Lions are also active in helping to curb drug abuse by conducting Drug Education programs. International Services Lions have established many international friendship contacts and participate in worldwide assistance programs. Increasingly more young people are annually participating in the International Youth Exchange program. Social Services Lions sponsor many programs for the physically and mentally handicapped, the aged and the underprivileged. Clubs and districts have also constructed homes for orphans and the elderly as well as rehabilitation institues for the handicapped.
Many clubs supply food baskets for the poor on a regular basis.
Since the beginning of the Leo Club Program, Leo Clubs have engaged in many outstanding activities primarily aimed at aiding the less fortunate and contributing to the betterment of the local communities. By emphasising Leadership, Experience and Opportunity, Leo Clubs are giving young people a chance to develop into interested and involved citizens. The Lioness Program offers women all around the world the opportunity to serve the needy through their own clubs. Wives of Lions and other community minded women perform service projects as varied as those of Lions. They received guide materials and other benefits of an international program tailor-made for the socially conscious women.