Empowerment strategies of participants and volunteers in the city mission (an example of a diaconal institution dealing with challenges regarding drug addiction, SAFIR)
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to discuss and explored the strategies used by a diaconal institution in the empowerment of volunteers and participants in Oslo, Norway. This study examines, SAFIR, a diaconal project of the Church City Mission that provides assistance to persons that have decided to put an end to drug consumption. During the past decade, a lot of persons have stopped the consumption of drugs and we hardly know which strategies are used by the institutions to rehabilitate these former addicts.