The day I took the decision of starting Riya Foundation, I never ever asked myself would I be able to take up the challenge. It was an impulsive decision like many others that I had taken. But I was clear of the way I wanted to run it and what
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How often have you had to rush back from work or cancel appointments or miss a function because there’s no one to take care of your child back home ? It truly gets difficult to tag the child as their tantrums can make life miserable. When Keerthana, a Mother of a
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Mark your 2012 Charity Calendar in support of RIYA FOUNDATION – a registered NGO in Mangalore which has been working towards the betterment of the children with special needs. (www.Riya Foundation.org) Please feel free to TAG yourself and help spread the cause.
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Riya Foundation has completed TWO years and what a journey it has been !! Would like to thank all our Friends, Family, well wishers and Critics for your support, Prayers and Blessing. We thank God and pray to him to give us the strength to continue providing the best to these children.Congratulation
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Quite a few people have made a lot of difference in Riya’s life. Times when she has strayed away, when she is in danger, when she has to get in and out of the car, when she had to eat, when she is stuck in the house or in the
Read more →“Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place. Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight. Lend a hand when you can, get involved this is good. You can help to make a difference
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When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit. … Rest, if you must, but don’t
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Riya Foundation a home for the special children at Kulshekar is looking for a caretaker who could take care of our kids here. Looking for a mid-aged woman who is passionate about kids. She will be taken care off like our own mother. Food, Shelter, accommodation and salary will be
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The birth of a child in a family is usually welcomed with great joy and expectations, but this happiness slowly disappears as they learn about the disabilities of the child. No matter what disability, the parental reaction takes a different course in time. The dependency of the child on the
Read more →Mangalore I need your help: Riya Foundation a home for the special children at Kulshekar is looking for a caretaker who could take care of our kids here. Looking for a mid-aged woman who is passionate about kids. She will be taken care off like our own mother. Food, Shelter,
Read more →I cant tell you of how proud i feel of Riya Foundation and the work we do …even more proud that its the hard work thats paying off and the parents are seeing improvments, and more than anything the child is happy to come to us. Thank u Sibin, Amma,
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It’s often people behind the scene that lose out on the limelight. Today I would like to take the time to talk about these great women who have been silently building Riya brick by brick. Keerthana (Keeth) and Devamma (Amma)………. Devamma joined Riya at a time when we were running
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On the night of December 25th, 2000 when the entire world was celebrating their ‘Millennium Christmas’, I went into labor. The hospital did not have enough staff to handle the emergencies and there was utter chaos everywhere. However the duty doctor and the nurse on duty tried their best to
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At Riya we have 2 trained staff (Sibin , Shivraj). They have completed their course in B.Ed-MR & one of them is currently pursuing Masters in Clinical Psychology. They stay full time at Riya and are with the in-mates helping them in every step of theirs. They also ensure that
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It’s been the most difficult of things to do, putting your thoughts into words. Today when I talk about Riya, am quite surprised we managed to make this dream come alive. I remember the day when we sat down thinking how we will manage to feed the kids without a
Read more →Mandira is a 5-year-old girl who is not toilet-trained as yet. Her father finds her an embarrassment and does not invite his friends over to the house. Her mother is quite sick of training her and the maids of cleaning up. They finally decided to take her to a
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I would like to share a bad experience of a special kid travelling in Southern Railways on the 7th September, 2010 on a trip to Bangalore. “Every train has four berths for disabled people in the portion near the guard’s cabin, in the front and the rear of the train,
Read more →It was a super monday, The kids at Riya enjoy the occasion of Sri Krishna Janmashtami. We participated in Mosaru Kudike program at the Dairy. The kids were super excited to witness the human pyramids breaking the earthen pots filled with buttermilk. A stroll to spar and then back to
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You may be a teenager, a working professional, a homemaker or a senior citizen, every effort, as small as spending time helping others, can go a long way in bringing change in lives of many. The sheer feeling of accomplishment or joy that you get by lending a helping hand to people and organizations can
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