South Africa · Health
South African Network of People who Use Drugs
Nonprofit from South Africa
SANPUD was established in 2018 to represent the voices of people who use drugs locally, regionally and internationally. SANPUD sources funding and support globally and ensures that local networks of people who use drugs are resources and represented in all matters that impact on their lives. SANPUD supports and promotes the principle of “Nothing for us, without us.” SANPUD advocates for a response to the use of drugs that respects the rights of all people and meets the standrds and demands of the South African Constitution. SANPUD believes in and promotes the principle of equity, recognising that there must be an active effort to deconstruct the historical impact and the current reality of structural racism and exclusion. SANPUD is a member of the International Network of People Who Use Drugs. SANPUD is a registered non-profit organisation (NPO-213-268) SANPUD is a registered public penefit organistion (9592690185) Vision: SANPUD envisions a world where: 1. all people are able and empowered to make well-informed, conscious, autonomous decisions about their bodies, without being criminalised, stigmatised or excluded; 2. A drug policy landscape that does not perpetuate the oppression, marginalisation and economic exclusion of people, including those who use drugs 3. the response to drug use, lifestyles or identity does not increase harm, restrict people’s access to education, economic opportunity, services and medications or restrict their autonomy. Aim: A South Africa where drug policy aligns with our constitution. A country where people who use drugs are no longer criminalised, and enjoy the same rights guaranteed to all South Africans. Objectives: 1. To support and establish a legitimate, coordinated and collective voice for people who use drugs and ensure their participation in developing policies, legislation, and research. 2. To facilitate the establishment, capacitation of peer-led regional networks that advocate for the rights and appropriate responses to people who use drugs at community, metropolitan and provincial levels. 3. To contribute to dismantling the stigmatising and inaccurate narratives that dominate the discourse around drug use and the response to people who use drugs. 4. To advocate for harm reduction services, interventions and approaches for people who use drugs as the standard response in health and social services and across the criminal justice system for people who inject drugs. 5. To advocate for the rights of people who use drugs at the national, regional and international levels. 6. To establish partnerships, collaborations, and projects with business, civil society, and government to benefit people who use drugs. 7. To hold society and national and regional governments accountable for the preventable harms inflicted on people who use drugs due to current policies, legislative frameworks. Activities: 1. Work with the existing networks to develop guidelines, principles and positions to inform the purpose, role and activities of local people who use drugs networks. 2. Strengthen and expand existing relationships with National Government, the Central Drug Authority, academic institutions and national role-players. 3. Gain support for effective drug policies, harm reduction and the decriminalisation of people who use drugs. 4. Advocate for and ensure the involvement of people who use drugs in developing policies, laws, and interventions that impact people who use drugs. This aligns with the principle of “nothing about us, without us” 5. Identify and secure resources for the local networks and capacitate them to successfully apply for donor funds. 6. Develop and enter into memoranda of understanding and cooperation with appropriate and supportive organisations at a national level. 7. SANPUD will hold organisations providing services for people who use drugs accountable. SANPUD will ensure people are treated with dignity, afforded their privileges and rights, and not misrepresented or excluded. 8. Ensure that appropriate skills are transferred or developed to enable the networks to move towards independent operations, including administration, management, planning and research. 9. Design and conduct relevant, accurate, and valuable research to inform policy, strategies, and interventions. 10. Use the research and advocacy agenda to focus efforts and provide structure for the processes and activities during the early development of the people who use drugs networks.
- Active at least since
- 2021
Accounts
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Spending on declared projects (IATI)
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Countries with projects published on IATI
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Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)
| Project | Country | Period | Spending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love Alliance programme | South Africa | 2021–2025 ongoing | $1.7M |
| Regional - Subregional activity | South Africa | 2021–2025 ongoing | $380,638 |
| South Africa Activity | South Africa | 2021–2025 ongoing | $365,967 |
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- NPO (South Africa) 213-268 — number declared on IATI; that register is not one of our sources of accounts
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Timeline
- First publication on IATI
Identifiers
IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata · ZA-NPO 213-268