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Regional Training of Trainers (TOT) – Africa Videos
We are pleased to share updates from the UPC-P Environment-based Prevention Training of Trainers in Africa!
20 participants from eight African countries—Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Tanzania, and Togo—have gathered to enhance their skills and knowledge in prevention strategies.
Watch the video below to hear insights into the training from some of the participants
Hear from Master Trainer Susan Maua about her experience at the UPC-Practitioners Specialty Track 1: Family-based Prevention.
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme with funding support from the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL) took place from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya). The training brought together participants from thirteen African countries, focusing on 4 key training tracks, covering women, adolescents, family and environment-based prevention.
Master Trainer, Dr Rogers Kasirye shared insights on "What Comes After the Training?"
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL), the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
Master Trainer, Busi Butale shared her perspective on "What Comes After the Training?"
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL) , the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
Dr Badou Roger N'Guessan, Head of Training, CILAD, Cote d’Ivoire, provided the following insights:
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL), the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
Ms Yvana Theresine, Director General of Human Resources and Administration at the Health Care Agency, offered the following remarks
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL), the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
Dr Ngozi A. Madubuike, Director of the Drug Demand Reduction Directorate
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL), the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
Isidore Motchon Ayaovi, Coordinator of Blue Cross Togo, shared his insights
Isidore Motchon Ayaovi, Coordinator of Blue Cross Togo, shared his insights following his participation in the Environment-based #Prevention at the Regional Training of Trainers recently held in Nairobi, Kenya:
“𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲, 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗜 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲.”
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL), the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
Dr Bakary Ouattara, Lecturer-Researcher at the Department of Criminology
Dr Bakary Ouattara, Lecturer-Researcher at the Department of Criminology, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny in #Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, shared his insights following the Adolescents #Treatment Track at the Regional Training of Trainers recently held in Nairobi, Kenya:
“𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲.”
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL), the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
Dr Yvonne Olando, Director, Public Education and Advocacy at the National Agency for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya)
Dr Yvonne Olando, Director, Public Education and Advocacy at the National Agency for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya), shared her thoughts with The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme following the Adolescents #Treatment Track at the recent Regional Training of Trainers in Nairobi. Check out the video below to discover her thoughts on the training!
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL), the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
Video #Testimonial from Dr Flavio Mandlate, Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Joaquim Matavel, Psychologist and Dr Dirceu Henrique Paulo Mabunda, Consultant Psychiatrist
Video #Testimonial from Dr Flavio Mandlate, Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Joaquim Matavel, Psychologist and Dr Dirceu Henrique Paulo Mabunda, Consultant Psychiatrist, who were participants of the Adolescents Treatment Track at the recent Regional Training of Trainers in Nairobi. View the video below to listen to their reflections on the training!
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL) the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
Dr José Luis Vázquez Martinez, Master Trainer, Specialist Demand Reduction Unit
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL), the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
Dr Teboho Bulane, Chair, National Addiction Services Committee, Lesotho shared the offered the following insights
The Regional Training of Trainers in Africa was held from 4 to 9 November 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya. Organised by The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and supported by the U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intl Narcotics & Law Enforcement (INL), the event was hosted by the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada Kenya).
