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Al-Sadiq Al-Taieb Association for the Social Awareness of the Dangerous Outcomes of Drug Abuse and Alcohol Use


General Information

Type of Organization:

Local NGO

Acronym:

ASTA

Governorate:

Ramallah & Al-Bireh (Main Branch)

Establishment Year:

1986

Address:

Al Bireh / Ras Al Tahouneh- # 12

Telephone:

02-2407619

Website:

www.alsadiqaltaieb.org.ps

Fax:

02-2407618

E-mail:

alsadiq_3@p-ol.com

Person in Charge

Name:

Majed Mohammad Mustafa A'loosh

Position:

Director

Telephone:

02-2799593/ 02-2407619

Mobile:

0505312118

E-mail:

al_sadiq22000@yahoo.com

Staff:

Psychologist (2) Social Worker (3) Physio-Therapist (1)

Mission & Goals

Mission:

ASTA attempts to strengthen and protect the Palestinian Civil Society from social diseases represented by alcohol and drug addiction through its holistic and comprehensive programs which are comprised of joint interventions and embody the addict, his family, and the community at large. It focuses too, on providing the addict with treatment and rehabilitation services in addition to psycho-social counseling programs supportive to the addict’s family.


Goals:

The basic aim of ASTA is to provide social awareness of the dangerous outcomes of drug abuse and alcohol use in the local Palestinian community through the achievement of the following objectives:
. Increasing social awareness of the drug problem and alcohol abuse and the strategies to
get rid of this social disease among all categories in the society and specifically among the youth through lectures, group discussions, visual and auditory means and public media.
. Providing the addict’s family members with psycho-social guidance services to assist them to overcome their problems and crisis situations resulting from the addiction of one oftheir family members.
. Providing the addicts with diagnostic, individual and group psychosocial therapy and rehabilitation services at the Treatment Center.
. Training functional youth leaders to effectively support their peers to abstain from indulging in the world of drug addiction and maladaptive behaviors.
. Providing professional and educational training for Palestinian university students and institutions of higher learning specialized in the field of human and social sciences.

Target Groups

ChildrenYouthWomenMenElderly

Activities / Interventions

Information dissemination to the community at large
Information on the current situation, relief efforts or available services
Messages on positive coping
Strengthening of community and family support
Support for social support activities that are initiated by the community
psychosocial work
Psychological first aid (PFA)
Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
Basic counselling for individuals
Basic counselling families
Basic counselling for groups
General activities to support MHPSS
Training. / TOT
Advocacy

Time of implementation:

MorningEvening

Place of implementation:

CenterSchoolCommunity

Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:

CityVillageCampBedouins

Cost of the services provided:

FreePartial Cost

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

Mental & behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use
Alcohol
Drugs , opioids, cannabinoids

Training

1 – Teacher training for networking groups in the field of awareness and prevention of behavioral abnormalities and drug (peer education).
2 - Training humanities students within university training courses on the role of psychological and social leader in the treatment and awareness programs in the field of addiction.
3 - How to intervene with cases of drug addicts in the family, school ... etc...
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