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World Federation Against Drugs, WFAD

WFAD aims for a drug free world. The World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD) is a multilateral community of non-governmental organisations and individuals.

WFAD is democratically organised with an International Board consisting of two representatives from each world region: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania as well as an International President. Founded in 2009, the aim of WFAD is to work for a drug-free world. The members of the WFAD share a common concern that illicit drug use is undercutting traditional values and thre

atening the existence of stable families, communities, and government institutions throughout the world. The work of the WFAD is built on the principles of universal fellowship and basic human and democratic rights. We believe that working for a drug-free World will promote peace and human development and dignity, democracy, tolerance, equality, freedom and justice. WFAD aims to strengthen prevention, increase access to treatment, and promote recovery!

04/09/2026

For the past 15 weeks, our Members Spotlight Campaign has highlighted the work of members across the WFAD network, sharing initiatives focused on prevention, treatment, recovery, youth engagement, advocacy, and community support.

Each Spotlight has offered just one example of the work taking place across our global network. Together, they have shown the diversity of approaches, experiences, and local initiatives that our members contribute every day.

As this dedicated Spotlight Campaign comes to a close, we want to thank everyone who took part and shared their work with us. We also want to recognise our wider network of more than 500 organisational members and over 1,000 individual members, whose work continues across communities around the world.

This is not the end of highlighting our members. Throughout Recovery Month, we will continue sharing stories and initiatives from across the network, with a particular focus on recovery, and we look forward to continuing to showcase member work through our wider communications.

Thank you for being part of the WFAD community.

03/09/2026

Recovery Around the World: Cape Town, South Africa

Throughout Recovery Month, our Recovery Around the World series will highlight organisations and initiatives supporting recovery in different parts of the world. We begin in Cape Town with Recovery Walk Cape Town.

Run by volunteers, Recovery Walk Cape Town brings together people in recovery, families, professionals, organisations and allies through its annual Recovery Walk, a free, inclusive and sober community event. This year, the Walk will take place on 10 October 2026. The movement celebrates recovery, challenges stigma and social exclusion, and connects people with recovery resources, services and support networks.

Over the years, the movement has also grown into a platform for advocacy and greater visibility of recovery. In 2025, participants walked to Parliament and presented the memorandum Make Recovery Visible: Recognised, Supported, Celebrated, calling for a more recovery-friendly public culture, greater support for peer-led recovery services and meaningful representation of lived experience in decision-making.

That same year, Recovery Walk Cape Town partnered with the University of Cape Town’s Student Wellness Service to launch its first university campus Recovery Walk, bringing the message of recovery directly into the student community, with the campus walk set to return in 2026.

Thank you to Warren Cornelius and the wider Recovery Walk Cape Town team for your continued work to support recovery and make it more visible!

Learn more and find out how to support at www.recoverywalk.co.za

01/09/2026

Throughout September, WFAD and the RUN- Recovered Users Network are coming together to celebrate recovery, recognise resilience, challenge stigma, and highlight the people, organisations, and communities supporting recovery around the world.

Recovery is a long-term process. Access to appropriate treatment and continued support can play an important role, but so do the resources people can draw on in their everyday lives: their own strengths and skills, supportive relationships and connections, and communities that provide opportunities, stability and access to support. Strengthening these different forms of recovery capital can help people build and sustain recovery over time.

Over the coming weeks, we will share stories, voices, and initiatives from across our networks, highlight the work supporting recovery around the world, and reflect on how respectful language can help reduce stigma.

By bringing these voices and experiences together, we want to make recovery more visible, recognise the strength and resilience involved, celebrate the work that supports it, and reinforce a simple but important message: recovery is possible

31/08/2026

Today, on International Overdose Awareness Day, we remember those who have lost their lives to overdose and recognise the families, friends, and communities who continue to live with its impact. We also acknowledge those who provide care, treatment, and support to people with substance use disorders and their families.

This year’s theme, 25 Years On. Still Needed., reminds us that continued action to prevent overdose remains crucial.

Many Overdose deaths can be prevented, and doing so requires action at different stages. This includes investing in evidence-based prevention, strengthening early identification and support, and ensuring access to practical overdose prevention measures, including life-saving medications such as naloxone. These interventions can save lives in moments of immediate risk, but they must be part of a broader continuum of care that connects people to appropriate treatment, recovery, and long term support.

At WFAD, we believe that preventing overdose requires looking beyond the moment of crisis. It means strengthening protective factors and supportive environments that can help prevent substance use disorders, responding early when concerns arise, providing life-saving overdose prevention measures when risks are immediate, and ensuring access to evidence-based treatment and trauma-informed support. It also means recognising that recovery does not end when treatment ends: people need opportunities, relationships, and supportive environments that enable long-term recovery and meaningful reintegration.

Twenty-five years on, this day is still needed. Through continued collective action, we can work towards a future where fewer lives are lost to overdose, where people can access the support they need without stigma or discrimination, and where more people have the opportunity to sustain recovery, reconnect with their communities, and thrive.

Read our full International Overdose Awareness Day statement on the WFAD website: https://wfad.se/activity/news/international-overdose-awareness-day-2026/

28/08/2026

This week’s Members Spotlight takes us to Kano State, Nigeria, where Simon Gwary, Project Lead at Child Without Drug-Abuse Initiative, helped bring together a community medical outreach focused on children’s health and substance use prevention.

The outreach provided free malaria diagnosis and treatment, deworming services, and other medical support for children in the Gadon Kaya area. Alongside the medical care, children took part in substance use prevention sessions, while parents discussed how supportive family environments can help strengthen prevention.

The outreach reached 107 participants and was made possible with the support of healthcare professionals, volunteers, donors, and local partners.

Thank you, Simon and Child Without Drug-Abuse Initiative, for your commitment to supporting children, families, and healthier communities in Nigeria.

26/08/2026

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We are happy to highlight the work of our member organisation UFCVI-Relief in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Recently, 103 people took part in a community awareness activity focused on the prevention of psychoactive substance, alongside Ebola prevention and hygiene promotion.

As part of the activity, 55 participants also took part in practical training on local soap production, supporting access to hygiene products while developing skills that may contribute to future income-generating activities.

Thank you to UFCVI-Relief for their continued work in prevention, community awareness and capacity building.

Read more and access the full report in French on our website here: https://wfad.se/activity/member-activity/ufcvi-relief-strengthens-prevention-and-local-skills-in-goma-ufcvi-relief-renforce-la-prevention-et-les-competences-locales-a-goma/

Learn more about UFCVI-Relief and how you can support their work here: https://ufcvi.org/

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Nous sommes heureux de mettre en lumière le travail de notre organisation membre UFCVI-Relief à Goma, en République démocratique du Congo.

Récemment, 103 personnes ont participé à une activité de sensibilisation communautaire axée sur la prévention de l’usage de substances psychoactives, parallèlement à des actions de prévention contre Ebola et de promotion de l’hygiène.

Dans le cadre de cette activité, 55 participants ont également pris part à une formation pratique sur la fabrication locale du savon, contribuant à améliorer l’accès aux produits d’hygiène tout en développant des compétences pouvant, à terme, soutenir des activités génératrices de revenus.

Merci à UFCVI-Relief pour son travail continu en matière de prévention, de sensibilisation communautaire et de renforcement des capacités.

Pour en savoir plus et consulter le rapport complet, rendez-vous sur notre site internet ici: https://wfad.se/activity/member-activity/ufcvi-relief-strengthens-prevention-and-local-skills-in-goma-ufcvi-relief-renforce-la-prevention-et-les-competences-locales-a-goma/

Découvrez UFCVI-Relief, ses activités et les possibilités de soutenir son travail ici: https://ufcvi.org/

24/08/2026

Call for civil society speakers!

The Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC), together with the UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Civil Society Unit and the UNODC Research and Analysis Branch, is looking for one to two civil society speakers to contribute to a webinar on the World Drug Report 2026 on 16 September.

Speakers are invited to share how they use data from the World Drug Report in their work and how these data inform their activities. Contributions related to the report’s focus on the impact of drug use on safety and security are particularly welcome.

Application deadline: 31 August 2026, 11:45 PM CEST.

Learn more and apply: https://wfad.se/activity/member-activity/vngoc-call-for-speakers-world-drug-report-2026-webinar/

21/08/2026

This week’s Members Spotlight takes us to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the Congolese Network of People Who Use Drugs (Cnpwudrugs Asbl) is working to strengthen substance use prevention among children and young people.

Through its ongoing School-Based Drug Education Programme, CNPWUD works with children aged 6–15 in schools, helping them build awareness of the risks associated with substance use and develop skills to navigate peer pressure.

From January to July 2026, the programme reached more than 10,000 children across 19 schools. By the end of the year, CNPWUD aims to reach more than 20,000 children in 40 schools.

Thank you to CNPWUD for your continued work to strengthen substance use prevention among children and young people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

19/08/2026

Join our next Youth-Led Webinar!

WFAD, together with the Young Professionals Advisory Board (YPAB), a youth-led initiative of the Drug Free America Foundation, Inc., invites you to the third session in our Youth-Led Webinar Series.

Join us on 28 August from 14:00–14:30 CEST for a 30-minute webinar exploring va**ng and emerging trends, including the risks associated with va**ng and what we can do together to strengthen prevention efforts.

Speaker:

• Dr. Michelle Peace – Forensic Toxicologist and Full Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, with research focusing on va**ng, substance use, drug testing, cannabis and impaired driving.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MNr2KVGqS1WwV3BAk3OCJg #/registration

Add to your calendar here: https://calendar.app.google/MnXVvcRjP3mcoGsm9

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