Umhlali police are establishing the SAPS Umhlali Whoonga and Drug Foundation.
Co-ordinator, warrant officer Vinny Pillay said they are appealing for doctors, social workers, pharmacists and psychiatrists to come on board and help them prevent the proliferation of drug abuse and addiction in our area.
They currently have assistance from two volunteer doctors from Kwasizabantu Mission in Kranskop outside Maphumulo.
At the centre drug addicts are helped to overcome their addiction by the Concerned Young People of South Africa (CYPSA), housed at Kwasizabantu. The centre even offers schooling and tertiary studies to recovering addicts.
“As police officers we arrest these people but we do not do anything to help them. Umhlali SAPS wants to offer full support to residents in this respect,” said Pillay
They are also appealing for children or parents of children who are on drugs to come forward for help.
“We want to save our children from the terrible effects of drug abuse and addiction,” said Pillay.
At the same time Umhlali SAPS Men for Change thanked Crawford College North Coast pupil Anthony Pedlar for collecting clothing and books to be distributed to under-privileged children within the SAPS Umhlali policing precinct.
For more information contact WO Pillay on 073 3100 103.
