“And Boys Too” Prevention Education for Trafficking in Persons and Substance Use

This intervention was in the celebration for the “International Day for Illicit Trafficking of Persons.”

The prevention education for strictly for 50 senior male students between the ages of 13 -15 years, in Oluyole Grammar School, in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

The thematic focus was Human Trafficking and Substance Use. The boys were given prevention education in trafficking of persons, the syndicate, and the identification of the tell-tale signs of human trafficking.

 the students were given drug education, coping competencies, problem solving and decision making and settings.

The session focused on how drugs and alcohol could affect a student’s goals. The risk factors leading students to abuse drugs were considered, students were encouraged to always talk with school guidance counselors when faced with difficulties; that drug is never the solution to problems.

Students were urged to set specific and measurable goals for themselves, the students also shared how their dreams and goals could be affected by the tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. At the end of the intervention, benefits of being drug free were emphasized; and the students took the Drug Free Pledge.