The workshop gathered key stakeholders and development partners for the formulation of the model of intervention to enhance the existing programs under the Special Drug Education Center.  The session also included discussions on the DDB’s 2019 National Household Survey on the Patterns of Drug Abuse, the Landscape of Filipino Children in Street Situations and Out-of-School Youth, DILG’s Memorandum Circular on the SDEC implementation, as well as the Situational Analysis of the SDEC implementation.   

SDEC is a community-based facility, serving as a safe venue where out-of-school youth and street children receive education on the ill-effects of substance abuse. This aims to enable them to cope with the challenges of adolescence, particularly their vulnerability to drug and substance abuse by providing training in essential livelihood skills, promoting leadership, facilitating peer counseling, and fostering community development.

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