Adyatma – a pageant with a difference
Beauty pageant event held in Bengaluru to mark International Disability Month The participants from across the country walked the ramp and indulged in various events like singing, dancing, and other activities. To mark the International Disability Month in December, Happiness is Khushi, an online education…
Aishwarya won the star icon title of WWAD
Aishwarya participated in the WWAD(walk with a difference) fashion show for season 3 held in kolkata. She got selected in the top 30 from almost 1000 kids for audition. She went through two rounds of audition to make it to the top 30 for grand…
PUSHING THE LIMITS
We as parents, as caregivers, as individuals interacting with persons with Down syndrome have typecast our children as capable of doing certain things and NOT CAPABLE of doing many more things. And the good part about this is that our Self-advocates keep proving us wrong…
The Down Right Perfect Bake Sale
by Srinidhi Raghavan, Sanjay Raghavan and Yalini Kathamuthu These 3 young champs have decided to raise funds for the IIDSC 2022 by going in for a sale of items they are baking. We are overwhelmed at the love and affection these kids have shown for…
Our Brand ambassador Does it AGAIN
Our brand Ambassador Unnati has been awarded a grant to continue her Social Impact initiative – a podcast where she interviews people from the world of Down syndrome. Happy to share that Unnathi has been awaded the IB MYP Innovator grant!!The grant is awarded to…
Riza Reji selected for ‘Be Beautiful, Be Yourself’ 2022 fashion show
Riza Reji, a young and energetic 23 year old beautiful individual with her smile, cheerfulness and affection, full of attitude, innocence, openness and straightforwardness. A very bold person with just enough shyness of a cute girl who loves socializing and enjoy fun time with her…
Yaalzhini – She makes us Proud
When Yaalzhini was born, the family was happy. In two months of her birth, their world came crashing down. That was when they came to know that she was a person with Down syndrome. It was a shock for them. Yaalzhini’s father Mr. Velvendhan’s uncle’s…
Unnathi – A Real Inspirational Icon
Unnathi is the brand ambassador of the Down Syndrome Federation of India. We are proud to announce that she has cleared her Grade 4 communication skills exams conducted by the Trinity College, London. Trinity College, London conducts various examinations for English, Music , Drama, Dance,…
Rashtriya Bala Puraskar Winner – Swayam Patil
14-year-old Swayam Patil is a winner who also incidentally is a person with downs syndrome. He has never let this came in his way, and he went on to swim 5 km in the sea at ten years and 14 km at 13 years and…
Goodbye 2021-a warm welcome to 2022
2021 was another year in lockdowns and a year where Corona struck hard. But our Hamsafar family rallied behind one another and showed the world that there is nothing impossible if we put our hearts into it. DSFI looks back at 2021 with great pride….