About
When MONAR was established
The first residential rehabilitation centre under the name of MONAR
was established on the 15th of October 1978. On the 4th of August
1981 the organization called the Youth-Movement for Counteraction of
Drug addiction MONAR was registered and obtained a legal status. In
the present legal form the association was registered in the
National Judicial Register in 1989.
Membership
Any citizen of the Republic of Poland who has full legal status and
possesses public rights can become an ordinary member of MONAR.
Members recognize the goals of MONAR and work towards achieving
these goals as stated in the Statute.
Any person who may not have Polish citizenship may become a member
of MONAR, with the approval of the Main Administration. Volunteer
within MONAR or those under the care of, or a patient of a facility
of MONAR cannot, however, become Members.
An ordinary member takes on the recommendations of the appropriate
Regional Branch Administration, through undertaking a written
declaration of will to become a part of MONAR, to accept its goals
and to resolve oneself to follow its statutes, regulations, and the
recommendations of the MONAR leadership. Furthermore, they are
required to have the support and recommendation from two members who
have been a part of MONAR for at least 10 years.
Upon accepting a new member, Regional Branch Administrations must
inform the Main Board within 30 days.
In the event of negative conduct or a dispute the Regional Branch
Administration allows the member to refer the matter and appeal to
the Main Board of MONAR or, as a secondary means, to a Congress of
Delegates. Any decision determined by the Congress of Delegates is
final.
Persons willing to become members of the Association are required to
submit a Membership Declaration.
Goals and The Mission
The mission of the Association MONAR is to care for every person who
may have found him/herself in a difficult life circumstance, in the
spirit of love, tolerance and respect for human rights and human
dignity.
MONAR believes that nobody is ‘lost’ and that everyone deserves to
be given a chance to recover their own place in life and society.
MONAR promotes life without drugs, attitude of frankness and
sensitivity to the needs of others, responsibility for one’s own
life and faith in the unlimited possibilities of a human.
The MONAR Association implements its mission by creating and
maintaining conditions for a worthy and dignified life. Its services
are offered to people who live on society’s margins, to drug
dependent people, the homeless, ill, lonely, poor and helpless,
those living with HIV/AIDS, to children from vulnerable groups, to
political refugees and to all those who may have gone astray in some
way.
The goals of MONAR are:
• To safeguard and promote health,
• To provide social assistance, including aid to families with
socioeconomic disadvantages and help in overcoming these
disadvantages,
• To provide charitable work,
• To work on behalf of minorities,
• To work on behalf of the handicapped,
• To promote the employment and career training for those without
work or threatened by unemployment,
• To uphold and protect the rights of women and to address equality
between men and women,
• To uphold and protect the rights of children,
• To work towards economic growth as well as entrepreneurial growth,
• To promote the growth of community and society,
• To promote study, enlightenment, education and development,
• To succor rest and relaxation, including travel within the
country, for children,
• To promote culture and to protect cultural traditions,
• To promote an active social culture as well as sport,
• To succor in the protection of ecology and animals, as well as
natural heritage,
• To help other non-governmental organizations and public entities
technically, through education or information exchange,
• To work towards order and public safety, as well as counter social
pathologies,
• To work towards European integration as well as the development of
cross-cultural contacts and cooperation,
• To promote and organize volunteering.
Legal status
The MONAR Association MONAR is a non-governmental organization that
works principles established by Statute and obligatory legal
provisions. These are:
• The Law on associations
• The Law on public benefit volunteering
• The Law on counteracting drug abuse
• The Law on education in the spirit of sobriety
• The Law on social employment
• The Law on social welfare
• The Law on health care institutions
The MONAR Association possesses a legal status and is registered in
the National Judicial Register under the number KRS 0000139796.
Authorizations, Certificates
Authorizations:
The MONAR Association offers specialized health services to people
threatened by dependence and/or dependent upon psychoactive
substances , both in out-patient units (counseling and day centres)
and residential programs (rehabilitation centres for drug dependent
individuals). MONAR manages over 50 units, possessing the
authorizations of a public health institution, which entitles it to
conduct therapy and rehabilitation for people with drug problem, in
accordance with The Law on health care institutions.
The authorization to conduct clinical training within the Program of
Drug Therapist Training and Certification, has been awarded by the
Minister of Health to the following MONAR units:
1. The Rehabilitation Centre for Children and Youth NZOZ MONAR in
Lódź
2. The Rehabilitation Centre NZOZ MONAR in Sokolniki
3. The Rehabilitation Centre for Children and Youth NZOZ MONAR in
Gdańsk
The following MONAR employees possess the authorizations to conduct
clinical supervision within the Program of Drug Therapist Training
and Certification, on behalf of the Minister of Health:
• Piotr Adamiak
• Jolanta Koczurowska
• Danuta Wiewiora
Certificates:
MONAR staff members possess certificates which entitle them to work
as Addiction Therapy Specialists or Addiction Therapy Instructors.
The certificates have been awarded to them by the Minister of
Health, upon completion of a Program of Drug Therapist Training and
Certification.
Many MONAR employees also possess certificates as Trainers in
HIV/AIDS prevention awarded by the National AIDS Centre.