Drug Educational Council in Noupoort - Christian Life Skills Program breakdown

Our Program

The program has been designed to provide individual care as per the requirements of the person. At no
point will the program become so commercialized that each person becomes a generic number. The duration
of the program is left at the discretion of the individual and his immediate family. However, the DEC will
recommend a period that a person should continue on the program. The Christian Life-Skills Program has
incorporated the use of the medical fraternity, inclusive of a GP and Dentist. In addition to the use of
medical assistance, the essential part of the program is to provide an environment that is not perceived as
institutional but rather as a home within a community. With this in mind, the resident is allowed phone calls
after 19:00 at night. After the fourth month, depending on the resident's behavior and responsibility shown,
a cell phone is permitted at the sponsor/parents/ facility's discretion.

Program Structure

Phase 1 Orientation

- Introduction of program objectives.
- General group sessions.

Phase 2 - 4 weeks

- Designation to work station, inclusive of mechanical workshop, farm, building maintenance, woodwork,
DEC office, landscaping, computer development, catering (internal purpose) and youth development
projects.
- Topic group sessions and counseling course (Level 1).

Phase 3

- Marketing of the resident's skills into the community.
- Topic group sessions and counseling course (Level 2).
- Family sessions.
- Outreach missions.
- Periodic visits home, pending family agreement.

Criteria for admission

The criteria for admission to the program is as follows. It is essential however, for applicants to understand
that the program is not implemented under the constraints of a rehabilitation center but as a
Christian Life-Skills and Educational program, reintegration centre

* A willingness to change ones life-skills in accordance with the Word of God.
* Applicants should be detoxified from drug/substance of choice.
* There is a daily routine, thus the applicant must be willing to adhere to the requirements thereof.
* Applicant should be willing to conform to required rules and regulations.
* It is necessary for applicant to have completed a primary recovery program.