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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Organisaion fights alcohol, drug abuse

Blue Cross Namibia held a community outreach meeting at Katutura’s OD location on Saturday to create awareness on alcohol and drug abuse, an event attended mainly by the youth of that community.

OD location is one of the areas where the consumption of alcohol and the abuse of illegal substances among the youth is high, according to Foreversun Haiduwah, Field Coordinator of Blue Cross Namibia.

“The people that attended the meeting were the right people although we initially wanted to talk to the whole community,” Haiduwah said, when asked why OD location was chosen as the place to create awareness.  > > > >  Read More
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