Children undergoing drug rehabilitation enjoying recreational activities
Children in rehabilitation participating in the daily Serenity Prayer
Children participating in the International Day against Drugs
Street children having fun at a Drop-In Centre
Dost outreach team reaching out to a drug addicted child
Vocational training for women in prison
Children at the Day Care Centre
Children at the Night Shelter Facility
Street Children at the Day Care centre
Children undergoing drug treatment and rehabilitation
Children scavenging to support the family
Children at the treatment centre spelling out DOST
DOST Welfare Foundation is Pakistan's largest drug rehabilitation organisation and is at the forefront of the country's efforts to tackle drug related challenges. DOST works with all marginalised members of society, be it women and children in prisons, street children, refugees and the community at large.
For three decades DOST has been providing impact at scale through engagement with the public and private sector.
Dost UK has been supporting the work of DOST Pakistan since 2010.
A drug addicted street child before and after treatment
Reaching Out
DOST's purpose is to reach out to stigmatised people living on the margins of society, provide them holistic treatment, and bring them back into the mainstream. People on the margins live a life of despair and are devoid of all hope, because they are rejected by society. DOST sends outreach teams daily to identify these people, register them, and ultimately enrol them for services according to their needs and rights. These vulnerable groups include street children, drug addicted children and adults, prisoners (men, women and children) , transgender people, and refugees and displaced persons.
A short documentary on DOST work, produced by Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy