Welcome to The World Federation Against Drugs

Click here for documentation from the 6^th World Forum Against Drugs!

WFAD is a multilateral community of non-governmental organisations and individuals. We share a common concern that illicit drug use is undercutting traditional values and threatening the existence of stable families, communities, and government institutions throughout the world. Our aim is to work for a drug-free world.

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George: ”I was a street child myself”

George Ochieng Odalo, 28 years old, social worker from Kenya and the founder of Slum Child Foundation.

As a street child in the slums of Nairobi George met the same reality that he meets today and felt the same feelings.

- I became a street child when my father died. But I survived; someone saw my potential and introduced me to a person who paid for my schooling.

In 2008 George founded the Slum Child Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works with street children in Nairobi. More

Voices from the 4^th World Forum Against Drugs

Rima Saade Turk, 48 years, Secretary General at Nusroto Association, drug and rehabilitation center, Cenacle of the Son of Man, Lebanon

Why are you here?

I am here because my organization is member of the World Federation Against Drugs and because I am nominated to be the representative of Asia in the board of WFAD. I want to share experiences with other grass-root organizations and I want to increase our knowledge on drugs and treatment. More

WFAD Release in response to The Report of the West African Commission on Drugs urging West African Countries to Decriminalize/Legalize Drugs

A Report titled, “Not Just in transit Drugs, the State and Society in West Africa” prepared by a group of ex-public servants and some Civil Society activists under the auspices of the West African Commission on Drugs (WACD) has been brought to the notice of the World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD).

After perusing the said Report, WFAD wishes to highlight the following facts pertinent to the Report with a view towards putting the intention and objectives of its sponsors and originators in proper perspective. More

Statement of the Congress of World Federation Against Drugs

WFAD is guided by the 1961, 1971 and 1988 UN drug conventions and the resolution resulting from the UNGASS-meeting 1998. The UN Conventions provide the necessary platform for international cooperation to reducing non-medical drug use, a major global epidemic with serious public health and public safety consequences.

The preamble of the Single Convention recognizes that “addiction to drugs constitutes a serious evil for the individual and is fraught with social and economic danger to mankind”1. Illicit drugs are a threat to the health and welfare of mankind. Recognizing this threat, the global community must work toward the goal of a drug-free world, very much as it works toward the goals of a cancer-free, poverty-free and crime free world. More

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Welcome to Webinar on Recovery Cities!

2020-03-31

Invitation to Webinar about Recovery Cities!

On the 8th of April, WFAD invites all members to take part in a webinar around recovery cities.

While the initiation of recovery is mostly triggered by individual, psychological change and social triggers, sustaining recovery is more strongly predicted by opportunities provided by the community. It is therefore important to build local communities to...[Continue]

Annual Congress 2020

2020-03-17

The 2020 Annual Congress of World Federation Against Drugs was held in Vienna, Austria on March 1st 2020.
On the basis on the WFAD's Ten Year Strategic Plan, which includes placing particular focus on the Convention on The Rights of The Child (Article 33) and the situation for women affected by drug use, the nomination committee suggested a new Board to serve for the coming two-years.

The Congress and Strategic Meeting...[Continue]

The East African Regional Workshop and Forum, hosted in Kampala, Uganda 4-6th February 2020.

2020-02-14

Together with four member organisations, UYDEL, Slum Child Foundation, SCAD and Paddifoundation WFAD hosted the second East African Regional Forum. The workshop and forum were part of a pilot-study grant, funded by Swedish Development Agency Forum Syd. The two-day workshop hosted some 25 members from the Region (including Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and...[Continue]

East African Regional Forum

2020-01-22

Welcome to the East African "Miniature" Regional Forum!

The Regional Forum will take place on the 6th of February at Nyumbani Hotel, Kampala, Uganda.
Read the Draft Programme. Read more about the Forum on the website of ISSUP.

If you wish to attend the Regional Forum, February 6th, at your own expense, you are most welcome to do so. Register by sending an email to info@wfad.se, no later than January 23rd. There...[Continue]

WFAD Annual Congress 1 March 2020

2020-01-10

Welcome to the 2020 Annual Congress of WFAD, will take place in Vienna, Austria March 1st 2020, 16:00-18:00 CET. Members can participate via online-link.

Preliminary Agenda, WFAD Congress 2020

a.     Opening and approval of the agenda
b.     Election of officers
c.      Admission of new member organisations
d.     Selection of congressional committees
e.     Reports from the International Board
f.     ...[Continue]

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Member Activity

Recovery Get-Together in Gazipur, Bangladesh!

2020-03-20

Written by: WFAD

Congratulations to Dhaka Ahsania Mission Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center who rganised the 8th Recovery Get-Together on the 28th of February 2020 at its premises in Gazipur, Bangladesh.
The Recovery Get-Together celebrated the healthy drug-free lives of 170 people in recovery!

Read the full report here.

The 2019 Drug Abuse Control Advocacy Workshop and Policy Review Meeting

2019-12-03

Written by: WFAD

World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD), {Nigeria Chapter} & Civil Society Network on Substance & Drug Abuse (CSNetSDA)

2019 Drug Abuse Control Advocacy Workshop and Policy Review Meeting.

PADDI House, Irete - Owerri
20th - 21st November 2019

Prompted by the need to proffer practicable and effective solutions to the increasingly dire drug abuse situation...[Continue]

The 5th National Youth Summit on Drugs and Substance Prevention organized by African Youths Initiative on Crime Prevention

2019-11-08

Written by: WFAD

The 5th National Youth Summit on Drugs and Substance Prevention organized by African Youths Initiative on Crime Prevention (AYICP), 30th-31st October, 2019 at the former SGF Conference Hall, Federal Secretariat, Abuja, was a huge success considering the number of participants and resource persons that graced...[Continue]

Workshop: Gender aspects of different forms of risk behaviour prevention by Kalegium and WOCAD

2019-11-06

Written by: WFAD

An initiative by member organisation Kalegium and WFAD, the project "Youth People Against Drugs - the Pinsk Model" is funded by Forum Syd and implemented in Belarus.

The project focuses on improving the system of gender specific primary prevention of addiction and non-medical drug consumption.

In collaboration with Women's Committee on...[Continue]

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) observes the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

2019-08-21

Written by: WFAD

The Health sector of WFAD member Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) observes the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2019 with due importance.

On 26 June 2019 was the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Multiple campaigns, rallies, poster designing and many other programs were conducted in...[Continue]