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Under the auspices of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, President of Alexandria University, and the supervision of Dr. Ali Abdelmohsen, Acting Vice President of the University for Education and Student Affairs, Dr. Saeed Allam, Vice President of the University for community service and environmental development affairs, inaugurated the “We Are with You” initiative, in the conference hall at the Faculty of Nursing.
This initiative comes within the framework of Alexandria University’s keenness to implement educational awareness programs for students and spread the culture of awareness of the harms and dangers of drug addiction, and it is organized by the University Students Union in cooperation with the Fund for Combating Drug Abuse and Addiction, the General Administration of Youth Welfare, the Health Education Department of the General Administration of Therapeutic Units, and the General Administration of University Campuses.
With attendance of more than 400 male and female students from different faculties, the session aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of drug addiction and abuse, ways of prevention, and providing psychological support.
Speakers at the event included Dr. Tarek Molokhia, Professor of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Nabil Allam, Coordinator of the Fund for Combating Substance Abuse in Alexandria Governorate, and His Eminence Sheikh/Atta Abdelmaqsoud Farrag, the preacher of the University City Mosque. It was attended by Mr. Mamdouh Abbas, Director General of University Cities, Dr. Omar El-Ibrashi, General Director of Therapeutic Units, Mr. Shihab Mahrous, Director General of Youth Welfare, Mr. Mohamed Fawzi, Director of the Student Union Administration, Dr. Maha Hamed Khalifa, Director of the Preventive Affairs Department, Dr. Sarah Mandour, health education officer at the administration, and Omar Afifi, president of the Student Union.
The “We Are with You” initiative is the result of cooperation between many parties inside and outside the university. The students interacted with many different inquiries and questions about the topic of the session. The Department of Preventive Affairs and Health Education, in cooperation with the General Administration of Youth Welfare and the University Students Union, will spread the initiative among all university students in all events related to student activities under the slogan “We are with you.”
