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Try U-turn for Christ in Karen. Its a very 'basic' place run by volunteers

Thanks Heri. Good to know.

There is the free Methadone government programme that is run from Mathare. It mainly deals with youth from disadvantaged areas like slums etc. It seeks to remove the drug dependency by substituting heroin etc. with methadone. It is long term daily treatment and needs some serious commitment.

However, you cannot be directly admitted to the programme, you have to be referred by one of the youth/counselling centres. There is one in Kangemi (inside the slum), not sure where the other is. The programme is also available in coasto.

However, there are other (minimal) fee faith-based institutions that offer the drug/alcohol rehab programs.

A co-worker once told me that when his kids reached puberty - stage they are likely to experiment with a lot of bad stuff, he took them to one of these centres and got the addicts to talk to the kids about drug abuse and stuff like that. It made a powerful impact on the kids. Not sure if this is ok to do, but a problem stopped at that age may never get to the level of drug addiction treatment.

PS. I am very sympathetic to folks who find themselves in this mess