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Rebirth House

Charford Court,Charlotte Street | Port of Spain | | Trinidad and Tobago

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Contact Data

Phone

868-623-0952<br />Fax: 868-627-8894

Web

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Business hours

9.00 am -5.00 pm ,Monday-Friday 9.00 am-12 noon , Saturday

Institution

Type of organisation
Non-governamental organization
Year of foundation
1988
Institutional presentation
We who share and understand the pain and suffering of drug addiction,turn to God's grace for the strength to heal ourselves and to be able to reach out to our fellow addicts with hope and healing.
Direct beneficiaries
  • Not drug users
  • Experimental drug users
  • Drug users
  • Problematic drug users
  • Fromer drug users
  • Motivational groups (drug users and not drug users)
  • Homeless
  • Dually diagnosed (comorbid)
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Specific drug users – Sex workers, Pregnant teens, Institutionalized persons (prisoners), School-age at risk youth, Out of school youths...
Target population activities
  • Adults
Objective of the centre/ services
An umbrella for suffering addicts who seek a new way of life through one addict helping another
National coverage
National Coverage and regional-Caribbean

Intervention framework

Intervention types
  • Prevention
  • Treatment
  • Social integration
  • Risk reduction
Intervention framework for Prevention
  • School/primary education
  • School/secondary education
  • Community
  • Family
Intervention framework for Treatment
  • Internment/in-patient
  • Outpatient/diurnal/outpatients clinic
  • Treatment groups (relapse prevention)
  • Support groups
Intervention framework for Social integration
  • Housing support
  • Employment support (writing applications/ opening bank accounts/providing references)
Intervention framework for Risk reduction
  • Street approach programs
  • Interventions on prevention and health education
  • Interventions on massive public events
  • Substance testing
  • Condom distribution or information on HIV or STDs
  • Community based programs (network, social inclusion…)
Activities
  • Hosting
  • Support
  • Promotion
  • Health education
  • Information
  • Guidance
  • Distribution of material
  • Awareness
  • Early Intervention/detoxification
  • Street based intervention
  • Telephone hotline
  • Abstinent based residential treatment
  • After-care, social reintegration, halfway houses
Description of the main activities

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