Recent announcements
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ISAAC European Conference - First Notification
Connecting Christian Addiction Workers in Europe. ISAAC is planning a European Conference to be held in Prague from 17th to 20th May 2012. The conferenceis open to ISAAC members worldwide and to others invovled in addiction work as Christians, although many of the topics and sessions will be of interest primarily for those working in Europe.On-line booking and more information will be made available on this website shortly.
Posted Jan 10, 2012 10:20 AM by Editor Isaac
ISAAC Worldwide News
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ISAAC - News from our members
News from Chile:
In October we heard the news from
Ivan Alvarado, ISAAC’s Latin American Coordinator that the Comunidad La Roca, Viña
del Mar - the first Therapeutic Community in Chile - received from the Chilean
Congress the Bi-centenarian Medal (MEDALLA BICENTENÁRIO) as a recognition of
the important work done not only in treatment but also in drug prevention. Comunidad La Roca has programmes in Viña del Mar, Angol,
Villarrica, Imperial and La Union. (www.comunidadlaroca.cl)
We are also thankful that Ivan
Alvarado and Ruben Pavez from Chile were able to represent ISAAC at the WFTC
Executive Council and Board Meeting held in Medellin, Colombia during the Latin
American Federation conference in October.
Please pray for Ivan and Ruben ...
Posted Jan 10, 2012 10:18 AM by Editor Isaac
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ISAAC Training in Ethiopia
Ethiopia, a country perhaps more readily associated with the
Queen of Sheba, Live Aid and famine than drug or alcohol addiction, hosted a
training event for church leaders in May 2011.
ISAAC was invited to Ethiopia by a contact at
World Horizons, who have been working with emerging mission movements in many
parts of the world, including partnering with one of the large evangelical
denominations in Ethiopia. The church currently has 1.3 million members
throughout the country, and is growing at about 10% per year as they seek to
reach out to others. While meeting together to look at the future, the leaders
identified addiction as a key area in which they ought to be more active
(approximately 1 ...
Posted Jan 10, 2012 10:19 AM by Editor Isaac
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