set Parent 3. Mr Kalyan Chatterjee - Educationist & Author 4. Mr Nalini Ranjan Mohanty -Director, Jagran Institute of Management & Mass Communication 5. Dr Sudheendra Huddar - Senior Consultant Psychiatrist - TeleMANAS, Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences 6. Ms Anju Krish - Founder &CEO UnTaboo -: A Safety & Sex Ed Company Moderator - Mr Gaurav Chaudhary - Co Founder and CEO Earshot Media Courtesy: Think Change Forum

Drink Revolution pre-launch party @ARSD College in Collaboration with NISD SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG THE YOUTH About 170 students participated in this training programme. Participants were from Ram Lal Anand College ,Aryabhatta College, Maitreyi College, Rajdhani College, Kalindi College, P.G.D.A.V College and A.R.S.D College.  The First Session was taken by Suneel Vatsayan , founder and chairperson of NADA India Foundation. He is an avid researcher, philanthropist and blogger who has been associated with IOGT Internationa l for more than three decades. He is actively engaged in the field of sensitising adolescent community in the slum, villages, schools and colleges on various issues like HIV, NCDs, alcohol/ drug abuse and violence.  His session was very interactive and lively which included examples that established a very good rapport with the audience. He also shared his experiences of working with drug users and people a...

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Dear Nada India, I, on behalf of my school and students,am thankful to you and Team Nada India for giving this opportunity to our students to interact with the underprivileged children,youth and women of village area of Mandi gaon. Performing a street play for them provides a sense of satisfaction as our students are sensitised towards the ground realities of people who survive in deplorable conditions.The village is a difficult place where water is scarce,as children could observe that a water tanker arrives once a week ,and water is to be carried home.Yet Nada India is extremely hopeful.It is providing unstinted support to students and families to live a life of dignity. Various practical issues like challenges faced during rehab to quit smoking and drinking or quitting drugs to develop  drug free environment were discussed with ease.Educating girl child and gender equality too was considered relevant when children suggested that girls too have a right to equal opp...

On the eve of INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE ,  NGO Bal Umang Drishya  Sanstha (BUDS), partner NGOs Antakshari Foundation and Nada India foundation   Jointly organized an awareness rally against drug usage at Old Delhi Railway station.These three NGOs have been working on the streets of Tis Hazari ,Mori gate and Old Delhi railway station as the people who live around the railway station are vulnerable and use of drugs is common.BUDS, Antakshri and Nada India are using peer based approach and trying to prevent drug use and Non communicable diseases among family members of the children.The rally was led by Use by Mr.Yawar Director (Operations) BUDS.

  " Mr. Vatsyayan, who says marijuana tempts the young with the esc­ape it offers. And quitting is not easy. The withdrawal symptoms include mood swings, restlessnes, sharp cravings." Out on the lawns of a well-known school in Delhi, Karan Singh had his first encounter with marijuana. Urged by seniors that winter afternoon, Karan puffed on the well-rolled, slender joint that began his love aff­air with Mary Jane. Since then, he has spanned the whole gamut—smoking stuff friends got him, asking his driver to score for him, getting it straight from the hills to, well, growing his own stuff. “I have had a long stretch, but growing it is the best way to have premium quality stuff at half the cost, and with very little effort, once you know the tricks,” he says. Many would say that serious-mindedness might more prod­uc­tively be channelled into studies, the sports arena or a hobby—for Karan is only 13. It’s an age too early to even conte...