Alashi Foundation connects families, builds awareness and works for inclusive schools and communities across Nagaland. A place for everyone.
Alashi Foundation was established out of love, courage and a deeply personal journey. It is inspired by our daughter Alashi, a joyful young child with Down syndrome and a resilient heart.
Through her we have learned that every child is unique, capable and deserving of dignity, acceptance and opportunity. We have also seen the gaps in awareness and support in our communities. The foundation exists to close them, replacing stigma with understanding and fear with acceptance.
“The Alashi Foundation embodies compassionate action. Through impactful initiatives, they actively challenge stigmas, restore dignity, and build spaces of inclusive grace for children with IDD and their families. Alashi is a shining beacon of integrity and transformative impact.”
Rev. Ghukhuli Z MilakovichTheological educator and board member
Alashi’s Basket
An Alashi Foundation initiative
Within days of a birth or a diagnosis, a parent from our community brings the family a basket, sits with them, and leaves a number they can call. Free, always.
Anyone around the family can ask: parents, grandparents, friends, doctors, nurses and ASHA community health workers.
The aims the foundation was registered to pursue, in plain words.
Launch programme, Tourist Lodge, Dimapur, October 2024.
Help communities discuss Down syndrome and other special needs conditions sensitively, correctly and without bias.
Support parents by introducing them to other families, networks and the resources that already exist.
Back the integration of children with special needs into mainstream schools, and their retention and growth there.
Carry out surveys and research on the challenges families face, and publish material that informs the public.
Work toward children with special needs taking part in the wider community as equals, with confidence and dignity.
Alashi, and the families who gather with us in Dimapur.
Next up: 5 December 2026
A public run & walk to create awareness for children and persons with disabilities, marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Everyone is welcome: families, runners, walkers, wheelchair users and organisations.
Dimapur
Honouring the women who shape our lives with care, sacrifice and endless support.
Finding strength in the struggle, speaking in the silence. With clinical psychologist Smt. Imlibenia Mongro-Domeh at JBC Conference Hall.
Whether you have a question, want to collaborate, or are a family looking for others who understand: write, call or visit.
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