Our Foundation Supports the Rehabilitation of Down Syndrome

As the Salih Tatlici Foundation, we have donated to the “Down Syndrome Foundation of Madrid” (Down Madrid), a non-profit non-governmental organisation in Spain, to ensure the individual autonomy and full socialisation of people with Down syndrome and other people with different intellectual disabilities, and to provide immediate and effective support to children, families and individuals with disabilities.

We Support Projects that Add Value to Life

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “As the Foundation, we will continue to support all projects that add value to life by working continuously to announce Down Syndrome, to raise social awareness, to carry out projects that affect the perception of disability in society, to combat the discrimination faced by individuals with Down Syndrome at every age and position from infancy, to provide equal opportunities and to strengthen their indispensable place in society, in short, to improve their quality of life and to ensure their full socialisation.”

Down Syndrome Foundation of Madrid

Down Syndrome Foundation of Madrid (Down Madrid) is a non-profit organisation of public interest, born more than 30 years ago as a result of the enthusiasm and work of a group of families who came together to create a meeting point for families and professionals dedicated to “Down Syndrome”.

Its aim is to ensure the individual autonomy and full socialisation of people with Down syndrome and other people with different intellectual disabilities. The mission of “Down Madrid” is to defend the right to life and dignity of people with Down syndrome or other intellectual disabilities, as well as their right to full family, school, work and socialisation and to improve their quality of life from birth to old age. It does this always with their participation and by placing them at the heart and centre of the organisation. The Foundation’s vision is the transformation of all societies into one in which people with intellectual disabilities are fully included and all their rights are recognised.

The donations and aid projects mentioned here were made by the founders of our Foundation, Nurten Tatlıcı and her son Uğur Tatlıcı, in memory of the late Salih Tatlıcı, the benevolent person whose name continues to live on through our Foundation and whom they bid farewell in journey to eternity in 2009.