The LEAD Program

Sessions on Drug, Alcohol, Tobacco and Narghile Prevention for school children

As per the beginning of June 2008, sessions on Drug, Alcohol, Tobacco and Narghile Prevension had been conducted by specialists in 27 elementary and intermediate schools in the regions of Akkar (8 schools), Chouf (11 schools), Tripoli (3 schools) and Zghrata (5 schools), benefiting over 2,000 students and 100 teachers.

The overall purpose of these awareness sessions was to prevent and delay the uptake of tobacco, alcohol and other harmful drugs among elementary, intermediate and secondary students through sensitizing them to the signs/signals/dangers of drug use and abuse.

These awareness sessions were conducted to increase the children's knowledge about harmful effects of smoking including narghile use and alcohol, or of using other harmful drugs such as cannabis, and heroin. They intended also to correct misconceptions that alcohol, tobacco, narghile and other drug use is a social normative or acceptable behavior.

Students from intermediate and secondary levels were targeted by the sessions. Since the age of onset for starting smoking cigarettes and narghile is around 11 in Lebanon, younger students from elementary cycle 2 level were also included.

The school director, the health educator (if available) and other school staff were engaged in the implementation process of the sessions in the scope of schools mobilization and for ensuring sustainability of the project activities

The sessions were interactive and the students participated actively. They were very interested and asked many questions. Many of them identified with the sessions' content and raised their hands to report personal family experiences.

The sessions were evaluated by pre and post test questionnaires. Monitoring and evaluation forms were also distributed to the school staff attending the sessions.

Here is a photo gallery from some of these sessions:

In Chhim (Chouf), February 2008

The The 1st Intermediate School in Zgharta for Girls,
January 2008

At the Kobayat Secondary School for Girls (Akkar)

At Chhim (Chouf)

At the Daraya Intermediate Mixed School (Chouf)

At the El-Hicheh Secondary School (Akkar)

At the Zgharta Secondary School

At the Bibnine School for Boys

Here is a list of the schools in which the sessions were conducted:
Akkar (8 schools)
El-Hmayreh Mixed School
Bibnine School for Boys
Kobayat Secondary School for Girls
Bqarzela Secondary School
Kobet Shamra Mixed School
El-Rameh Wadi khaled Mixed School
El-Fared School – Wadi Khaled
El-Hicheh Secondary School
Chouf (11 schools)
Ahmad El-Bolbol School –Dalhoune
Mazboud Intermediate Mixed School
El-Mghayrieh Intermediate Mixed School
Daraya Intermediate Mixed School
The 1st School in Chhim – French section
The 3rd School in Chhim – English section
Dmit Mixed Intermediate School
Bchitfine Mixed Intermediate School
Aamatour Mixed Intermediate School
Kamal Jumblat Mixed Intermediate School
Damour Mixed School
Tripoli (3 schools)
El-Nour Mixed School
El-Arez for Boys
El-Tahzibiya for Girls
Zgharta (5 schools)
Zgharta Secondary School
Rachiine Intermediate Mixed School
The 1st Intermediate School in Zgharta for Girls
The 2nd Intermediate School in Zgharta for Boys
Meryata Intermediate Mixed School

Click to read about other activities conducted by the LEAD project:

Dental hygiene
Nutrition sessions
Medical Check-ups
Students clubs
School gardens
Outings for students
Inter-school activities

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