This edition of the quarterly addresses the cultural, leisure and social activites youth can take part in to enjoy the hot summer days away from drugs.... more

The three-day workshop, which takes place in Beirut, focuses on training and piloting a school-based life skills education programme for drug abuse prevention, sucessfully tested in a number of European countries.... more

This edition of the quarterly addresses Lebanese night life that sees youth inconspicuously trying drugs, and sports as a positive alternative.... more

Cooperation with institutions provides for the development of quality prevention programs to empower youth with the information and skills to become agents of change. ... more

The 2-day workshop wrapped with participants agreeing on Mentor Arabia's strategic objectives and adopting a series of guiding principles that the organization will draw on to develop its 2009-2013 work plan. ... more

The workshop aims at promoting cooperation between stakeholders, and mobilizing resources and efforts to address the drug scourge threatening Arab youth and reach a consensus on the scientific, comprehensive and sustainable prevention approaches to protect them.... more

The session saw an in-depth discussion on Lebanese youth and the drug problem from the youth’s perspective. Participants also discussed at great length the role that youth can play to fight the drug scourge.... more

At the three-day forum, delegates will be able to attend seminars and workshops focusing on the drug problem in the world from different angles and perspectives. ... more

At a meeting with Arab NGO representatives held on the sidelines of the Beyond 2008 Global NGO Forum on Drugs, called for organized and well-planned coordination and knowledge sharing among Arab NGOs active in the field of drugs. ... more

At the 3-day Forum, participants representing over 300 NGOs involved in responding to drug-related problems from around the world will discuss and debate a global declaration and three resolutions on topics discussed during the regional consultations held across the globe from September 2007 to February 2008. ... more

Mentor Arabia and the Juvenile Welfare Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor in Kuwait concluded the “Creating Agents of Prevention” program with a 3-day training session on life skills education for adolescents.... more

The 2-day seminar addressed four themes: adolescence and the drug problem, education and school-based prevention, effective prevention: putting theories into practice, and secondary prevention. View speakers' presentations and organizers' recommendations.... more

The 10-11 April 2008 Seminar "The Role of Schools in Promoting Drug Prevention", which will take place in Holiday Inn-Dunes, Beirut, aims at raising the awareness of policy makers in educational institutions of the importance of drug prevention and encouraging them to include drug-prevention programs in their curriculum and activities.... more

The Forum will take place on 7-9 July 2008, in Vienna, Austria. It will be the final step in the global consultation of NGOs involved in responding to drug-related problems.... more

Mentor Arabia has appointed Lebanon-born Ramzi Naaman, 46, new Executive Director, effective March 17, 2008. ... more

Operated by Mentor Arabia and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor in Kuwait, the 5-day workshop provides the 24 participants with the information and skills that can help them take a positive approach in dealing with juveniles and develop effective drug-prevention programs.... more

As part of its implementation of the Life Skills Education Program for Drug Prevention for teenagers in Kuwait, Mentor Arabia is holding on 24-25 January 2008 a training workshop for Kuwaiti school teachers titled “Life Skills for Adolescents”. ... more

Learn more about Mentor Arabia and its scope of work by checking out our Frequently Asked Questions section.... more

The Awards will recognize and celebrate promise and achievement in drug abuse prevention globally. ... more

The evaluation will include meetings with partners, focus group discussions with participants and a thorough review of the training material.... more

HRH Prince Turki Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz, Chairman of Mentor Arabia’s Board of Trustees, visited Colombia, where he attended Mentor Colombia’s gala dinner and met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.... more

Mentor Arabia and the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) led regional consultations with non-governmental organizations working in the field of drugs in Cairo on October 25-26, 2007.... more

Mentor Arabia is set to start implementing the Life Skills Education Program for Drug Prevention for Kuwaiti teenagers in 10 schools in January 2008.... more

Mentor Arabia held a preliminary two-day workshop in Beirut on August 22-23, 2007 with education experts to develop the project of Drug Prevention in Early Childhood Education (ECE) in the Arab World. ... more

At the press conference preceding Mentor Arabia's April 23 fundraising Gala Dinner in Kuwait, the organization's Chairman HH Prince Turki Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud said engaged people's enthusiasm to talk about drugs in the Arab World needs to be coupled with a drive for action. ... more

Nearly all of Mentor Arabia’s Trustees participated in the annual Board meeting held in Kuwait on 22 April, on the eve of the Fundraising Gala Dinner. During the meeting, the Trustees got acquainted with Mentor Arabia newly hired staff, discussed many ideas of cooperation towards the achievement of Mentor Arabia’s mission and approved the operational work plan for the year 2007, which encompasses drug-prevention... more

Comprised of drug-prevention and drug-addiction specialists from six different Arab countries, the Scientific Advisory Committee supports Mentor Arabia’s team to identify the best ways of tackling drug prevention among youth in the region.... more

With an attendance of more than 400 people, Mentor Arabia’s first fundraising Gala Dinner held in Kuwait on April 23 achieved its goals.... more