Drug rehab project doing street interventions

The Phoenix Recovery Project (PRP) recently launched a Street-Based Intervention programme that offers meals to drug addicts living on the streets while also providing first line treatment, including making referrals for them to get medical help.

Head of PRP Clarence Young told Stabroek News that the initiative was launched three months ago and he deemed it a success, saying that on three occasions they saw in excess of 25 persons. So far, they have been in the Bourda area and at the corner of High and Hadfield streets. There are plans to go to other areas, such as La Penitence and Campbellville. The programme is being funded by PRP and US-based non-governmental organization Hearts for Guyana.

The programme is facilitated through a mobile canteen and on board there are trained gatekeepers—recovering addicts who are familiar with the communities. Pamphlets and brochures are