Band of Brothers
Reports from NGOs in Indonesia count the drug users and addicts in the country in 2012 as numbering 5 million people, ranging from children to adults. In Medan, North Sumatra, many drug addicts willing to recover seek sanctuary at the Dome of Rock, a rehabilitation center.
Founded in 2008, the center has a capacity for 120 patients and offers a nine-month rehabilitation program that aims to form a brotherhood between the patients.
Photographs and Text: Afriadi Hikmal
Website: http://afriadihikmal.posterous.com
Camera: Canon 1D markIII, Canon 40D
A drug addicted youth stands in front of the brotherhood pledge.
A security guard locks the gate “Dome of Rock.”
Youth in the rehabilitation program take their brotherhood vows.
The diary of a recovering addict.
An addict sleeps inside an isolation room.
Recovering addicts exercise in the morning.
Residents morning prayer.
Residents in nicotine break.
Residents eat their breakfast.
Residents undergo punishment for breaches of discipline.
Recovering addicts take their medicine.
Residents shout slogans Brotherhood at morning meeting.
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