CPLI Project

Community based Peer Led Intervention Project- Funded by NISD, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Substance use is a major public health problem that in particular, puts millions of adolescents at a variety of risks that include increased risk for traffic accidents, high risk sexual practices, juvenile delinquency, family problems and developmental problems. Children and adolescents living in the street, slums and homeless, become particularly vulnerable to substance use in such high risk circumstances. Also, the rate of help seeking behaviour is low due to many factors like lack of family and community support compared to others. It is always better to intervene before they initiate the substance use behaviour. Ensuring active participation of young people, they may be empowered to prevent and disseminate information on substance use prevention. Also for this, there should be a strategy where young people learn from each other and support themselves. For this purpose, under the scheme of Targeted Intervention, OVHA has implemented Community Based peer Led Intervention (CPLI) in Puri district with support from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India for preventing and reducing the substance use among the young people. Through peer led intervention the aim is to reach children and early adolescents who are: ·Vulnerable children/ adolescents at the age group 10 - 18 who are non users.