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Maria S Santamaria
FounderFounder of Diya Foundation
Maria S Santamaria is the founder of Diya Foundation (1999)[1], an Indian non-profit working on disability and livelihood from Bengaluru.
Diya Foundation
Diya Foundation is a Bengaluru nonprofit vocational-training centre established in 1999 that equips adults with intellectual disabilities with life and employability skills. Through classes, workshops and awareness campaigns, it trains participants in performing and workplace-readiness skills aimed at making them employment-ready, working toward a more inclusive workforce.
Diya Foundation reports the following, on its own site:
- 600+ students with intellectual disabilities trained in 26 years, including 70+ students trained in 2024-25
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