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Type of organisation

Organización no gubernamental

Year of foundation

21 December 2009

Institutional presentation

Vision With the basic idea that man is valuable, we want to help women and girls, regardless of their skin color, ethnicity, religious conviction and social background, to a better life. Mission To guide, empower and coach women and girls who cannot function properly because of psycho-social and social problems and help them understand their problems so that they can come to a satisfying and meaningful life. The main objective of the organization is to provide counseling and shelter to women with psycho- social problems. The main target groups are sex workers and women with a drugs addiction. The secondary target groups are women experiencing domestic and sexual violence, women who have problems in raising children and women infected or affected by HIV. Primarily the target population is women and girls. After years of working in this field through our outreach and prevention activities the target population broadens to men, boys and also homeless peoples.

Direct beneficiaries

• Usuarios de drogas en general
• Personas con VIH/SIDA
• Grupos específicos –mujeres consumidoras de crack, trabajadoras sexuales, personas que inhalan solventes, jóvenes que dejan el sistema educativo…

Target population activities

• Educadores / Formadores / Referentes

Objective of the centre/ services

The main objective of the organization is to provide counseling and shelter to women with psycho- social problems. The main target groups are sex workers and women with a drugs addiction. The secondary target groups are women experiencing domestic and sexual violence, women who have problems in raising children and women infected or affected by HIV.

National coverage

Primarily the target population is women and girls. After years of working in this field through our outreach and prevention activities the target population broadens to men, boys and also homeless peoples. We are providing services in the capital Paramaribo and the districts Nickerie, Saramacca, Brokopondo and Marowijne

Intervention framework

Intervention types

• Prevención
• Tratamiento
• Reducción de Riesgos
• Reducción de Daños

Intervention framework for Prevención

• Escuela / Educación primaria
• Escuela / Educación secundaria
• Comunidad
• Eventos públicos

Intervention framework for Tratamiento

• Paciente externo / diurno / ambulatorio
• Grupos de autoayuda

Intervention framework for Reducción de Riesgos

• Testeo de sustancias
• Distribución de preservativos e información en VIH y otras ITS
• Programas de acercamiento a calle (brigadas, trabajo de pares, educación en salud extramural)
• Intervenciones desde salud pública (Cribado VIH, intervenciones desde atención primaria…)

Intervention framework for Reducción de Daños

• Psicoterapia de reducción de daños (integración de los principios al tratamiento)
• Programas de acercamiento a calle (brigadas, trabajo de pares, educación en salud extramural)
• Servicios de asistencia básica (duchas, alimentación, lavandería, etc)

Activities

• Educación para la salud
• Formación
• Reparto de material
• Sensibilización
• Trabajo de calle
• Centro de baja exigencia

Description of the main activities

The program provides non-judgmental, non-forced provisions and services to the target group and their families to help them reduce drug-related harm. Furthermore, this program also offers a package of interventions as: basic need medical care material need psychological care substance use We start from a holistic approach and work throughout the program with various methodologies including the Bio-Psycho-Social model. In our service provision we take into account that the target group hears the message best if the information is as neutral and objective as possible, the care provider has sufficient credibility with the target group and access to information is low-threshold. In addition to objective and correct information, conversations give users the opportunity to reflect on their own use, pro and contras, meaning and frequency of substance use. All clients involved in the program are taught how they can make decisions based on weighing up the pros and cons of a particular behavior.