Egyptian Kids on Wheels!

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 are wheelchair users in Egypt. We knew from the beginning that our kids need to live a normal 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.

Amena started to use a wheelchair since 6 years ago. Your generous donation changed her life; she was totally trapped in her own home and now she is sociable and shining everywhere with her customized wheelchair. At the beginning, Amena spent all her time at home as she didn’t have a suitable and customized wheelchair that can give her the freedom of mobility. She was studying at home and did not go to school as her friends did not accept her physical difference and she was bullied by them.

Now, using her new tailored and customized wheelchair, which was sponsored by your donation, she was able to go to her school and become very proud among her friends. Now, she is back to life. Amena is becoming socially and physically independent. Her dream is joining the Faculty of Fine Arts as she is brilliantly talented in drawing. Kindly check below her drawings. In accordance with Alhassan Foundation, a social awareness campaign will be held at Amena’s school concerning disabilities topics and promoting how to engage with persons with mobility issues.

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. :)

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. :)