1/12/2024
In continuation of the implementation of the initiative of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic, for human development, a new beginning for building the Egyptian person, the Community Service and Environmental Development Sector organized a symposium entitled "The Danger of Drugs and the Role of Youth in Confronting It", which was held at the Faculty of Science, to educate students about the dangers and harms of using substances that affect mental health, and to correct misconceptions among young people about drugs, in cooperation and coordination with the Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction and Abuse, under the auspices of Dr. Abdel Razek Desouky, President of the University, Dr. Amani Shaker, Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, and Dr. Amr Othman, Director General of the Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction and Abuse, which comes in activation of the protocol signed between Kafrelsheikh University and the Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction and Abuse and implementing the plan of the Environmental Affairs Sector for the academic year 2024/2025 AD. This was attended by Dr. Magdy Mahfouz, Dean of the Faculty of Science, Dr. Gomaa Naanaa, Vice Dean of the Faculty for Community Service and Environmental Development, Dr. Mohamed El-Haddad, Director of the Addiction Control and Treatment Fund in Kafr El-Sheikh, and Dr. Tharwat El-Marshady, Director of the Planning Department at the General Administration of Environmental Projects.
Dr. Abdel Razek Desouky, President of the University, stressed that the aim of holding these seminars is to raise awareness among university students about the dangers of addiction and drugs, their types, and methods of confrontation and treatment, as part of the national plan to combat the phenomenon of addiction and drug abuse implemented by the university in cooperation with the Addiction Control and Treatment Fund, which the state adopts within the framework of efforts to build the human being and preserve the health and safety of citizens, stressing that addiction leads to the loss and waste of human resources and affects work and production, and that combating addiction and drugs contributes to protecting society and individuals from this imminent danger.
For her part, Dr. Amani Shaker, Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development, confirmed that the university administration is keen to hold and implement educational and awareness programs to spread the culture of awareness of the harms and dangers of drugs, of all kinds, and to correct misconceptions within the framework of community participation and implementation of the national plan to combat drug abuse. She also praised the fruitful cooperation between the university and the Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction and Abuse. The symposium addressed: defining substances that affect mental health, the harm of drugs to the individual, the harm of drugs to the family and society, the role of youth in confronting the drug problem, the efforts made by the Egyptian state to confront drugs, how to detect addiction early, mechanisms for dealing with an addict, drugs and their impact on the progress of societies and building countries, the therapeutic role of the Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction through the hotline 16023, which provides treatment in complete confidentiality and for free
