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Project SPORT
My name is Kandauda Arachchige Sanchitha Yasith Wickrama. I am a senior student at Trinity College Kandy. I developed an innovative program to address a growing problem in Sri Lanka's society. Substance use is rapidly increasing in Sri Lanka. Among youth, it is a highly prevalent. As a student I have witnessed many friends fall victim to drug and alcohol use and abuse with dire consequences such as dropping out of school, failing grades, bright futures laying wasted, families devastated, and dreams destroyed.
With knowledge gained through my certificate in substance use counseling and management and the experience with the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime stake holder discussions in Vienna, I have developed a substance use prevention program. It is theoretically based on Sports Therapy - a method of integrating sports activities to replace unhealthy behavioral practices that include substance use as coping methods and recreational methods among youth.
This project is being carried out under the supervision of Ms. Raeesah Adjie, Clinical Psychologist.