Education Egypt Project #29931

Egyptian Kids on Wheels!

by Alhassan Foundation for Differently Abled Inclusion

Project Report | Oct 19, 2020
Back to School

By Amany Tarek | Project Contributor

Mohamed Competing in a Marathon

Dear Alhassan donors, supporters, and believers,

Thank you for donating to the Egyptian Kids on Wheels project. Your donations play a major role in changing kids’ lives. Helping kids develop a positive and healthy attitude towards their physical challenge is the first step on the road to a successful and inclusive life.

It’s school time! All kids need to get their school supplies to be ready for school. Kids with disabilities though might need special type of tools and supplies, especially wheelchair users, in order to thrive, they need to have:

A proper tool that enables them to move independently.
Supportive parents who raise their kids in a healthy environment that accepts them and teaches them to accept themselves.
To understand that their disability isn’t going to hold them back from achieving their goals.
To have accessible homes and schools.

Those four points mentioned above are essential for any kid with disability. We frequently meet kids in orientation days or measurements sessions whose parents basically have to carry them around since they don’t have a proper wheelchair that suits them or who are unaware of their potentials and so are their parents. We offer proper solutions for those needs under our Kids on Wheels project through our services:

A customized wheelchair that fits the injury and needs of each kid.
Physical and psychological rehabilitation that aims to change the mindset of kids and their parents.
Making schools and homes accessible for kids.
Recreational events and awareness campaigns throughout the year that encourages networking and exchanging experiences.
Sports programs in six different sports and numerous arts workshops.

These services help shape the future of our kids. We try our best to have active and independent kids whom will grow to be productive individuals in their society. Mohamed is one of our many young bright stars whom we’re always feel enthusiastic to share his progress. Mohamed joined us when he was only five years old. He got his customized wheelchair while he was still five and joined our sports team when he was six. Mohamed has won many medals and championships ever since and he’s still only eight years old!

Check some of his recent videos:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=670394757222915&id=100027571894025

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=671187967143594&id=100027571894025

Thank you dear donors for your donations; your support is what enables us in our mission so we urge you to continue supporting our cause and stay loyal donors to our cause through subscribing to a monthly recurring donation option. That will help kids in a wheelchair in Egypt to be more confident and accomplished.

Please visit our Facebook page to read other success stories:

https://www.facebook.com/AlhassanFDN/

Thank you for believing in the differently abled. :)

Measurements Session

Measurements Session -2

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Jun 25, 2020
Healthy Upbringing

By Amany Tarek | Project Contributor

Nour Playing

Dear Alhassan donors, supporters, and believers,

Thank you for donating to the Egyptian Kids on Wheels project. Your donations play a major role in changing kids’ lives. Helping kids developing a positive and healthy attitude towards their physical challenge is the first step on the road of success. In this project, we offer many services:

1- Sports programs in 6 different sports and numerous art workshops.

2- A customized wheelchair that fits the injury and needs of each kid.

3- Physical and psychological rehabilitation.

4- Recreational events and awareness campaigns throughout the year.

5- Making their schools and homes accessible.

All these services contribute in shaping healthy kids who embrace their challenge and find a way to shine and prove that they’re just as capable as their peers. They gain the confidence they need through, for example, having a hobby that they excel at or finding themselves able to move independently using a light-weight wheelchair that fits their dimensions.

Our efforts in raising social awareness over the past 7 years are projected in having more physically-challenged kids pursing their education at schools instead of involuntary homeschooling or no education at all! Our “kids on wheels” now are more confident than ever, they believe that with hard work and dedication they will achieve their dreams.

Nour is one of our future stars! She is outgoing and has a lot of energy. Due to COVID-19 breakout, she has been spending all her time at home. She spent the quarantine time learning new recipes and she has been competing against other kids in her age in cooking contests. Nour was missing going out in the fresh air though so her mom took her out and she was so excited to run on her wheelchair. Nour also applied to our sports program and she will start training as soon as health restrictions are lifted.

Nour on her Wheels

Kids Gathering

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Feb 25, 2020
Shining Stars!

By Amany Tarek | Project Contributor

Amera During a Photo Session

Dear Alhassan donors, supporters and believers,

Thank you for donating to Egyptian Kids on Wheels project. Your donations play a major role in changing kids’ lives. Helping kids developing a positive and healthy attitude towards their physical challenge is the first step on the road of success.

We mostly provide the same types of services to kids as we do to grownups but we give them extra attention and we have dedicated an entire project to them due to how sensitive kids’ nature is.

Grownups usually understand why they’re different; consequently, they adapt and embrace their challenge; even find ways to shine. Kids; however, do not understand that. They find themselves different from their peers and no one their age wants to be their friend because, unfortunately, that’s how the majority of people treat the differently abled; they alienate them!

Belal and Amera are two kids who decided to break stereotypes. They both have big talents, dreams and they believe they could achieve them. They have both faced discrimination for being different but they didn’t let that affect them. We did our part by providing them with the proper light-weight wheelchair that suits their different needs and injuries.

We intervened when we found out that Belal’s school principle wouldn’t allow him to attend his classes and made sure that Belal got his right in education just like any other kid. Now Belal is a superstar that different entities seek to feature him in their shows. He scored 2 gold medals in swimming in our foundation's team, he also sings and enjoys beatboxing.

Amera is an Instagram emerging star, she has more than 3k followers. She enjoys singing and drawing and she's taking drawing lessons to develop her talent. She dreams of being an artist and we believe that her talent and massive love for life will take her places!

Please visit our Facebook page to read other success stories:

https://www.facebook.com/AlhassanFDN/

Thank you for believing in the differently abled. :)

Amera Playing and Enjoying her Time

Belal After a Concert

Active Kid on Wheels

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