- Youth and education
The focus of work is directed towards causes of addiction. NARKO-NE is educating, supporting and following peer leaders (high school and university students), who are working on activities of practical primary prevention of addiction. We are giving the possibility to youth to gain knowledge and skills so they could through volunteer engagement reduce the risk of emergence of addiction and promote healthy life styles in their community.
Our work is based on informal and participative learning methods with a goal to change behaviour in leasure time. Through professional programmes we are educating our associates from other partner governmental and non-governmental organizations who are supporting and following work of volunteers.
In 2010 two programmes with several projects have been implemented. "Sign Posts to Healthy Society" consists of four projects directed towards "universal" prevention (Intercity media project, Intercity theatre project, Preventive magazine Preventeen, Intercultural creative weeks.)Second programme is directed towards "selective" prevention. Project "Older Brother, Older Sister" has been implemented and in addition Network Older Brother Older Sister BiH has been further developed. Second project "Education of mentors for work with group of volunteers" consists of six other pilot projects (Training of life skills, Workshops for studying, From playing to Friendship, Creative workshops for children who work in the street in Daily center, Individual coaching for volunteers, Follow ups). These projects give opportunity to students to work with children from rural, marginalized population (Roma, vulnerable children, children in orphanages, girls).