Centre for Human Healthcare Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Education (DATE) Project was initiated and sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. K. Uffindal in Ripon, North Yorkshire. This couple sponsored the Executive Director in the person of K.O. Siaw in United Kingdom to stay with them within a period of four and a half years to study Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco and Education in schools and communities in Ripon – UK.

After the project begun in Ghana, he further sponsored two members in addition to the Executive Director for further studies in Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Education (DATE) in Ripon – UK.

Centre for Human Healthcare Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Education (DATE) Project is a comprehensive project that aimed at providing education, counseling, rehabilitation, accommodation and skill acquisition programmes in schools and communities in Ghana and its surroundings.

Aims and objectives:

Centre for Human Healthcare Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Education (DATE) Programmes and

Project aimed at:

a) Providing drugs, alcohol, tobacco and other related substance education and training to the young people and adult alike in schools and communities

b) Organizing parent / family nights to discuss the importance of Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco and other related substance Education programmes to the young people and adult.

c) Providing care and rehabilitation services to the addicted

d) Identifications and provision of skill acquisition trainings to the most vulnerable and addicted groups to earn the living after rehabilitation programmes