Justice and Human Rights Egypt Project #17737

Accessibility for All in Egypt!

by Alhassan Foundation for Differently Abled Inclusion

Project Report | Jul 3, 2018
Accessibility guide for Egyptian Underground/Metro

By Lamise ElBetar | Project leader

Metro Accessibility - Line 1

Dear all Alhassan Foundation’s believers & supporters,

It’s our pleasure to announce that we have launched the 1^st manual (guide) for Egyptian Underground/Metro’s accessibility for wheelchair users made by wheelchair users themselves. This guide wasn’t the result of our efforts as a foundation alone. It’s also the collective efforts of a group of our esteemed members (wheelchair users) who surveyed the metro stations themselves to assess its accessibility to be able to give an honest evaluation for each station and whether it’s wheelchair friendly or not.

Cairo, the capital of Egypt has 3 lines for the underground/metro. We found out that the first line accessibility level is the worst of all, which is less than almost 11.76% while the 2^nd line accessibility was almost 70%. On the other hand, the best accessibility level was in the 3^rd line which is still under construction (100% accessibility). This assessment is only for wheelchair accessibility and not any other disability (deaf/blind). We also can’t claim that these percentages are as accurate or applicable as we can expect due to external factors such as:

Elevator is not working in most cases.
Person in charge is not available unless being personally called to help.

Yet we promise you advocate for wheelchair users in Egypt to have the best accessibility that they need & deserve. Also, we are planning to turn this accessibility manual to be a mobile app so much more people can use it and benefit from it.

We would like to thank each and every one of you for your support. We urge you to continue supporting our cause and be a loyal donor through subscribing to a monthly recurring donation which will help securing more accessible transportation for wheelchair users in Egypt. Please visit our Facebook page to read other success stories:

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

Thank you for believing in the differently abled. :)

Metro Accessibility - Line 2

Metro Accessibility - Line 3

Success triangle

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Apr 4, 2018
40 motorcycles were delivered and still 260 to go

By Lamise ElBetar | Project leader

Accessible Motorcycle

Dear all Alhassan Foundation’s believers & supporters,

Way to go our dear donor; keep up the good DEEDs! You were able to change 40 persons with disabilities’ families through your donations.

So far we were honored to deliver 40 accessible motorcycle to 40 wheelchair users during the last few months investing in your donations, which definitely changed these people lives drastically. They are now getting out of their rooms to the spacious world much easier. Many of them thought of starting their own projects using this vehicle as mobile store J. Others started new job with better salary because now they are able to commute to work.

Not only that, but also this accessible motorcycle saved their dignity & efforts avoiding using the inaccessible public transportations where they have to be carried all the way to be seated in a decent seat in the bus.

Currently we want to reach to be able to double or even triple this target frequently if we can so we can empower our beneficiaries as PWDs and help most of them changing their life to a happier & more independent lifestyle, which is our biggest goal. We still also trying to provide an accessible bus that will help more & more people to move around easily in their wheelchairs.

So our dear donor we really need your help liberating these people and empowering them to be able have the life that they really deserve.

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

Thank you for believing in the differently abled. :)

accesssible van

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Jan 8, 2018
Equipped Ride is Not Just a Ride!

By Lamise ElBetar | Project leader

Accessible transportaion

Dear all Alhassan Foundation’s believers & supporters,

You made it again dear donor! This is to inform you that having equipped ride as wheelchair user in Egypt is not just a ride it’s a whole life-changing opportunity.

During the past few weeks we were able to provide over than 5 people with equipped rides that facilitated their daily lives. We had this lady who chose to have our accessible motorcycle over than anything else as she told us that this type of transportation will help her in different ways. She wanted this motorcycle to save time & money by dropping her daughter off at school every morning then go to work especially that she won’t be able to afford using taxis or Uber and surely she can’t use public transportation as it’s not accessible at all.

So Alhassan Foundation provided her with a Motorcycle to make her life easier, and she seized this opportunity. She thought of using this accessible transportation to have agreement with several department stores to take their commodities and sell it for small stores and kiosks in streets, which was like a source of income to her as well not only transportation.

We are also planning to provide the first fully accessible bus in Egypt that can give rides to wheelchair users especially our employees to work and for our athletes to give them rides from and to their training premises.

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

Thank you for believing in the differently abled. :)

Accessible Motorcycles

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