Table Tennis for New Life
Naulo Ghumti Nepal, Nepal
Since the mid-1990s, the number of people afflicted with HIV/AIDS and using drugs began trending upward in Nepal. Therefore, marginalised and stigmatised key populations of survivors of substance abuse, PLHIVs, IDUs, and vulnerable poor children and communities across the country face incredible difficulties to reintegrate back into society once rehabilitated.
Naulo Ghumti Nepal, a non-governmental organisation located in Pokhara, Nepal, is dedicated to supporting individuals with substance use disorders and those living with HIV throughout Table Tennis for New Life Project. Each year, over half of the participants in their Drug Rehabilitation Programme experience a relapse within one year following their discharge from treatment.
Incorporating sports-based therapies, including Table Tennis, into their treatment modalities enhances traditional counseling methods, yielding improved outcomes for patients. This innovative approach aims to reduce relapse rates by promoting both physical and mental recovery, thereby fostering a more resilient and healthier community.
Contribution to the Global Goals
Target 3.5: Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.
- Individual Change:
Increased self-awareness, self-acceptance, responsibilities, diligence, respect and social re-integration following rehabilitation. - Community Change:
Increased acceptance and support of rehabilitation center residents recovered from substance within their families, friends, and community.
- Improved recovery among 120 male and female rehabilitation clients over three-year period who took up table tennis through engagement in a sustained and meaningful social activity
- Increased awareness and adoption of sports as means to improve recovery by other rehabilitation organizations and community, establishing table tennis as a community-based sports within rehabilitation programs
- Rehabilitation clients show improved recovery through regular participation in Table Tennis.
- Formation of Guideline for Sports-Assisted Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation.
- Enhanced understanding among Rehabilitation staff/ workers in the use of Table Tennis for improved recovery.
- Increased adoption of Table Tennis among other Rehabilitation Centers to assist recovery.
- Orientation to Rehabilitation staff/workers on sports-assisted drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
- On-site coaching of rehabilitation staff/ workers on Table Tennis by professional TT coach.
- Regular sessions to use table tennis for improved recovery.
- Workshop for Sports-assisted Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Guideline Formation.
- Regular stakeholder coordination with rehabilitation centers, local TT association and local government.
- Annual Inter-Rehabilitation Center Table Tennis Competition.
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