Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia

by FUNDOWN CARIBE
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia
Intellectual disability:Busting Myths in Colombia

Project Report | May 30, 2017
JUNTOS ESTAMOS CREANDO EXPERIENCIAS POSITIVAS/ TOGETHER WE ARE CREATING POSITIVE EXPERIENCES

By Martha Robles | Project Leader

Photo Exhibition
Photo Exhibition

ENGLISH VERSION BELOW

“Cuando la pediatra entró, sonrió amablemente y con una voz serena me dijo: tu hija es hermosa  y perfecta  pero hay algunas características de ella que indican que tiene síndrome de Down” (Miladis Álvarez)

Así recibió Miladis la noticia, pero como no siempre es acertada la forma como los padres son informados,desde FUNDOWN CARIBE  dimos inicio a la campaña MI PRIMERA NOTICIA con la cual esperamos que el nacimiento de un hijo con síndrome de Down sea una experiencia más positiva para las familias; Es una exposición fotográfica itinerante con testimonios de diferentes familias, que está recorriendo centros comerciales, universidades, congresos y hospitales para concientizar y transformar ese momento.

Pero esta es una de las múltiples acciones que hemos iniciado desde nuestro último informe y que con ocasión de la conmemoración del Día Mundial del Síndrome de Down, en marzo pasado estamos ejecutando y queremos compartir contigo.

En las ciudades de Barranquilla y Santa Marta, iniciamos también la  campaña DETRÁS DE MI, con la cual a través de avisos en paraderos de transporte público y vallas llegamos a más de 60.000 personas  con mensajes  sobre la importancia que tiene  el apoyo que ofrece el entorno las personas con síndrome de Down. Gracias a esta campaña fuimos invitados  a participar en la Media Maratón de Barranquilla, en la cual jóvenes  y adultos  con síndrome de Down patrocinados por donantes de la comunidad pudieron hacer el recorrido Atlético.

Alrededor de 150 Familias y maestros se beneficiaron con las conferencias que realizamos para orientar sobre la familia y el ambiente educativo, tuvimos la oportunidad  de formar 250 estudiantes  en  temas de sexualidad e inclusión de las personas con discapacidad, como ponentes en universidades de la ciudad. Por primera vez  en nuestra región logramos que tanto la Asamblea  Departamental  del Atlántico como el Concejo Distrital de Barranquilla, permitieran la participación de jóvenes autogestores de nuestra fundación, a través de un espacio en el cual sus necesidades e inquietudes fueron escuchadas.

Sin lugar a dudas las personas como tú, que han venido apoyando nuestra causa de manera incondicional, pueden acompañarnos en la satisfacción del deber cumplido y seguir confiando en si aportamos juntos haremos de nuestro mundo un mejor lugar para todos.

Por favor no olvides pasarte por nuestras redes y visitar la página de nuestro proyecto MI PRIMERA NOTICIA

Muchas gracias

 ........................ 

ENGLISH VERSION

 "When the pediatrician came in, she smiled kindly and in a calm voice told me: your daughter is beautiful and perfect but there are some characteristics of her that indicate that she has Down syndrome"( Miladis Álvarez)

Miladis received the news in this way, but sometimes the way the parents are informed is not always correct, for that reason we started the campaign MY FIRST NEWS with which we are hoping that the birth of a child with Down syndrome will become an experience more positive for families; It is an itinerant photographic exhibition with testimonies of different families, which is visiting shopping centres, universities, congresses and hospitals to raise awareness and transform that moment.

But this is just one of the many actions we started last March to mark the commemoration of World Down Syndrome Day, and we are still developing and we want to share with you.

In the cities of Barranquilla and Santa Marta, we also started the BEHIND ME campaign, with which, through posters on public transport stops and billboards, we reached more than 60,000 people with messages about the importance of the support offered by the environment to people with Down syndrome; thanks to this campaign we were invited to participate in the Barranquilla Half Marathon, in which youth and adults with Down syndrome sponsored by donors from the community were able to run the athletic course.

About 150 Families and teachers benefited from the conferences we held and we had the opportunity to train 250 students on issues of sexuality and inclusion of people with disabilities, as speakers at universities in the city. For the first time in our region we achieved that both the Departmental Assembly of the Atlantic and the District Council of Barranquilla, allowed the participation of young self-advocates of our foundation, through a space in which their needs and concerns were heard.

Undoubtedly, people like you, who have been supporting our cause unconditionally, can accompany us in the satisfaction of duty fulfilled and continue to trust that if we contribute together we will make our world a better place for all.

Please do not forget to go through our networks and visit the page of our project MY FIRST NEWS.

Thank you some much!

Behind me Campaign
Behind me Campaign
Self- advocate at District Council
Self- advocate at District Council
Barranquilla Half Marathon
Barranquilla Half Marathon

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FUNDOWN CARIBE

Location: Barranquilla, Atlantico - Colombia
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MARTHA ROBLES
FUNDOWN CARIBE
Barranquilla , Atlantico Colombia

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