𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐂𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬

New Zealand Salvation Army’s Head of Social Services Lt Colonel Lynette Hudson paid a courtesy visit to the Fiji Corrections Service today to discuss possible collaboration in the set-up of a community based service for drugs and alcohol abuse treatment, rehabilitation and awareness.

Lt Col Hudson said the timing for such an undertaking was very crucial as Fiji has become the drug hotspot in the region. She adds that the idea was to have a set up where people who came through the doors of FCS will also end up on their door steps to get treated.

The planned partnership has been welcomed by the Acting Commissioner of Corrections, Mr Sevuloni Naucukidi who says they need all the help and expertise in as far as the battle against drugs was concerned.

“Over the past few years, cases relating to drug use and alcohol abuse have been on a rise and quite recently the spike in the influx of hard drugs have now generated other illegal activities around it.

“It poses great challenges in how we operate as it brings into our care a different class of inmates and we need expertise to deal with their treatment and rehabilitation.”

“So i welcome this offer from the Salvation Army, the battle against this growing menace needs a combined effort.”