we are
An independent, non-political, non-partisan, non-profit,
non-governmental organisation founded in 1997 and registered in March 2000, that deals
with the prevention of nicotinism, alcoholism and drug addictions among the youth with the
aim of improving their quality of life.
We have longstanding experience working with children and adolescents, and concerning
youth specific addiction related problems with regard to teenage problems and dilemmas.
our team
Spomenka
Ciric-Jankovic, psychologist, Dr Jasmina Kneževic-Tasic, psychiatrist, Vesna Erceg,
300 trained professionals, associates
from Institutes, University, volonteer helpers, and over 300 peer educators-volunteers.
Over 200 000 of young people have been involved in our programmes.
our mission
To encourage and support our children and youth to resist the use
of psychoactive substances and step ahead towards a health lifestyle !
the steps are
- organise activities and educative programmes that aim to improve
the health and quality of life of youth
- initiate and implement prevention projects
- publish books, brochures and various publications
- organise professional meetings, counselling sessions and seminars
- coordinate the interdisciplinary network of professionals who
participate to the project
we step towards
- children and teenagers
- professionals in the health field
- parents and teachers
we walk together with
- the schools
- the health institutions
- the communal coordination board
- the professional associations
- the universities
- the sport clubs
steps take place
our activity programme coversthe entire country of Serbia, and we
tend to increase the number of areas and cities in which we are present with trained
professionals and voluntary peer educators. Subotica,
Zrenjanin, Backi Petrovac, Novi Kneževac, Beograd, Kraljevo, Kovin, Prijepolje, Nova
Varoš, Priboj, Novi Pazar, Sjenica, Tutin, Raška, Leskovac, Lebane, Vlasotince,
Medveda, Vladicin Han, Cacak, Ivanjica, Gornji Milanovac, Valjevo, Ub, Krupanj, Mionica,
Beocin, Sombor, Novi Sad
some of our
previous steps
- "10 steps" - school education for the prevention of
addiction related diseases in primary and secondary schools in Belgrade
- a seminar on prevention of addiction related diseases in Subotica,
organised by the Red Cross Subotica
- "Summer School on Prevention of Addiction related
Diseases" for 90 secondary school students from Belgrade qualifying them to work as
volunteer peer educators
- the project "Introduction to Prevention of Addiction related
Diseases in Primary and Secondary Schools in Serbia "
- the series of professionals seminars for associates from all
primary and secondary schools in the city Valjevo
- "Winter school on the prevention of Addiction related
Diseases" for secondary school students, to become future peer educators from
Leskovac, Lebane, Medvedja, Vlasotince, Kraljevo and Kovin
- trainings for professional multiplicators to work in programmes for
prevention of addiction related diseases in cooperation with the Centre for Social Work in
the city of Kraljevo
- the programme for prevention of addiction reŽlated diseases for
800 adolescents, refugees and dislocated persons
- a campaign against smoking "I am a non-smoker"
- the training for 30 professional multiplicators in cooperation with
SO Cacak
- "Summer School on Prevention of Addiction related
Diseases" for secondary school students from Cacak, Ivanjica, Gornji Milanovac,
Priboj, Prijepolje, Nova Varos, Sjenica, Tutin and Novi Pazar
- the professional training for over 150 multiplicators -
psychologists, paedagogues, social workers, paediatricians and health workers from the
region of Morava and Jablanica and Sandzak
- the meeting of peer educator volunteers "Step Ahead" in
Belgrade
- a campaign against smoking "No, thanks !"
- Education fpr 25 professionals, professors and teachers from
primary school in Beocin to qualify
them to work in drug abuse prevention
- Education for 25 professionals - psychologists, paedagogues,
sociologists, profesors, teachers, doctors and paediatrics from Belgrade
