ABOUT VANDU

Vandu is dedicated to improving the lives of drug users,
their families and our communities

The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) was formed in January 1998 in Vancouver, BC, to bring together people who use heroin and cocaine. It is a non profit organization.

Since then, VANDU's membership has grown to over 1500 and is one of the largest organizations of its kind in the world.

In keeping with our goals and beliefs, VANDU:

  • is committed to increasing the capacity of people who use drugs to live healthy productive lives. We do this by affirming and strengthening people who use drugs to reduce harm to themselves and their communities. We organize in our communities to save lives by promoting local, regional and national harm reduction education, interventions and Peer Support.
  • challenges traditional client/provider relationships and empowers people who use drugs to design and implement harm reduction interventions.
  • believes in every person's right to health and well-being. We also believe that all people are competent to protect themselves, their loved ones and their communities from drug related harm. understands that drug use ranges from total abstinence to severe abuse - we recognize that some ways of using drugs are clearly safer than others.
  • recognizes that the realities of poverty, racism, social isolation, past trauma, mental illness and other inequalities increase people's vulnerability to addiction and reduce their capacity for effectively reducing drug related harm.



We welcome support from our members and the general public. Your donations greatly assist in our campaign to reduce deaths, illness and crime through the promotion of harm reduction programs. If you would like to contribute please mail or drop off your cheque or money order to:


VANDU
380 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, B.C.
V6A 1P4

Please contact us if you would like to make donations of food, clothing or your time so that we may coordinate the arrangements: phone 604.683.6061 or fax 604.683.6199 . Donations are accepted in memory of loved ones. VANDU thanks all who have made a contribution.

Please make cheques payable to VANDU .
A tax receipt will be issued. Please be sure to mark VANDU on the cheque.

Please contact us if you would like to make donations of food, clothing or your time so that we may coordinate the arrangements: phone 604.683.8595. Donations are accepted in memory of loved ones. VANDU thanks all who have made a contribution.

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