NAPSWI Wellness Campaign : Social inclusion of Alcohol & Drug users @ 6th Indian Social work Congress

A Q&A session on 'social inclusion of alcohol & drug using population and people living with NCDs' was conducted with more than 100 amazing young students of Social Work and NAPSWI members by Suneel Vatsyayan at the 6th Indian Social work Congress.

The 6th Congress was organised by the National Association of Professional Social Workers in India #NAPSWI and Delhi School of Social Work, University of Delhi. The theme of 6th congress 2018 was “Human Development and Social Inclusion: Imperatives for Social Work Education and Practice”. The session was facilitated by Suneel Vatsyayan, Chairperson, Nada India who is also the governing board member of NAPSWI. Nada India has been partnering with NAPSWI in Wellness Campaign since 2016.

The 7th Indian Social Work Congress 2019 is happening in the month of October 2019 with the theme of 'Social Care and Social Wellbeing: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work Profession’.

We look forward to meeting young social work students once again to discuss the "Patient engagement and Social well-being".

For registration: http://napswi.org/cong/registration.html

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