Over the month of February, two international volunteers ran an awareness course in Madharushathul Ifthithaah School for Grade 10 students about management of the community’s natural resources. Matthew Morgan, from England, delivered presentations on topics such as the dangers of overfishing, sustainable fishing methods, critiques of current local fishing practices, as well as general fish and coral identification of local species. Clara Scheuring

On Saturday 9th March, Naifaru Juvenile was proud to open our newly-completed Community Youth Centre Complex. Having worked consistently with the island’s youth, and always trying to give them opportunities for progress, we remarked that the island has very few facilities to engage them. In an environment with a high unemployment rate and drug problems, our main focus was to create a hub for reaching these youths, sending out positive messages

On Friday 8th of March 2013, a celebration for International Women’s Day was organized by the Women’s Development Committee in collaboration with Naifaru Juvenile and some other local NGO’s. Naifaru Juvenile helped organize activities for local women to participate in, and the afternoon saw plenty of sports and games being enjoyed by women of all ages. A banner featuring the slogan “Political Participants of Women” displayed Naifaru’s

Naifaru Juvenile was proud to send a trained counseller, Aminath Reema, and a peer-educated colleague, Aminath Nasha, to Madivaru Island to hold a life skills session for a training batch of police recruits. It was held on Thursday the 28th of February 2013 from 8.30-11.30am. There were 78 participants taking part in the session, and some senior police officials in attendance. The session dealt with four topics. First up was stress management. They

The workshop was held on Tuesday 8th January 2013 at 9pm to 11.30pm in the Multi Purpose building (MPB). The facilitators were from Journey. This program was one of our drug awareness project funded by UNODC. The workshop on drug awareness for the parents was held to teach the parents, parental skills and awareness. 27 parents attended the meeting which was about making the parents aware of changes in children’s behavior at different times in life,

The training program was held on Tuesday 8th January 2013 from 3.45pm to 7.30pm. The training program was held in the Multi Purpose Building (MPB) for the staff that will be working in our soon to be opened ‘drop in centre’. 20 participants including staff attended .The training program was facilitated by Journey NGO. The ‘drop in centre’ will be used for drug awareness, outreach work, counseling and life skill programs. In the training program

The opening ceremony of ‘’Tiny Field’’ community park on Naifaru Island took place on 5th January 2013 at 5pm. Approximately 2000 local people attended the opening ceremony. Amongst these were the official people that were invited: Atoll Council members, Management from Felivaru fisheries, officials from the government office and some senior citizens. The history of ‘’Tiny Field’’ community began on the 4th June 2012 when permission

During the Eid of October 2012 Naifaru Juvenile hosted a 4 on 4 futsal tournament as part of our on-going drug awareness programme; Strengthening the National Response to Combat Drug Abuse in the Maldives. The programme is sponsored by UNODC and European Union. The tournament took place on the 26th and 27th of October and saw the participation of 11 teams of local players. There were a total of 12 matches played during the two full days of playing.

On Wednesday the 24th of October Naifaru Juvenile hosted a religious session on drug awareness. The session is a part of our commitment to the UNODC and EU sponsored programme Strengthening the National Response to Combat Drug Abuse in the Maldives. The session was targeted at youths from the local community. 20 youths participated in the session. The facilitator of the programme was a local Shaik, Mr. Ali Shariff. The session focused on views on

On the 22nd of October Mr. Mohamed Ahmed, vice-chairperson of Naifaru Juvenile signed a contract with the Ministry of Environment and Energy to conduct community training services in selected island communities in the north region. The project is part of the Maldives Environmental Management Project (MEMP) which receives funding from the World Bank. The project is set to run for four months and the goal is to train local facilitators and conduct