DOST Welfare Foundation registered
Drug Demand Reduction Services
- 48,125 drug addicts were provided residential drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation services.
- 40,613 drug addicts were provided prison-based, home-based and camp-based drug addiction treatment services.
- 12,229 religious leaders & community elders sensitized and mobilized.
HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care & Support
- 272,965 individuals received HIV awareness and prevention services.
- 48,933 individuals received HIV counselling and testing services
- 3,416 street drug addicts receive STI management services
- 44,021 prisoners received HIV awareness services
- 7,548 prisoners received HIV counselling and testing services
- 2,061 prisoners received STI management services
- 55,474 individuals from general community were provided HIV awareness
- 5,770 individuals from general public were provided HIV counselling/testing
- 68,083 Afghan refugees were provided HIV awareness
- 8,152 Afghan refugees were provided HIV counselling and testing services
Women and Child Rights Protection Services
- 23,614 juvenile and women prisoners received psycho-social and rehabilitation services
- 7,453 juvenile and women prisoners and 332 women from community received free legal aid
- 18,021 street children were provided psycho-social and rehabilitation services
- 32,684 street children were accessed through reach out services
- 3,550 clients provided telephone helpline services
Human Resource Development
- 1,939 professionals from 24 govt and 37 non-govt organizations of Pakistan and Afghanistan were trained on drug demand reduction
- 7,743 young graduates completed fieldworks and internships with DOST
- 17,875 prison/ police authorities and community activists were sensitized for women/ child rights and HIV prevention
- 890 community workers and prisoners were trained as peer educators for HIV and drug abuse prevention
- 972 Afghan community activists were trained as drug prevention workers
DOST Milestones
Sep 1992
Feb 1993
Sakoon Kore Therapeutic Community for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug users established
Feb 1993
Feb 1993
Family Programme, Relapse Prevention Programme and Narcotics Anonymous Meetings started
Mar 1993
Drug abuse prevention programme commences
Mar 1993
Dec 1994
Street reachout programme for drug users in Peshawar started
May 1995
Dar-ul-Shifa Drop-In Centre for street drug users in Peshawar opens
May 1995
Jan 1996
Sakoon Kore Centre for women drug users started
Jul 1998
Drug addiction treatment programme in Peshawar Central Prison commences
Jul 1998
July 1998
Construction of Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre for drug users in Peshawar Central Prison
Jan 1999
Therapeutic Community for women and minor children in Peshawar Central Prison commences
Jan 1999
Jan 1999
Therapeutic Community for juvenile offenders in Peshawar Central Prison commences
Jan 2000
Juvenile Rights Awareness Programme in NWFP
Jan 2000
Jan 2000
Dar-ul-Salam Drop-In Centre and street reach-out programme for street drug users in Peshawar started
Sep 2000
Detoxification services for drug users in Drop-in Centres started
Sep 2000
Jun 2001
HIV/AIDS awareness become integral part of DOST Drug Demand and Harm Reduction Programmes
Jan 2002
HIV/AIDS and STIs prevention programme for juvenile prisoners in Peshawar, Haripur and D.I.Khan Central Prisons of NWFP
Jan 2002
Feb 2002
Drug Demand Reduction training programme for women in Afghan refugee camps in NWFP commences
Feb 2002
Construction of community centre for female prisoners in Haripur Central Prison started
Feb 2002
Jun 2002
Advice and Legal Assistance Centre established for Afghan refugees in Peshawar
Sep 2002
Sakoon Kore legal aid & social reintegration services centre for women & juvenile prisoners in Peshawar
Sep 2002
Sep 2003
Street reach out programme and Drop-in Centre for drug users in Kohat opens.
Jan 2004
Construction of Sakoon Kore TC for rehabilitation at DOST Complex, Hayatabad, Peshawar.
Jan 2004
2004- 2006
Construction of DOST Complex Hayatabad (PBM).
Construction of The Citizen Foundation School on DOST land.
Jan 2005
Voluntary Counseling and Testing, Behtar Kal Centre for general community in Peshawar.
Jan 2005
May 2005
Dar-ul-Falah community-based Drug Demand Reduction Centre in Khazana
April 2006
HIV Prevention among prisoners in Peshawar and Haripur Central Prisons
April 2006
April 2006
DIC for Street Children at DOST Complex Hayatabad, Peshawar started
May 2006
Faith-based Drug Demand Reduction in four FATA/PATA regions of NWFP commences
May 2006
July 2006
Sakoon Kore 2 Therapeutic Community for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug users in Peshawar
July 2006
Telephone Helpline services for Women and Children in crisis
July 2006
Sep 2006
Construction of Shahbaz Health Centre in DOST Complex, Shahi Bala
Oct 2006
Vocational skills centre for women in crisis in Peshawar
Oct 2006
Jan 2007
Mobile Drop-In Centre for street drug users in Peshawar
Jan 2007
Drug Demand Reduction Services in Afghanistan (two drug treatment centres and two Drop-In Centres for drug users) established.
Jan 2007
Jan 2007
Construction of Resource Centre in Hayatabad Peshawar
April 2007
HIV Prevention among prisoners in 22 NWFP Prisons
April 2007
April 2007
Therapeutic Community for the residential treatment and rehabilitation of children drug users started
July 2007
Treatment and Drop-In Centres in Bamyan and Daikundi Provinces of Afghanistan
July 2007
Sep 2007
Construction of Children’s Home in DOST Complex, Shahi Bala (GTZ)
March 2008
Second Street Children Drop-In Centre in Peshawar opens.
March 2008
June 2008
Establishment of Dar-ul-Falah Centres in Prang Ghar, Mohmand and Kala Dhaka (FR Mansehra)
Feb 2009
Active Citizens Project commences
Feb 2009
Sept 2009
Third and fourth street children Drop-in Centres opened
Oct 2009
Voluntary Counseling and Testing centre for female injecting drug users in Peshawar opens
Oct 2009
Oct 2009
Construction of Sakoon Kore 1V at DOST Complex Shahi Bala Peshawar
Jan 2010
Dar-ul- Falah Community-based Drug Demand Reduction Centre in Prang opens.
Jan 2010
April 2013
Guloona Night Shelter for street children opens in Peshawar
April 2014
ILMPOSSIBLE Project commences for education of out-of-school children.
April 2014
Nov 2014
Provision of Grant-in aid to Dost Welfare Foundation from Government of KP.
Dec 2015
Inauguration of Sakoon Kore’s III & IV by Chief Minister KP
Dec 2015
Jan 2016
Supporting DOST Pakistan in its Organizational Development Process, by Strengthening its PMER and HR Capacity.
April 2016
Rehabilitation Program for Settled Districts of KP and FATA/ PATA.
April 2016
April 2016
Rehabilitation Program for Street Living and Working Drug Addicted Children of Peshawar.
April 2016
Protection and Care of Minor Children Detained with Women Prisoners.
April 2016
Dec 2018
Basic and Legal Literacy Program for Juvenile Offenders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Jan 2019
ILMPOSSIBLE: Take A Child to School (TACS) Programme- Phase II.
Jan 2019
Nov 2019
Social Reintegration of Children in Conflict with Law in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
April 2020
Prevention of COVID-19 in the Prisons of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
April 2020
June 2020
Social Reintegration Programme for Street Children of Distict Peshawar.
July 2020
Prevention of COVID-19 in the Transgender Community in five Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
July 2020
March 2021
Establishment of DOST’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services at Hayatabad, Peshawar.
Jan 2022
Social Reintegration of Deserving Adult Street Based Drug Users (DU’s).
Jan 2022
April 2022
Social Reintegration Programme for Street Children of District Peshawar.
May 2022
Provision of Grant-in aid to Dost Welfare Foundation through Government of KP Drug Free (DFP) Programme Phase I.
May 2022
Sept 2022
Provision of Grant-in aid to Dost Welfare Foundation through Government of KP Drug Free (DFP) Programme Phase II.
Sept 2022
Provision of Financial Assistance to DOST under CSR Programme, OGDCL- Pakistan
Sept 2022