KUDOOS ...........FOR SHAFA

BUDDING SOCIAL WORKERS FROM PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY VISITED SHAFA FOR AN INTRODUCTION- CUM-SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME.

THE DAY STARTED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY VOLUNTEERS ABOUT SHAFA, HOW THEIR DAY WOULD PROCEED AND THEY ALSO SET FEW RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE DAY.

THEN A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ABOUT SHAFA, “THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY” AS A TREATMENT MODALITY AND THE COMPLETE TREATMENT PROCEDURE WAS EXPLAINED TO THE PARTICIAPNTS. MANY DOUBTS ABOUT AN ADDICT, ADDICITON AND TREATMENT THEREOF, FOR THE PARTICIPANTS WAS CLEARED. FEW ICE BREAKING GAMES WERE ALSO PLAYED TO GET THE GROUP INVOLVED.

AFTER A MODEST LUNCH, A ONE TO ONE INTERVIEW SESSION WAS ARRANGED IN BETWEEN RESIDENTS UNDERGOING TREATMENT AND THE VISITORS. THE GOAL WAS “KNOWING AN ADDICT”. A DEMONSTRATION OF VARIOUS TC-MODALITIES WAS ORGANISED. AN IMMEDIATE RESULT OF THE SAME WAS SEEN AMONGST THE VISITORS. THEY ALSO TOOK PULL UPS ON VARIOUS ISSUES LIKE (A) VISITORS NOT WASHING THEIR HAND BEFORE HAVING FOOD AND (B) VISITORS NOT FOLLOWING -UP ON THE WASH BASIN. SURPRISINGLY VISITORS ALSO EXPRESSED THEIR ANGER ON EACH OTHER IN AN “ENCOUNTER GROUP”.

THE FINAL PRESENTATION WAS A 15-MIN MOVIE TITLED “ITS ALL ABOUT CHANGE”. LATER A QUESTION ANSWER ROUND WAS ORGANISED FOR THE VISITORS TOO TO GUAGE WHAT THEY HAD UNDERSTOOD DURING THE DAY AND TO CLEAR THEIR FINAL DOUBTS.

DURING THE FEEDBACK SESSION ALL THE PARTICIPANTS SPOKE VERY HIGHLY ABOUT HOW SHAFA WAS FUNCTIONING, THE TREATMENT BEING PROVIDED AND THE AMOUNT OF PASSION AND DEDICATION WHICH THEY NOTICED AMONG THE STAFF AND RESIDENTS TOO.

ONE OF THE FACULTIES ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE HAS BEEN VISITING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WITH VARIOUS STUDENTS TO DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL & NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, AS A PART OF STUDY TOURS FOR THE LAST 7 YEARS. AND HE SAID THAT HE SHOULD ADMIT THAT OUT OF ALL THE PLACES HE HAS VISITED IN PAST 7 YEARS, SHAFA IS THE BEST. KUDOOOS.

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