Diya Foundation is a Vocational Training Center-cum-Sheltered Workshop in Bangalore providing training in life skills, work skills and employment options to adult individuals who are intellectually challenged. Founded in 1999 by Maria S. Santamaria and her husband Gerard. Diya works towards the greater inclusion of people with intellectual challenges in Society regardless of their background and place in Society. The need was for vocational training once basic schooling was completed thus preparing a potential workforce that has so far been greatly ignored. Diya Foundation is an enabler, bridging the significant gaps that differently abled individuals otherwise face once they complete school. Here we help them transition from school to work and on to charting a life path of confidence, happiness and security.
