Shillong, May 20: DREAM has launched vocational trainings across rehabilitation centres in Meghalaya to equip recovering drug addicts with practical livelihood skills so they can reintegrate with the society with dignity, purpose and self-reliance.
In a significant milestone under this initiative, 15 patients from the New Hope Deaddiction Centre (Male), Mawdiangdiang, Shillong today successfully completed a one-month long Basic Wood Furniture Course.
Certificates were awarded to them for their successful completion of the training programme.
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The support extended by DREAM does not conclude at the training stage alone.
After their discharge from the rehabilitation centre, the successful patients will also be provided with a wood technician tool kit to enable them to independently commence their work and livelihood activities.
The vocational training programme has been implemented in collaboration with Meghalaya State Skills Development Society (MSSDS).
Under this partnership, MSSDS is facilitating structured skill development programmes for addicts undergoing rehabilitation in various centres across Meghalaya.
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