Japanese Drug Abuse Prevention Centre contributions to Peru

Since 1995, JDAPC has run nationwide fundraising campaigns in many Japanese cities. They collect money in the streets, from the private sector and from civil society at large and help increase awareness among Japanese youth of the dangers of drug abuse. JDAPC’s yearly contribution to UNODC is used for grants, ranging from $5000 to $20,000, which support non-governmental organizations in developing countries in their grass-roots activities for drug abuse prevention. Thanks to these contributions, UNODC has given more than 300 grants to NGOs in over 90 countries.

Peru has constantly benefited from JDAPC activities, receiving some US$ 113,000 during the last eight years. JDAPC is an important contributor to the fight against the drug problem and provides a great example of solidarity and commitment to the values of the United Nations.

Projects sponsored by JDAPC in Peru

Year	Recipient NGO	To do what?	Funds (US$)
1995	Cedro – Centre for Information and Education for the Prevention of Drug Abuse	Artistic and sporting activities for young people at high risk of substance abuse	19,000
1996	Centro Minga–Community Mobilization for Drug Prevention	Two recreational and drug abuse prevention centres for children and youth	20,000
1996	Escuela de Vida	A therapeutic community for the rehabilitation of female drug abusers	15,000
1997	Icares - Instituto para la Capacitación y Reinserción Social	Practical job training in electricity for the social and economic reintegration of former drug addicts	11,500
1997	Asociación Cultural Integración	Prevention programme through the presentation of the play “El Angel Enterrado” in several high schools of Lima	11,000
1998	Asociación de Comunidades Sociales Calandria	Creation of pilot programmes for drug abuse prevention in two universities in Lima	10,000
1999	Apfacom – Asociación Peruviana de Facultades de Comunicación social	To raise awareness about drug abuse risks among students and professors through the inclusion of drug-related issues in the curricula of different faculties	10,000
2000	Promociones Deportivas Ilimitadas	Drug abuse prevention through sports in the port of Callao	8,000
2001	Instituto Mundo Libre	A workshop on metalworking for street children in order to provide them with useful skills to enter the labour market	5,000
2002	Redress Jóvenes – Red nacional de educación, salud sexual y desarrollo para jóvenes	Training for “youth patrols” in the development of healthy lifestyles, in relation to drug abuse prevention and violence reduction in Lima	4,000
			Tot. 113,000