Started 21 Feb 2021, by UpsideDowns Up and Down Aotearoa 2021
Started 21 Feb 2021, by UpsideDowns Up and Down Aotearoa 2021
From: UpsideDowns HQ, Auckland, New Zealand
To: Albert's Post, Auckland, New Zealand
How:
GOAL
DISTANCE: 5457.1km
TIME: 28days
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We're the UpsideDowns Education Trust, a charity established in 2003 by parents of kids with Down syndrome. For children with Down syndrome, learning to speak can be a real challenge. That’s why we’re committed to funding essential speech and language therapy which isn’t provided publicly, and is beyond the means of most Kiwi families.
We're giving a voice to kids with Down syndrome all over New Zealand and equipping them with the skills to talk, read, and write. By funding their speech and language therapy, we're ensuring these kids have the best possible start to life.
We currently support over 200 children from Northland to Southland and everywhere in between. However, our waitlist is always growing, and our current membership represents only one in six kids with Down syndrome in Aotearoa. Our dream is for all kids with Down syndrome to be able to access this crucial intervention therapy.
The Trust plays a vital role in improving the learning development of the children, enabling them to integrate better into the community and enrich their lives.
$8,812 raised since 21 Feb 2021.
