Al- Sadiq Al- Taieb

General Information

Type of Organization:

Local NGO

Acronym:

ASTA

Governorate:

Jerusalem (Branch Office)

Establishment Year:

1986

Address:

Al 'Eizariya / Al Iskan circle

Telephone:

02-2799593

Website:

www.alsadiqaltaieb.org.ps

Fax:

02-2799593

E-mail:

alsadiq-3@p.oi.com

Person in Charge

Name:

Majed A'loosh

Position:

Director

Telephone:

02-2407619

Mobile:

0505312118

E-mail:

al_sadiq22000@yahoo.com

Staff:

Psychiatrist (1) Psychologist (2) Social Worker (5) Physio-Therapist (1)

Mission & Goals

Mission:

The association seeks to strengthen Palestinian civil society and protect it from the social disease of drugs and alcohol addiction through comprehensive programs that include related interventions to the addict and his family and his community, and focus on providing treatment and rehabilitation for addicts and community. Furthermore, the association provides outreach programs and extended psychological, social programs and support to the addicts and their families.


Goals:

The basic aim of ASTA is to provide social awareness of the dangerous outcomes of drug abuse and alcohol use in the local Palestinian community through the achievement of the following objectives:
. Increasing social awareness of the drug problem and alcohol abuse and the strategies to
get rid of this social disease among all categories in the society and specifically among the youth through lectures, group discussions, visual and auditory means and public media.
. Providing the addict’s family members with psycho-social guidance services to assist them to overcome their problems and crisis situations resulting from the addiction of one oftheir family members.
. Providing the addicts with diagnostic, individual and group psychosocial therapy and rehabilitation services at the Treatment Center.
. Training functional youth leaders to effectively support their peers to abstain from indulging in the world of drug addiction and maladaptive behaviors.
. Providing professional and educational training for Palestinian university students and institutions of higher learning specialized in the field of human and social sciences.

Target Groups

ChildrenWomenMenElderlyFamilies

Activities / Interventions

Information dissemination to the community at large
Information on the current situation, relief efforts or available services
Messages on positive coping
Facilitation of conditions for community local
Support for emergency relief that is initiated by the community
psychosocial work
Psychological first aid (PFA)
Lining vulnerable individuals/families to resources
Psychological intervention & Clinical management
Basic counselling for individuals
Basic counselling families
Basic counselling for groups
General activities to support MHPSS
Training. / TOT
Advocacy

Time of implementation:

MorningEvening

Place of implementation:

CenterHomeSchoolCommunityOther

Geographical Distribution of the Services / Activities:

CityVillageCampBedouins

Cost of the services provided:

Partial Cost

Mental and Behavioral Disorders

Mental & behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use
Alcohol
Drugs , opioids, cannabinoids

Training

1 – Addicted children.
2 - Awareness for the affected family and the marginalized groups.
3 - Psychological follow-up after treatment.