Davao City – April 6, 2025 — The Davao City Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Drug Dependents (DCTRCDD) continues to champion education and holistic recovery, with 20 residents set to graduate from junior and senior high school under the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) this May.
The development was shared by Dr. Michelle Maville Schlosser, Officer-In-Charge and Manager of DCTRCDD, during an interview on the city-run Davao City Disaster Radio’s Madayaw Program.
Schlosser emphasized the importance of education in the rehabilitation process, particularly in empowering individuals to reintegrate successfully into their families and communities.
“The rehabilitation center’s mission and goal is to reintegrate them in their families and communities nga fruitful sila (that they are fruitful), and one of their sword to become productive and fruitful saila’ng panginabuhi (in their lives) is to have their education,” she said.
DCTRCDD currently accommodates 71 patients, consisting of 38 adult males, 24 adult females, and nine minor males. Aside from providing educational opportunities, the facility also offers comprehensive services that include medical, psychological, psychiatric, spiritual, recreational, and family programs.
To further strengthen recovery efforts, the center is set to establish an aftercare and outpatient facility. This new initiative aims to provide continuous support to recovering individuals even after completing the in-house rehabilitation program.
“After six months (of staying in the rehabilitation center), they should have aftercare, because aftercare means 18 months of monitoring if they do return to their vices, because that’s where the relapse usually happens,” Schlosser explained.
She also noted that the center is focused on equipping residents with life skills that will help them become productive members of society.
The upcoming graduation under ALS not only marks an academic milestone for the residents but also symbolizes a step forward in their journey toward full recovery and reintegration.