Adults with Down Syndrome

Young people with Down syndrome to turn 26 years old, by law,

graduating from the Special Education where they built

friendships and socialize forever.

From day to day, your living environment changes abruptly:

there are no companions with whom to share and learn.

Disappear your old friends, teachers, classes, activities, dreams.

Thereafter, the main activity is watching television in their

homes amid a crippling loneliness.

Their parents work, older siblings are in college or working.

Thereafter, loneliness is steady partner.

Fall into depression, weight increased by the lack of activity, are

isolated, turn inward, recoil in socialization and sick.

Less than 1% of them manage employment for disabled even

when they participated in training workshops for this.

Faced with this problem, O.N.G. APASDOWN supports them.

Do you want your stop being part of this institutionalized form

of discrimination against these youth? ..

A different N.G.O. !..

Non Governmental Organization (NGO)

Development, nonprofit, called

" N.G.O. APASDOWN ".

It is governed by the provisions of Title XXXIII of

Book I of the Civil Code, by the provisions of the

Law on Associations 20,500 and Citizen

Participation in Public Management and its

Bylaws.

It is made by the Partners who are mostly fathers,

mothers, friends and relatives of the beneficiaries,

which are people with Down syndrome.

Vision, Mission & Values

Vision Being a center, a Meeting Point for all those people,

children, teens and adullts of both sexes with Down

syndrome whose age and do not have a formal education

space.

Tend to achieve the creation of a physical space that allows

the social, cultural, educational, recreational, artistic and

comprehensive development, appropriate for beneficiaries

and their families.

Being an instance of participation posibilte emotional

development and human relations, creativity,

independence, as the possibilities and capabilities of each

person, the esteem and confidence in Himself.

I want to ... I can! ....

Mission Engaging and relating to parents, guardians, friends and

families in achieving common goals and working together

in teams, leveraging individual capabilities.

Create opportunities and activities that allow full and

inclusive life for our children, friends and relatives with

Down Syndrome.

Enabling the human, material and financial resources to

achieve the above objectives.

Involve the community, generating groups of volunteers,

collaborators, benefactors and friends who support our

management.

Values Love.

Vital Energy Force and allows us to face with optimism the difficulties of

life.

Friendship.

Link selfless, affection and companionship that allows personal growth

and group.

Solidarity.

Being able to put yourself in the place of others, simply because they

need support.

Tolerance.

Ability to understand, respect and understand others even if we

disagree.

Element that allows overcoming the difficulties and discrepancies and

enables a healthy and harmonious coexistence.

Teamwork.

Action to unite our wills for the common good. Working method

participatory, inclusive and interactive enabling greater knowledge

sharing and achieving specific goals or objectives.

Directory

The Directory O.N.G. APASDOWN is elected by the General

Assembly of the Organization every three years and their work

is Direct and Manage this Non Governmental Organization

Nonprofit.

The current Board for the period 2013 - 2016 includes:

President: Ms. Loreto Berenguela Baeza

Vice President: Dr. Guillermo Vasquez Meriot

Secretary: Miss. Patricia Figueroa Cataldo

Treasurer: Mr. Pedro Elgueta Aravena

Director: Ms. Maria T. Garrido Manriquez

Workshops - Activities

Currently, we support, promote and perform

various activities and workshops that enable

effective social participation and inclusion

cultural and community for young people and

adults with Down syndrome, thus enabling real

integration in the community.

- Crafts

- Computers

- Dancing Entertaining

- Physical Conditioning

- Theater

- Youth Group

- Hiking

- Camping

Activities take place on Mondays, Tuesdays,

Thursdays and Saturdays.

Inclusive Participation

We are continuously developing integrative

activities for young people, their parents,

relatives and siblings.

We create spaces for sharing a real fellowship

and to build friendships sincere about

common experiences.

We are no longer isolated families and we

transform us into an organization of friends

with similar goals and experiences.

We organize seminars where guests

volunteer professionals, such as physicians,

psychiatrists, psychologists, teachers

preventers risk and guide the community in

the process of transition to adult life living

our youth.

We usually walks, lunch, afternoon pool

parties to facilitate friendship and relaxation

between partners and beneficiaries.

How to help

You can help in various ways, contributing to the

development of activities and the achievement of our goals of

social integration and participation.

Help us how Contributor

Supporting our management periodically providing a fixed

monthly cash donation, a collaboration to help us realize our

goals and develop our activities and projects for adults, teens

and children with Down syndrome.

Help us with Donations

You or your company may periodically send cash donations

through ELECTRONIC TRANSFER or BANK DEPOSITS our

savings account.

See details at:

http://www.apasdown.org/t-e.htm

You can also donate other assets, such as furniture, buildings,

computers, equipment is derecognised or renewed.

See details of our needs:

http://www.apasdown.org/donaciones.htm

Contact us NOW

Call us at our phone, e-mail us, know our website www.apasdown.org or visit our office.

We will be happy to show you how solidarity materializes from our friends and partners.

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