Young India Network for Good Health

Teenagers and young adults are particularly vulnerable to using licit or illicit drugs. The prevalence of drug use among young people is more than twice as high as that among the general population. At this age, peer pressure to experiment with illicit drugs can be strong and self-esteem is often low. Also, those who take drugs tend to be either misinformed or insufficiently aware of the health risks involved. Focus Studies have proved that people who start smoking cigarettes and/or drink alcohol at a young age are much more likely to experiment with legal and illegal drugs tha n people who do not smoke or drink. This is the reason why Nada India has been reaching out to the young people by organizing a series of artistic events like painting competition and theater by Deep group with slogan The slogan was "Think of Health not the drugs" Aim Nada India aims to raise awareness of the major problem that legal and illegal   drugs represent to society. No individual, family or c...

Without giving it another thought I jumped into the world of caring, respecting, loving, sharing and most importantly serving to the people. The last 10 days of my life have seen me grown from a relaxed, typical boy with dreams in his mind into a more independent, aware and mature human being.   In this journey of social world I see myself ‘fit n fine’ to serve other people. On the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking celebrated on June 26, 2012, Nada India Foundation (NIF) left no stone unturned to make it an historic day with their 10 days programme cum workshops across different parts of Delhi with the marginalized and under-privileged section of our society living in bastis, camps, and homeless shelter to aware them about the ill-effects of drugs of different kinds through the medium of art and with the power of speech. For the same, I was chosen as their program coordinator cum volunteer to make sure all the things go on time, meet...

Pehchaan Campaign on Drug and Alcohol prevention was kicked off from Mandi village South Delhi^^   By: Bhishm Wahi (Pehchaan Campaign Convener) ‘ The world is next to nothing if people don’t stand up for themselves and live in peace and harmony’. Soon, the world will celebrate ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking’ and to mark it as an eternal day, many organizations and social-activist communities are joining hands to raise  their voice against drug use. One of the prominent organizations founded by Mr. Suneel Vatsyayan, NADA INDIA FOUNDATION in collaboration with Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, is leaving no stone unturned to make it an historic day with an initiative to aware people by organizing workshops for drug awareness, also using the medium of art and theatre to convey a beautiful social message among the village communities. Today, in the scorching heat where one fears to step outside of his/her comfort zone, ...