National Substance Use Prevention Week

Prevention Week 2025_

NACADA in collaboration with stakeholders in alcohol and drug abuse prevention shall host the second multidisciplinary, multi-sectoral Best Practice and National Drug Use Prevention week to be held from 17th - 21st February 2025 across the country.

National substance use prevention week promotes the nation we want to see – people and communities safe and healthy free from the ill effects of alcohol and drug use. A week to celebrate the majority who do not use alcohol or other drugs – abstainers and those in recovery.

Theme for 2025: My Community, My Prevention Pillar

We aim to:

  • Raise awareness about the importance of prevention of alcohol and substance use and misuse of prescription medicines;
  • Foster partnerships and collaborations between state and non-state agencies in promoting prevention strategies;
  • Celebrate people and community stories of prevention; 
  • Promote and disseminate evidence-based resources and publications; and 
  • Reframe the narrative around Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs including non-medical use of prescription drugs.

#MyPreventionStory is about capturing our collective voices on our prevention experiences whether at home, school, workplace or community. 

 

How can you share your story?  

Through videos, photographs, artwork, poems and written stories- we want you to share your story in whichever medium feels most authentic to you. 

 

Easy Ways to Participate

  1. Make a short video of a member of your organization, school, church, workplace sharing a story that demonstrates prevention 
  2. Create a visual work of art and share a picture of the finished product explaining its meaning. 
  3. Write a poem or story of your work and how it has impacted others

 

Prompts and Thought Starters

Below is a series of questions that can help inspire #MyPreventionStory ideas.

  1. What does prevention and/or recovery mean to you?
  2. Why have you never used alcohol or drugs or why did you stop?
  3. Why is prevention important?
  4. Why did you get involved in prevention?
  5. What is the most important thing you would want people to know about prevention and/or recovery?
  6. What do you love most about the prevention and/or recovery community?

Email your story to preventionweek@nacada.go.ke by 15th December 2024

Please reach out via email to the National Prevention Week Secretariat at preventionweek@nacada.go.ke for any clarifications.

Thank You, for sharing your story.

We invite abstract submissions from individuals and organisations working within the continuum of prevention relevant to the theme “My Community, My Prevention Pillar”  

 

Criteria

Abstracts should meet some of the following criteria:

  • The contributions should be related to evidence-based approaches to working with the community, children, youth, families and the formal and informal work place from diverse backgrounds. Indicate which category. 
  • Share effective and promising practices.
  • We welcome both academic and non-academic submissions.
  • Academic abstracts should be scientifically and ethically sound. 
  • Submissions should be 500 words or less.

By submitting your prevention story, you give NACADA permission to share, broadcast or present the outstanding stories during the Prevention Week Summit, on NACADA social media platforms and during NACADA partnership meetings.

Please submit your abstract to preventionweek@nacada.go.ke by 15th December 2024

We look forward to receiving your contributions.