SURUWAT
is established in 2007 by group of Ex drug users and non drug users coming from different walks of life
for a common goal to halt drug addiction among youths and prevent HIV epidemics;
as well to create enabling environment to reach universal access to Harm Reduction Services and Home Based Care Services to drug user and PLHA.
During our years of After Care experience, it is found that majority of drug users relapse within 1 years of time after discharge from treatment center. As stated above relapse is an over time process,
it is very hard to measure the reason of relapse specifically. Hence most of the common reasons found responsible for relapse are lack of integration with family,
lack of coping skill, lack of livelihood skills and avoiding follow up program after discharge from after care service.
Realizing these facts Suruwat is operating a separate Aftercare wing basically focused on relapse prevention and improvising the quality of life to sustain recovery.
NGO working in Bhaktapur for HIV/AIDS and Drug abuse since 2007.
Nepal shares a large area of its political boundary with India, these border areas are porous and are vulnerable to many illegal acts affecting a large portion of population.
High deliberation of drug trafficking and sex industries is pioneering the concentrate epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Nepal.
The National estimate 2007 indicates that there are around 70,000 adults and children infected with HIV in Nepal; among this the majority (92%) consists of the age group 15-49, which is considered as the economically active age group.
In context of Nepal, sexual transmission and injecting drug use is the major route of transmission.
The existing Illiteracy, poverty, political instability with many other contributing factors is increasing the vulnerability to acquire HIV infections. Further,
the high risk sexual behavior and sharing of needles among IDUs, high incidence of STIs, gender inequalities has heighten vulnerability of women and girls at many levels.
In addition to poverty and low level of education, a cultural taboo that surrounds sexual behavior and the muddled prostitution is mounting the risk and the vulnerability of transmitting HIV. The actual number of HIV infected person is greater than the data as there are many unnoticed infections and the hidden population with HIV infections.
Lack of access of testing facilities, counseling, fear of being exposed and ignorance is major factors responsible for low reporting of HIV/AIDS.
A research by New Era, in 2006 indicates that injecting drug users (IDUs) are extremely vulnerable to HIV as 6 out of 10 IDUs in Bhaktapur are HIV positive.
With such a concentrated epidemic on the rise, the arrangement of proper psychological & harm reduction program imperative Services to address the above mention need demand for wide range of facilities & resources.