Združenie STORM

Characteristic of program ECHO

The ECHO programme has been carrying out activities towards awareness-raising and preventive action since its establishment. Most of these activities are short-lived and carried out on a regular basis. Most frequent topics discussed with expert or lay public pertain to safe disposal of injection equipment, reducing risks at festivals, prevention of human trafficking, HIV, etc. A number of international conferences on topics discussing drugs, low threshold principles and other important areas have been organized by us under the programme.

Provided services

preventive lectures
group work
information service
social counseling

Target groups

expert and lay public
event and festival visitors

Activities ECHO

Safely in community

The STORM association has been carrying out preventive activities especially in the Nitra and Trnava Region for over 15 years. They are focusing mainly on protection of public health and health of clients and people living in towns of Sereď, Nitra and Trnava. Public health protection includes activities involving disposal of injection equipment lying around on the ground in towns. The objective is to search for and safely dispose of used injecting needles and to reduce the chance of becoming infected in case of accidental injuries. The regular nature of collection of injecting needles and involvement of the community in identifying exposed locations guarantees that the amount of this material in public spaces is reduced. Besides these collections, workers regularly check so-called FIX POINTS, storage boxes for injection material, located in Nitra, Trnava and Zvolen.

If you’re interested in our activities taking place in your town, please send us an email to info@zdruzeniestorm.sk

Chillout zones at festivals

The atmosphere at many, especially music and dance, festivals may invite one to experiment with drug use. Our preventive activities aim to draw attention to risks related to drug use, combining different drugs and underestimating their effects. We also come with harm reduction recommendations which may help reduce damages or other negatives.

If you’re interested in our activities taking place in your town, send us an email to info@zdruzeniestorm.sk

Preventive lecturing activities

The programme on a regular yearly basis offers preventive discussions and activities dealing with topics such as human trafficking, prevention of HIV/AIDS, marijuana, how to talk about drugs, how to safely dispose of found injecting needles, etc. Discussions or group meetings pertain to most frequent myths and facts, encourage responsible behaviour and strive to break the taboo related to these topics.

If you’re interested in our activities taking place in your town, send us an email to info@zdruzeniestorm.sk

Expert conferences

The STORM association in cooperation with other partners organized a number of international conferences discussing topics related to main areas of association’s work. Peer-reviewed conference proceedings were published from each of these conferences.
• “Nenásilne o násilí” [Non-violently on violence] conference 2016
• Harm reduction conference 2014
• Human Trafficking – prevention, research, practice 2013
• Meaningfulness of low threshold programmes 2012