Mum walks Camino to support vital health services

Little Esther and others rely on therapy from Down Syndrome Ireland

By Emma Van Oosterhout

A TUAM mother is walking the famous Camino trail in Spain to raise funds for Down’s Syndrome Ireland (DSI).

Anna Buday, whose two-year-old daughter Esther has Down Syndrome, is fundraising for early intervention services for DSI, as October is Down’s Syndrome Awareness Month.

The mother of five began her trek on Monday and hopes to complete the last 118-kilometre leg of the Camino Portugues and arrive in Santiago de Compostella this Saturday, October 7.

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