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British Nepal Medical Trust
Address: Post Box- 9, Biratnagar, Morang District
Tel: +977 +21 21517 or 30268
Fax: +977 +21 25232
E-mail: adspbnmt@mos.com.np
Contact: Asha Lal Tamang (Manager) and Shiba Karkee (Coordinator)
Website: www.bnmt.org.np
Drug awareness programme
Organisation
This small NGO began its work in schools in September 1999 in 2 schools in Sankhuwasabha district and 7 schools in Bhojpur district. Both are rural hill districts. It takes about 3-4 days to walk from the nearest road to reach the district centres. The schools are one to two days' walk from the district centre. All programme-implemented schools are public (government) schools. The economic condition of the village people can be characterised as traditional and based on agricultural activities. At present about 3,000 students, plus teachers, are involved directly or indirectly in our Child-to-Child activities.
Programme
The general objective of the Child-to-Child approach in the Drug Schemes Programme is:
"To educate the local community about the proper use of drugs. The specific objectives of our CtC programme include:
1. Education of school children on:
· health and the causes of disease.
· role of drugs to improve disease condition.
· proper use, improper use and misuse of injections.
· importance of correct dosage of drugs.
· adverse effects of drugs/precautions for minimising the adverse effects of drugs.
2. To spread the above information from a trained school child to other children and the wider community.
Children are encouraged to think and to make their own decisions. Trained teachers simply facilitate this process. The CtC six-step approach is used in order to encourage this. The methodology is new and interesting for students. Teachers also appreciate the approach. Up until now we have not encountered any problems. Students gain knowledge on health and drugs. They communicate information about drugs to their colleagues and communities through interactive methods, e.g. drama, essays, poems, face-to-face discussions, demonstrations, and posters, etc.
Materials
The programme reported in 2001
“We use the two Child-to-Child resource books and Health Promotion in our Schools. We have developed our own reference materials based on the interactive materials developed by students themselves. Some information developed by DSP is itself included in a pocket calendar. The booklet is in Nepali.”
Source: CtC Website Directory 2000
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