Centro de Información y Educación para la Prevención del Abuso de Drogas (CEDRO) (Spanish for: information- and education-centre for prevention of
drug abuse) is a private non-profit institution in
Lima
Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...
which was established by
Peru
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vians in 1986. CEDRO focuses on working with street children, because these are in danger of drug abuse. For this purpose CEDRO has its own shelter for children in Lima.
Further objectives and working methods are:
*To educate the population about drug abuse and its consequences (in the form of attendance at masses, lectures and also workshops).
*Especially to protect endangered groups from drugs, e.g. street children by offering recreational activities such as music-courses, drawing-courses, sporting events or language-courses.
Since 2002,
Austrian
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peace workers from the
Austrian Association for Service Abroad have been working at CEDRO.
See also
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Illegal drug trade in Peru
The illegal drug trade in Peru includes the growing of coca and the shipment of cocaine to the United States. In an example of the balloon effect, dramatic falls in coca cultivation in the late 1990s saw cultivation move to Colombia. "The main ta ...
References
External links
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Child-related organisations in Peru
Organizations established in 1986
1986 establishments in Peru