MASA MASID is a community-based initiative to engage volunteers in the fight against criminality, corruption, and illegal drugs.
PURPOSE
To heighten community involvement by mobilizing the support of local stakeholders, volunteers, civic organizations, faith-based organizations, and the private sectors in the fight against illegal drugs.
Specifically, the Program aims to:
- Intensify the advocacy and education campaign in the community;
- Mobilize the community in gathering information by installing a reporting mechanism on the illegal activities in the locality;
- Mobilize support group and encourage sharing of available resources to hasten the implementation of the Community-Based Rehabilitation Program; and
- Create an enabling environment to encourage collaboration among the community partners to effectively implement the Community-Based Rehabilitation Program.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
- Demand Reduction through Advocacy and Education Campaigns
- Supply Reduction through Information Gathering and Reporting
- Community-Based Rehabilitation Program
- Holistic intervention for recovering drug patient with focus on the healing of the body and soul
- Covers psychological, neurological, spiritual and social dimensions
- Focuses not only on the healing of the patients but also car
- e for their families and the whole community
- Will be facilitated by the Community Rehabilitation Network Program duration is 48 days depending the condition of the patient.
The Community-Based Rehabilitation Program has three (3) components namely:
- Patients’ Care
- Family Care
- Community Care
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provincial Government
- Ensure that the Anti-Drug Abuse Councils are organized and operational in the province, component cities, municipalities and barangays;
- Provide support for the organization and mobilization of the MASA MASID Team and the Community Rehabilitation Network;
- Provide support for the establishment of the Community-Based Rehabilitation Program;
- Provide support to the treated/drug free individual by endorsing him/her for job opportunity; and
- Monitor the implementation of the Program.
- City/Municipal Government
- Ensure that the Anti-Drug Abuse Councils are organized and operational in the city/municipality and component barangays;
- Provide support for the organization and mobilization of the MASA MASID Team and the Community Rehabilitation Network;
- Consolidate the location of the surrenderers;
- Provide support for the establishment of the Community-Based Rehabilitation Program;
- Organize activities with the participation of the drug patients and other members of the community such as sports, Zumba, tree planting, and livelihood activities for them to inter-act with other members of the community to minimize stigma towards individual undergoing rehabilitation;
- Provide support to the treated/drug free individual by endorsing him/her for job opportunity; and
- Monitor the implementation of the Program.
- DILG Provincial Field Offices
- Advocate the MASA MASID Program to the local government units;
- Coordinate with and provide technical assistance to DILG Field Officers at the City/Municipal level in the implementation of the Program;
- Orient the Expanded UBAS C/M TWG on the Program; and
- Oversee the implementation of the Program in the component cities, municipalities and barangays and ensure its successful implementation.