Special Announcement-GiGi’s NYC and Moyinoluwa Rainbow Foundation International Partnership!
We are excited to announce the new international partnership of
GiGi’s Playhouse NYC & Moyinoluwa Rainbow Foundation (Morainbow/MRF)
Meeting through social media, Hannah Providenti (GiGi’s NYC) and Tola Makinde (MRF), had online conversations regarding Down syndrome, our respective organizations, and the differences between perceptions of Down syndrome in Nigeria and the US. Soon after, members of MRF’s community attended several of our virtual programs along with GiGi’s NYC participants. Seeing program participants from two diverse parts of the world work together made evident our similarities and the power of one voice.
Our partnership was launched!
MRF is a learning center in Nigeria that works to help individuals with Down syndrome and their families move on with their lives after a diagnosis. MRF believes that individuals with Down syndrome possess extra ability and can live life to their fullest potential.
Tola Makinde, Executive Director and Save Down Syndrome Ambassador, founded MRF to help eliminate the stigma associated with Down syndrome and stop the genocide of those with Down syndrome in Nigeria. She is a tireless and fearless leader of her community. GiGi’s NYC is honored to be partnering with
Tola and MRF to increase positive awareness and acceptance of Down syndrome.
GiGi’s NYC and MRF will collaborate in many ways, showing the power of two organizations learning from each other, working together, and sharing one voice. With one voice we can inspire, we can dream, we can achieve our missions and we can partner across the globe to create a world where those with Down syndrome are empowered, accepted, and embraced by their families, schools, and communities,
from Lagos to New York City – and in between.
In just a few days our new partnership will be celebrated online during the
5th Annual GWEN Luminary Awards in Concert!
December 12, 2020 at 11:00AM PST / 2:00PM EST / 8:00 WAT
Featuring 2Face idibia (Nigeria) + Celebrating Ms. Dionne Warwick’s 80th Birthday
From Hollywood to Nollywood!
GET YOUR CONCERT TICKETS ($5.00 USD) HERE
Thank you for supporting our partnership and watching us featured on the GWEN Awards. It is going to be a stunning global concert, raising funds for Human Rights & Education.
Please join us in giving a warm GiGi’s NYC welcome to Tola and the Moyinoluwa Rainbow Foundation!
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Thank you Frank, Hannah and Tola for making this partnership between GiGis NYC and the Moyinoluwa Rainbow Foundation a reality. Two communities miles apart but yet connected with a common goal of bringing awareness and acceptance for our Down syndrome community, who would have thought! I am looking forward to an exciting 2021 partnership and engagement between our community.
The GWEN event was so UPLIFTING and INSPIRING, I LOVED IT! So much talent across our beautiful World and the commercial which aired featuring both our organizations and community was breathtaking. There is no stopping what our children can accomplish.
Thank you ALL!
Yamira Siu-Jabbaar