URC 1st Echo Training Programme in Sri Lanka

URC RECOVERY ALLIES The URC -Recovery Allies curriculum is an opportunity to help 18 people of NDDCB as another great gift received by Sri Lanka through the Colombo Plan Drug Adversary Program (DAP) at the time of great influence.

The 18 people who completed this course received global certification and their responsibility was to deliver and train the URC Recovery Allies curriculum to the appropriate professionals in Sri Lanka. The Preventive Education and Training Division of NDDCB was able to train a group of 38 people at the Senapura Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in a five-day training workshop from 11th to 15th August 2024. The Senapura Center belongs to the Rehabilitation Bureau, the largest government agency in Sri Lanka which manages drug treatment and rehabilitation activities in Sri Lanka. Annually, more than 1500 substance use disorder persons are rehabilitated and reintegrated into society.

The staff currently consists of graduates and ordinary civilians and more than 100 staff are engaged in treatment, rehabilitation and recovery management in Kandakadu, Senapura and Vavuniya centers run by the Rehabilitation Bureau. The training was conducted by Pradeep Kumara Koholanegedara, Assistant Director Preventive Education and Training Division and in the same division Supun Udana, Sudara Priyanath and Assistant Education Officers Danushka Sampath. Recovery Allies has undergone training as part of the curriculum and hopes to undergo their international certification in the near future.

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