Education Egypt Project #29931

Egyptian Kids on Wheels!

by Alhassan Foundation for Differently Abled Inclusion

Project Report | Mar 26, 2019
All my hope is that Mahmoud goes to school!

By Maryam Mehanna | Project Contributor

Mahmoud attending school now

Dear Alhassan’s Donors,

We do highly thank you for your last donation. Your contribution is changing lives. Your support made a real change for kids who wheelchair users in Egypt. W e knew from the beginning that our kids need to live anirmal active life so we decided to give them the tool to live that life. Providing a customized wheelchair for kids means providing them with a vital tool to have a balanced life that helps them to become independent physically and socially.

Through your donation, you shared in changing a child’s life; this child literally moved from darkness to a bright side of life. Mahmoud’s story has started with one of our volunteers whom helped him to join our community. He lives in a slum in Cairo, it is one of the biggest poor neighborhood in Egypt. Mahmoud suffers from Muscle Atrophy, which means that he has severe weakness in all muscles of his body. This leads him to become a permanent wheelchair user. His family cannot afford buying him a wheelchair.

The first time he joined the school, his class was in the third floor. His mum used to carry him every day to reach his classes and wherever he wanted to go. Additionally, they live in a third floor without an elevator. For all these reason, he was sitting all his time at home without any social life. Mahmoud’s mum said, “all my hope is that Mahmoud goes to school and be educated as other normal children”. Moreover, he has a younger sister whom has the same medical condition. The mother is living a challenging life handling both kids with their medical issues.

When we knew Mahmoud’s story, we were eager to be a part of changing his life. Because of your donation, we were able to provide him with a tailored made wheelchair for his condition. Now, Mahmoud is going to school and he is in grade 3. He is becoming very sociable with his friends, he is moving freely. With his wheelchair, he said “I am a butterfly”. His friends started to accept the meaning of “physical differences”. His mum’s back is being saved from carrying him three floors every day to reach their apartment. Now Mahmoud is socially active; he is participating in our events.

Lately we won an honorary award of Zero Project Conference 2019 to acknowledge that we are sustainable in our mission and vision and we are always seeking for the betterment of life for physically challenged people through changing their disability into ability. This Award ceremony was held in the UN premises in Vienna which focused on Independent Living and Political Participation.

https://www.facebook.com/AlhassanFDN/videos/1965845437044145/

This honorary award is not only for us, it is for you as well our donor. Congratulations for all of us. We urge you to continue supporting our cause and stay loyal donors to our purpose in serving our kids on wheels by subscribing to a monthly recurring donation option. That will help young wheelchair users in Egypt 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. :)

a dream come true

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Jan 2, 2019
Our kids on wheels are healthy, happy & Active!

By Lamise ElBetar | Project leader

Kids on wheels having fun

Dear all Alhassan Foundation’s friends, believers & supporters,

Let’s start 2019 with a positive attitude and make our New Year resolution to raise our kids to love and support their peers with no prejudice or stereotyping. Let’s encourage them to show their own talents and trust in their abilities no matter what.

We are so proud of our kids on wheels and we urge you all to feel the same. Others will look at them and see them as physically challenged kids and may be think that they are trapped in their wheelchairs. Yet we don’t see that neither do these talented kids. We organized a huge event last month as the biggest Funday for only kids with disabilities in Egypt where our kids on wheels were having fun, showing their talents and interacting & playing with abled people.

This event was organized & sponsored by our foundation in collaboration with different stakeholders & partners as volunteers and facilitators during this amazing event. The kids were so happy and felt that they belong to a bigger loving and welcoming community.

Check the event video in the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/AlhassanFDN/videos/329683324298737/

We hope that you can support us in nurturing these efforts to broaden our services and organize similar events in several schools, universities, social clubs, malls, public places and everywhere. Help us raise the awareness and educate the next generation on inclusion, accessibility and on how to deal with their peers if they look different or if they have any physical challenges. Collaborate with us in nurturing our kids on wheels talents to have more self-esteem and trust that THEY CAN do whatever they dream of and work for. That will make our communities live better, healthier and happier for sure.

We would like to thank each and every one of you for your support. 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 wheelchair users in Egypt 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. :)

Kids on wheels inclusion and healthy life

happy kid on wheels

happy Kids on wheels

Kids on wheels are active

Kids on wheels are healthy and happy

Links:

Kids on Wheels Fund-day event

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Oct 9, 2018
New Customized Wheelchairs to save our Kids on wheels!

By Lamise ElBetar | Project leader

Active kids on wheels

Dear all Alhassan Foundation’s friends, believers & supporters,

We wanted to share some special news with you this time dear donors. Why do you want to support our kids on wheels? Why each customized wheelchair cost over than $1500? Why do we specially import it from Germany and not just offer them the available wheelchairs in Egypt? All these are fair questions that might hit you before paying your donation.

Now, let us tell you more about this project in the 1st place. Customized wheelchair is therapeutic wheelchairs designed for permanent users to provide them with the maximum mobility available while the old traditional wheelchairs that are available in Egypt or so called hospital wheelchairs are supposed to be used only for temporary reasons as it causes pressure sores, malformation in bones and muscle idleness. Customized wheelchairs cost more because it’s imported from Germany, and it’s tailored made for each case based on the kid’s needs. Also, it’s made by durable materials and using cushions that decrease the possibility of pressure sores and other health issues. Not only that, but also it’s crucial for the kids’ safety & physical development as it has brakes and gears that alleviate the possibility that the person riding the wheelchair may stumble and fall, which could be very harmful in some cases. Also, it’s a light-weighted wheelchair so kids can move independently without assistance.

Special physically challenged kids need mobility solutions tailored to their particular needs. We have a long waiting list of kids hoping for their measurements to be taken to get their tailored-made customized wheelchair that suits their case to be able to be active wheelchair users and enable them to go to their schools and move independently.

Many of our kids after receiving this customized active wheelchair were able to go to school and encouraged to play sports & artistic activities. Not only that many of them became certified young athletes participating in several championships. Others played music and beatboxing and gained self-esteem & confidence to make friends in their schools and social gatherings.

Every wheelchair cost around $2000. This wheelchair save a kid’s health, self-esteem, and give him/her hope for future that they can be independent and they can face the world without assistance. They have the right to dream!

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

Thank you for believing in the differently abled. :)

Taking measurements

Tailor-made wheelchairs

Customized wheelchairs

kids on wheels 1

kids on wheels 2

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