Awareness can help prevent the spread of addiction.
The outreach efforts by Life Challenge to reach the children who are affected by addiction is called Life Clubs. The clubs are currently held by Chennai Life Challenge in different parts of Chennai City and promote education among the children, bring awareness about addiction, engage the children in development activities and encourage children to report abuse.
The Life Clubs are regularly held at 5 locations in Chennai. The children who attend are from homes struggling with addiction, and the outreach programs bring the children together encouraging education and providing counseling. In all the locations, the society completely supports the Life Challenge initiatives as they realise that Life Challenge is focused to protect the children of the community.
Life Challenge also reaches the families through various awareness initiatives and also encourage addicted parent/s to seek help from their addiction. For those who are willing, Life Challenge has directly involved in the families and recruited some of the fathers to one of the Life Challenge Men’s Residential homes.
Would you like to sponsor a Life Club? Would you like to start a Life Club in any city? Please contact info@lifechallenge.com for details.
Life Camps
Life Challenge conducts camps for the children & youth to help them make right choices when faced with addiction. The Life Camps are whole day programs or held for 2-3 days. These camps are specially focused to enable children to understand the dangers of addiction.
Drugs & alcohol is easily available in the society, making the children dangerously susceptible to its trap. The young minds of the children can easily be influenced and eventually overpowered by the chemical substances.
The sessions at the camp cover topics related to identity, self-esteem, social interaction, relationship challenges etc. Children who are from homes already affected with parent’s addiction and /or those in abuse situations at home are the most vulnerable to addiction. The pressure from peers, and the need to belong, cause children of similar backgrounds to commune together. Through the camps, we hope to equip the children to successfully make the right decisions to stay free from drugs and alochol.
Interactive sessions, group discussions, and relevant topics are also addressed to help them cope with the pressures and struggles that they face in their schools and neighbourhoods.