Galaxy Club (RRTC, NE-1) 

Galaxy Club, Imphal, Manipur is one of the eight RRTCs based in the Northeast zone, covering Manipur and Assam. The organization has addressed substance abuse interlinked with sexual health related problem of drug users. Since 1990s, the organization has been working in the field of Drug Demand Reduction running a rehabilitation centre having a separate unit for training, de-addiction, rehabilitation and Counselling. Besides, the organization has also implemented many innovative interventions like community based vocational rehabilitation, after care/follow up, spiritual teachings, facilitating formation of self-help group, organizing camps for ex-drugs during festivals, sensitizing the community on the issue as well as capacitating the individual as well as family at large to dealt drug abuse problem, etc.
Under E-41, the organization has conducted a Situation Assessment on Drug Use and HIV in the Imphal Valley to improve the quality of service provided by the De-addiction and rehabilitation Centre and energize Community Level groups to take drug demand reduction work in more sustained way. The Organization has capacitated many agencies to develop a resource pool at local/state/ regional level. Under RRTC, the organization has capacitated service providers under five day and one month training course sponsored by National Institute of Social Defence. (NISD). The RRTC sensitizes on community participation and community resources mobilization. The RRTC has advocated and network with different agencies including Social Welfare Department, State AIDS Control Societies, Narcotics Affair of Border, Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Self Help Groups (SHGs).  The RRTC at present has collaborated with 26 Nongovernmental Organisations working under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, 12 Government Agencies, 14 CBOs, 7 SHGs, 13 Community Leaders on account of trainings, situation assessment study, joint coordination, their views & ideas about the prevention and intervention logic of drug abused in the state etc.
Under the E-41project, the organization has launched peer approach attaching 20 trained peers (10F, 10 M) at 9 different NGOs located in Manipur. The impact of this project is that self help group has initiated and emerged, both for recovery addicts as well as spouses of injecting drug users (IDUs). Till date, 734 (451F, 283 M) clients have received information on safer practices, 204 has counseled and 397 get referral services, in which 21 to DOT programme, 114 to health care services, 48 to VCTC, 86 to DDRC, 85 to SHG, 16 to Vocational Training and 27 to other services.  Two Drop-in- Centre has opened up for recovery addicts as well as the spouses of IDUs where they could spend quality time through recreational activities, gained group support to maintain recovery, establish rapport with health care personnel through health check up programme and vocational rehabilitation to be productive in life.