Lilly Chunkapura
FounderFounder of TREDA (Treatment Rehabilitation and Education of Drug Abuse)
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Lilly Chunkapura is the founder of TREDA (Treatment Rehabilitation and Education of Drug Abuse) (1993)[1], an Indian non-profit working on de-addiction from Bengaluru.
TREDA (Treatment Rehabilitation and Education of Drug Abuse)
TREDA provides de-addiction and residential rehabilitation, counselling and training for people affected by alcohol and drug addiction, with a focus on uneducated and financially vulnerable people in rural and urban Karnataka. It was founded on 17 August 1993 by Sister Lilly Chunkapura MMS and reports having supported over 5 lakh families with a 95% sobriety rate through its treatment programmes.
TREDA (Treatment Rehabilitation and Education of Drug Abuse) reports the following, on its own site:
- 5 lakh+ families supported (95% sobriety rate)
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
- 1993
- Press
- 1
References
- [1] “On August 17, 1993, Sister Lilly Chunkapura MMS, inspired by the Medical Missionary Sisters, founded TREDA (Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Education of Drug Abuse” — TREDA (Treatment Rehabilitation and Education of Drug Abuse). Source
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