Our Mission
To strengthen community-based responses to substance use disorders
By equipping faith institutions, traditional leaders, and community systems with culturally respectful, evidence-informed knowledge, ethical support structures, and referral pathways that promote dignity, reduce stigma, and improve access to quality care and recovery services in Nigeria and beyond.”
Our Vision
A society where communities, faith institutions, and traditional leadership systems support early help-seeking, reduce stigma, and connect individuals and families affected by substance use disorders to appropriate care and recovery services.
SUDACare’s Vision
These are the values that drive our mission
We affirm and honor faith as a powerful source of hope and healing while promoting accurate understanding of substance use disorder as a health condition shaped by biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors, not spiritual possession.This value explicitly rejects demonization without rejecting faith.
We recognize pastors, priests, imams, traditional rulers, palace councils, traditional healers, and community leaders as trusted and legitimate gatekeepers and first responders. We equip them with the knowledge and skills to guide individuals and families and function ethically as connectors to care.
We build on existing strengths within churches, palaces, mosques, and villages, focusing on relationships, trust, leadership, and compassion; rather than importing external, deficit-based solutions.
Faith-based and traditional support structures are pathways to care, not substitutes for medical, psychological, or neuropsychological services. Faith and traditional systems provide support, guidance, and referral, not diagnosis or treatment.
We strengthen the role of traditional healers and community leaders through training, adherence to ethical boundaries, and referral linkages, thereby integrating indigenous wisdom with modern health systems.
We reject shame, blame, exclusion, and demonization, prioritizing compassion and early help-seeking. Families and communities are supported as part of the recovery ecosystem.
Promote accurate, science-informed understanding of substance use disorders within communities, faith institutions, and traditional leadership structures.
Reduce stigma and harmful spiritual misattributions associated with substance use disorders.
Build the capacity of faith institutions, traditional leaders, traditional healers, and community first responders to provide ethical support and facilitate timely referral to appropriate services.
Establish and strengthen community-to-clinical referral and linkage systems, including connections to psychological, neuropsychological, and medical services.
Support the development of pastoral, family, and community-based support structures that complement, not replace, clinical care.
Apply asset-based community development (ABCD) approaches to strengthen local ownership, sustainability, and community leadership.
Conduct research, monitoring, and evaluation to inform evidence-based practice and policy advocacy.
Advocate for policies and systems that improve access to prevention, treatment, and recovery support for individuals and families affected by substance use disorders.
SUDA Care is a community-based organization that strengthens prevention, referral, and recovery for substance use disorders by working through Nigeria’s most trusted systems: faith–based institutions, traditional leadership, and community networks; using an asset-based, science-informed, and culturally respectful approach.
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Together, we can build stronger communities and support lasting recovery.