NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 9 – The Spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas has placed 60 youth from Mombasa on a 3-months rehabilitation program in various rehabilitation centres in Mombasa and Kwale.
Speaking at Eden House, one of the rehab facilities in Kwale, Pastor Dorcas said this was a promise she made to the youths when she visited their drug dens in Mombasa a few months ago.
The screening and identification exercise was done by the office of the spouse of the deputy president in collaboration with other players among them the county government of Mombasa.
“When I went to the drug dens, they told me many had visited them and promised to help them. They could not even believe me when I said I would bring them food. But that same day, I brought the food, and served them myself. And I went to the dens a second time, and brought them to a medical camp for screening. And during this third visit, those who went through checkup, have now been admitted to the rehab centre,” she stated.
The youth whose rehabilitation will be fully sponsored by Pastor Dorcas voluntarily registered to be rehabilitated.
The youth were identified and screened from drug dens in the county of Mombasa for the last three days by the office of the Spouse of the Deputy President.
The youth who have been addicted to various drugs and substance abuse will undergo rehabilitation for three months.
Pastor Dorcas called for combined efforts in the fights against drugs and substance abuse across the country.
The identification exercise was done through the help of various groups among them religious leaders from Muslim and Christians in the county and the County Government of Mombasa.
“The coastal region alone, people aged between 15-65 Years constitute 23.9% of people abusing at least one type of drug,“ she noted.
Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani promised to support the program in her county, lamenting that many of the productive youth have been unable to work.
Pastor Dorcas has been working towards rehabilitation of those in drugs and substance abuse having done similar successful rehab programs in Nairobi, Nyeri, Meru, Bomet and Kiambu Counties.
