{"id":286,"date":"2023-08-08T22:46:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T22:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designdemolink.com\/aas-trust\/?page_id=286"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:39:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/designdemolink.com\/aas-trust\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"286\" class=\"elementor elementor-286\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-876d668 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"876d668\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5472fc7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5472fc7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3b5837 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3b5837\" 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\t\t<p>AAS Trust is a private, non-profit* organization in Karachi and Lahore that provides\u00a0<b>treatment, rehabilitation and aftercare<\/b> to adults and children suffering from substance abuse and\/or addiction.<\/p><div><p>The Trust runs\u00a0<b>8 rehabilitation and aftercare centres in Karachi and 1 in Lahore<\/b> \u2013 reaching out to those unattended underprivileged of our society who have fallen victim to substance abuse\/addiction and\/or trauma. At our centres, we offer a caring, respectful and comfortable environment, which fosters recovery through<\/p><p><b>(a)\u00a0<\/b><b>counselling and therapy;<\/b><br \/><b>(b)\u00a0<\/b><b>formal and non-formal education; &amp;<\/b><br \/><b>(c)\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>recreational activities and vocational training.<\/b><\/p><div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><p>After its establishment in 2000, AAS opened its first rehab facility unit for drug dependent adults (men only) in P.E.C.H.S. Then with the assistance of\u00a0<b>United Nations Office for Drug and Crime (UNODC)<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF)\u00a0<\/b>in 2006, the Trust initiated a detoxification-cum-rehabilitation project for destitute children in Malir.<\/p><div><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f244304 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f244304\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deeae8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"deeae8e\" 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 fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/designdemolink.com\/aas-trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AAS-Website-Filler.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-302\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/designdemolink.com\/aas-trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AAS-Website-Filler.jpg 960w, https:\/\/designdemolink.com\/aas-trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AAS-Website-Filler-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/designdemolink.com\/aas-trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AAS-Website-Filler-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/designdemolink.com\/aas-trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/AAS-Website-Filler-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f479780 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f479780\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e48c211 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e48c211\" 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\t\t<p>The only centre in Lahore that caters to adult men was inaugurated in June 2018 in Jubilee Town. It works in collaboration with Indus Health Network. Moreover, as a response towards the increasing problem of homeless women involved in similar abuse, AAS inaugurated a new centre in Model Colony in February, 2019.<\/p><div><p>Besides providing services to our counselees, we conduct awareness sessions with their families and have also taken steps towards containing this menace with the assistance from local and federal governments.<\/p><div>To this date, the Trust has served more than 1500 patients, with a 32.6% recovery\/success rate. 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