Mount Damavand Expedition
In 2016, the OLMA team went on an expedition to climb Mount Damavand, the highest summit in the Middle East. Indeed, after reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2015 for the purpose of raising funds for the Downside Up charity, we decided to try replicating this success.
The OLMA team financed their own travel and expenses for the Mount Damavand expedition and each member raised funds for Downside Up . OLMA matched every euro raised by individual team members, doubling the final amount donated.
Downside Up is a Moscow organisation that assists and provides support and advice for Russian families who are raising children with Down syndrome. Downside Up develops innovative child training and parent support methods, disseminates knowledge and experience among Russian professionals, and works to raise public awareness about Down syndrome with the aim of changing attitudes. Downside Up provides all of its programmes to families free of charge.