SAHARA Group, a leading energy conglomerate has announced that it would be dedicating this month to conduct a campaign against drug abuse which claims 11.8million lives annually in the world.<\/p>\n
Bethel Obioma, the firm\u2019s Corporate Communications said in a statement that Dar es Salaam-based Sahara Tanzania would also use a hashtag #cleanlovefeb to focus on sensitizing the general public notably the young people on the dangers of substance abuse.<\/p>\n
However, it remains unclear on the exact number of people who abuse drugs in the country, but estimates have it that it is a major community and health challenge.<\/p>\n
According to Obioma, Sahara initiated the campaign in 2018 as an attempt to shift the focus on Valentine\u2019s Day and commit it to the month-long activity of addressing drugs\u2019 abuse.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe initiative commenced with the \u201cGreenLove\u201d campaign in February 2018. The focus then was on safeguarding the well-being of the planet earth that is home to almost 8 billion people.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2019 we celebrated #PinkLove to increase cancer awareness. This February, Sahara Group is spreading \u201c#CleanLoveFeb\u201d all around the world, hoping that the message will connect with people caught in the web of substance abuse and above all, deliver an overwhelming zero-tolerance narrative that will make living and staying clean a way of life for everyone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Obioma said the energy giant will be working with Dr Tunde Fadipe, a psychiatrist, to engage various stakeholders on the campaign and undertake school activations such as open conversations, essay and chess competitions.<\/p>\n
Other activities include awareness walks, press and radio interviews as well as visits to rehabilitation centres.<\/p>\n
Figures from the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) show that up to 270 million people, aged 15 \u2013 64 years use psychoactive substances in a year and up to 13 per cent of these people abuse them globally, a figure that surpasses deaths caused by all cancers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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