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About the Organisation
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1. Placement/internship opportunities for our trainees who are ready to go out to work.
2. Focused training through scheduled and structured lesson plans on life skills - personal grooming and hygiene, household management: cleaning, dusting, cooking, budgeting; personal-social skills, employability skills and occupational guidance to ensure that our trainees are completely work ready, independent and productive.
3.To create awareness of the work potential of the intellectually challenged and create circles of support for them through sensitization and awareness programs.
4. Job works for self employment;
5. Parent/sibling capacity building workshops;
6. Collaborating and networking with other NGOs to build capacity and share best practices.
7. Building a permanent and wider support for individuals facing intellectual challenges.
Expanding training opportunities for our beneficiaries under sheltered employment- IT and Livelihoods;
Expanding sustainable open employment internships opportunities for about 40 - 50 beneficiaries through Corporate tie-ups through our partners in Retail, Hospitality, Housekeeping and IT;
Challenges:1. Building Livelihood units and have trainees earn a piece rate; Look for Partners who can outsource piece work.
2.Having each beneficiary have a future path towards an exit plan from the Training program towards paid employment.
3.Board Visioning Session to plan future expansion plans for Diya. Getting more people onto the Advisory Board.
4.Hands-on employment exposures in the Community through creating partners who would be willing to provide internship opportunities.
5.A permanent space for Diya Foundation
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-In 2021-22 over 42 Internship opportunities were provided and about 23 adults were placed in employment. They were chosen based on their skills and abilities. They were then matched with the requirements of the company according to the various processes in different teams. The interns were also trained on Employability soft skills. The training was rich in its value and was very systematic.
In 2022-23 Diya has impacted about 545 Volunteers from 7 Companies through sensitizations and Volunteer Engagement Programs. They have worked with our trainees in life skills, art, physical fitness etc. We have also inspired and built capacity of 340 parents through family counselling sessions and workshops and 136 Interns/Fieldworks students from 23 Colleges.
Trainees in Diya foundation are given training for life skills, Daily living skills, Personal Social skills and Employability skills. During the year 2022-23, Diya impacted 50 students inhouse + 15 students from GRT, Enable India and MPA for internships and 20+ from other NGOs through the short term courses training. Total trained for the year 85. Total impact achieved for training since inception: 229+85=314.
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In the last 24 years, Diya impacted 350+adults with intellectual challenges and worked with 5000+stakeholders,20+NGOs and 30 corporates, During the year 2023-24, 134 students were impacted and about73 adults were placed in employment over a period of 10 years(2013-23), Total trained for the year 134. Total impacted training from inception: 314+134= 448.
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Certified by GuideStar India for Foundation Level- GuideStar India Transparency Key. Valid till 31-Dec-2017. To know current certification status, please visit GuideStar India List of Certified NGOs [Opens in a new window]
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Based in Bangalore, Karnataka, Diya Foundation was registered as a Vocational Training and Sheltered Workshop on 22nd March, 1999. A skill-based training program that began with three students and one staff 25 years ago, now trains around 45+ adults with intellectual challenges and has 26 staff, one of them is a Person with Disability. The Founder, a special educator, realized that her students were leaving the school program ill-equipped to deal with the challenges of life and ill prepared for the world of work. She decided to start a vocational training center that would address this need and prepare young adults towards self-dependence and a path to future work options.
To enrich the quality of life and bring dignity to differently-abled adults by educating them in life skills and employability skills focusing on self dependence, building support systems and enhancing awareness in the community.
To see individuals with a disability and their families alive with dignity and pride in the present and operating with love, respect and confidence in the future.
Building a permanent and wider support for individuals facing intellectual challenges!
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30/09/2023
Maria S. Santamaria, Founder and Chief Executive of Diya Foundation - A Vocational Training Center for the Differently abled.
Her current role involves the expansion and future replication of the Diya Model to provide employment opportunities for mentally challenged adults and and impact a larger number of individuals who are differently abled keeping the Diya vision and mission in mind.
Sarah has been in the field of special education for the last 25 years and began her teaching experience in the Convent of Jesus Special School, Byculla, Mumbai and the Sophia Opportunity School, Bangalore.
Sarah has a Master of Arts Degree in Special Education from the Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has been running Diya Foundation for the past 25 years.
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Volunteers who are committed, creative, innovative with a will to serve and make a difference are always welcome to work with trainees on their daily living skills, personal social skills, communication skills and work skills on an ongoing basis;
Volunteers are also welcome to support us in fundraising events;
An experienced Fundraiser to look after fundraising of Diya, update all fundraising sites, create events, manage donor relations;
2 special educators for job coaching and supported employment;
Please note: Only organisations with FCRA registration are eligible to receive foreign contributions.
If the organisation has mentioned the URL of a website for online donations/ further details, please copy the link into a separate browser window.The present cost of training one intellectually challenged student to be self dependent is Rs.7500/- per month and Rs.90000/- per year;
Corpus Fund: 3 crores;
Land/Building Fund: 5 crores;
Please note: Only organisations with FCRA registration are eligible to receive foreign contributions.
Please check with the organisation about delivery, logistics, payment of duty, etc. before dispatch.
If the organisation has mentioned the URL of a website for further details, please copy the link into a separate browser window.In kind contributions of chairs, teaching aids, tables, curtains, etc. are welcome.
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