Actress Regina Cassandra visits Aditya Mehta Foundation for World Disability Day

Actress Regina Cassandra visits Aditya Mehta Foundation for World Disability Day


Apart from being a revered actress, Regina Cassandra is also a philanthropist at heart. She is one of the trustees of the Aditya Mehta Foundation, a non-profit organisation which aids people with disabilities to pursue sports while providing self-sustenance. She visited the foundation in lieu of  World Disability Day celebrated on 3rd Dec worldwide. 

The actress has been with the NPO since 2014 and has been to various Infinity rides with them. The foundation focuses on scouting out talent among the disabled population of India and providing them with counselling to help them get better at their sport/ find a sport that is suitable for them. They also focus on finding and nurturing talent available in the nation's Central Armed Police Forces (BSF, CRPF and ITBP), where there are quite a few permanent injuries which arise while a soldier is on duty. The foundation’s hard work made it possible for the para-athletes have secured one place in women's category and one in Mens at Paralympics 2024
Talking about the same Regina said, “ t’s so nice to see AMF come such a long way. No one knows who our country’s para athletes are but they are still putting us on the map. I’m so proud of the hard work that NGO and athlete’s have put in. Paralympics 2024, here we come!”

On work front, Regina has had quite a successful 2022 and is now fully busy in 2023 with movies like Karungaapiyum, Soorpangai, Nene Na, Borrder, Flash back and Rocket Boys Season 2.