{"id":3065,"date":"2021-02-19T03:19:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T03:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.ovathemes.com\/asting\/?page_id=3065"},"modified":"2022-03-24T14:28:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:28:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cut.mu\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3065\" class=\"elementor elementor-3065\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7c3bbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7c3bbf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01e47ca\" data-id=\"01e47ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a1297b elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_heading\" data-id=\"1a1297b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ova_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"sub_title thrid_font\">Our mission<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7165752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7165752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFounded in 2007, Collectif Urgence Toxida is the first organization in the African region to implement a harm reduction program. In 2021, we have more than 11,000 registered service users across the island.  We have 25 field workers and 10 administrative staff, including peer educators (community members).\n\nThe Collectif Urgence Toxida\u2019s primary mission is to provide harm reduction services to the community of people who use drugs. Alongside, CUT advocates for the respect of the rights of people who use drugs to eliminate all forms of violence, abuse, stigma, and discrimination against them. CUT also sensitises the population to positively influence the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour toward drug use.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75bf2a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75bf2a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our activities include:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-672b88c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_list_icon\" data-id=\"672b88c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"ova_list_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-list-icon\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"v1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-c2fe474\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-confirmation\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNeedle | Syringe programme\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2194f3 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_list_icon\" data-id=\"b2194f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"ova_list_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-list-icon\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"v1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-b48c520\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-confirmation\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHIV, Hepatitis C and Syphilis rapid testing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b94b4e8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_list_icon\" data-id=\"b94b4e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"ova_list_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-list-icon\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"v1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-7358792\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-confirmation\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAccompaniment to substitution \/ detox programmes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d584e75 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_list_icon\" data-id=\"d584e75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"ova_list_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-list-icon\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"v1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-c2fe474\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-confirmation\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSupporting people living with HIV through HIV counselling and Treatment Literacy.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e815c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_list_icon\" data-id=\"65e815c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"ova_list_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-list-icon\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"v1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-c2fe474\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-confirmation\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHuman right advocacy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0572a59 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_list_icon\" data-id=\"0572a59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"ova_list_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-list-icon\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"v1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-c2fe474\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-confirmation\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCollaborating with other NGO partners ( AILES )  for holistic services to beneficiaries\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e9cbbc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_list_icon\" data-id=\"8e9cbbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"ova_list_icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-list-icon\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"v1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-c2fe474\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-confirmation\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAwareness session \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0103e13\" data-id=\"0103e13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-464a688 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"464a688\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/our-mission.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5144\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/our-mission.jpg 552w, https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/our-mission-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/our-mission-155x200.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c98242 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c98242\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0af292\" data-id=\"f0af292\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc5978c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc5978c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Challenges<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f19f6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f19f6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n \t<li>To increase the number of HIV, Hepatitis C &amp; Syphilis screening.<\/li>\n \t<li>Advocating for a change in repressive legislation so that people who use drugs are no longer punished, but supported through harm reduction programme.<\/li>\n \t<li>To obtain accurate statistics on overdose deaths and to be able to use Naloxone to save lives.<\/li>\n \t<li>To find funding for our activities and ensure the continuity of our mission.<\/li>\n \t<li>To establish other areas of intervention for the provision of harm reduction services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4eb0ec\" data-id=\"e4eb0ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3778e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3778e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our intervention methods\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71de7e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71de7e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n \t<li>Our mobile caravan that travels across the island, everyday at different location with a team of 2 field workers and 1 health care assistant. Rapid testing services are offered in addition to the Needle | Syringe programme and a basic medical service is also provided.<\/li>\n \t<li>The &#8220;Back-packs&#8221; strategy are field workers who travel on foot with a backpack to the neighborhoods in Batterie cass\u00e9, Barkly, Florida, Elizabethville and Rouillard<\/li>\n \t<li>To obtain accurate statistics on overdose deaths and to be able to use Naloxone to save lives.<\/li>\n \t<li>The fixed sites, a container in Baie du Tombeau and locations defined by the field workers in Barkly, Plaisance, Stanley, Roche Bois, Batterie Cass\u00e9e and Bambous<\/li>\n \t\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fae8fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fae8fb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f82afe\" data-id=\"3f82afe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec48d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_heading\" data-id=\"ec48d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ova_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"sub_title thrid_font\">TIMELINE OF CUT<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a50e43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-content-timeline\" data-id=\"3a50e43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-content-timeline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"eael-content-timeline-3a50e43\" class=\"content-timeline-layout-center date-position-\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2><p>Local newspaper showcases for the first-time testimonies of people who inject drugs detailing how they share the same equipment among themselves and do not clean the injecting material.<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>The articles, intended to make people realize that the risky injection practices could lead directly to an explosion of HIV.<\/p><span class=\"eael-date\">2002<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2><p>This media coverage gives the momentum for the creation of the first civil society platform in 2002-2003, which brings together activists fighting for human rights, and against drug abuse and HIV.\u00a0 The informal platform aims at sharing ideas to define a common strategy to tackle HIV and drug use and advocate for it with all stakeholders.<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><span class=\"eael-date\">2003<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>The platform is officially named CUT in 2004 and regroups NGOs working in the field of drug use.<span class=\"eael-date\">2004<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>Advocacy efforts are intensified, including interventions by international specialists that highlight the urgency of the situation and that harm reduction practices should be introduced in Mauritius.<span class=\"eael-date\">2005<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT starts the first NSP programme which is illegal but done with the informal consent of authorities.  The community of Tombeau Bay is chosen due to the high concentration of HIV+ cases and known drug consumption and trafficking in the Port Louis region.<span class=\"eael-date\">2006<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT is official registered with the Registrar of Association as an NGO providing harm reduction services to people who use drugs.<span class=\"eael-date\">2007<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT has continued its NSP across the island using multiple models: street-based fixed sites, mobile caravan, peer educators and backpack interventions in communities where the MOHQL has given them permission to operate.<span class=\"eael-date\">2008<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT organised the first conference on opiate abuse and harm reduction in 2009 with as main theme \u2018Let\u2019s face it\u2019.<span class=\"eael-date\">2009<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT Expands its services across different regions in Mauritius, providing harm reduction services with HIV testing and counselling. <span class=\"eael-date\">2010<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT held its second conference, themed \u2018A Client Centered Approach to Harm Reduction\u2019.  Its principal objective was to engage participants in a discussion on the ways of improving the quality of harm reduction services delivered in Mauritius to better cater to the needs of beneficiaries.<span class=\"eael-date\">2011<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT expanded its needle syringe programme strategies, covering more location within Mauritius.<span class=\"eael-date\">2012<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT Participated in its 1st International \u201cSupport Don\u2019t Punish\u201d Campaign. Support Don\u2019t Punish is an international campaign to raise awareness about the damage caused by the criminalization of people who use drugs and the non-respect of human rights of these people.<span class=\"eael-date\">2013<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT took part in the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, making a presentation on the Harmonisation of Public Health and Public Safety in a Politically Conservative Environment. CUT also took part in the 57th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna as part of the of civil society delegation, and its Coordinator was also selected to represent the African Civil Society organisations on a dialogue platform with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), platform that meets once or twice a year.<span class=\"eael-date\">2014<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT was elected to be the representative of NGOs engaged in the response to HIV on the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) Mauritius. CUT also joined the executive committee of the National Drug Observatory. CUT also took part in the Indian Ocean Colloquium on HIV\/AIDS in Seychelles, The International conference on Harm Reduction in Malaysia and a ARASA Pre-conference meeting on 'stigma and discrimination by co-facilitating a session at ICASA on Drug policies in South Africa.<span class=\"eael-date\">2015<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>Although CUT has no official prevention department to date, the organisation begun responding, within its capacity, to a growing demand for information sessions on substances and drug policies.  <span class=\"eael-date\">2016<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>The third conference, themed \u2018All lives matter\u2019, re-branded Mauritius Harm Reduction Conference, was held in 2017.  The conference aimed at demonstrating best practices and scientific evidence for efficient harm reduction policies and highlighted various international models that can provide inspiration for a drug law reform at local level. CUT also held a silent and peaceful protest on right in front of parliament to remind our political leaders that repression alone, will cause more harm than good<span class=\"eael-date\">2017<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT entailed in research to understand drug use behaviour across the youth aged 16 \u2013 24 in Mauritius.  CUT also in collaboration with the Mauritian Network of People who use drugs (MANUD) organised an awareness campaign in plaza, rose hill. <span class=\"eael-date\">2018<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>Through the annual support don\u2019t punish campaign, CUT engaged with political leaders, advocating for a review of drug policies in Mauritius<span class=\"eael-date\">2019<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2>CUT disseminated a position paper across various ministries, advocating the use of Naloxone to manage overdose in Mauritius. CUT in collaboration with AILES also organized a two-days testing campaign named the \u201cMoris AIDS Tour\u201d aiming at breaking the stigma and taboo associated with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.  <span class=\"eael-date\">2020<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-content-timeline-block\">\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-line\">\n        <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-inner\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"eael-content-timeline-img eael-picture \"><i class=\"fab fa-sketch\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"eael-content-timeline-content\"><h2 class=\"eael-timeline-title\"><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/h2><p>CUT participated in the International zero-discrimination campaign, working with local artists to produce a song titled \u201cnou tou inik\u201d. In view of expanding its collaboration with different local partners, CUT participated in the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia with CAEC and YQA, producing the \u201cviv lamour dan so grander\u201d artistic clip to break the taboo on LGBTQIA+ issues in Mauritius. CUT also organised its 9th annual support Don\u2019t punish campaign in collaboration with AILES, putting a symbolic prison in Mangalkhan to show that Mauritius needs a review of drug policies.<\/p><span class=\"eael-date\">2021<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc8300a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc8300a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e52590\" data-id=\"8e52590\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-909f558\" data-id=\"909f558\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our mission Founded in 2007, Collectif Urgence Toxida is the first organization in the African region to implement a harm reduction program. In 2021, we have more than 11,000 registered service users across the island. We have 25 field workers and 10 administrative staff, including peer educators (community members). The Collectif Urgence Toxida\u2019s primary mission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3065"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5996,"href":"https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3065\/revisions\/5996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cut.mu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}