Education Egypt Project #29931

Egyptian Kids on Wheels!

by Alhassan Foundation for Differently Abled Inclusion

Project Report | Apr 19, 2018
A kid's smile worth a million dollar!

By Lamise ElBetar | Project leader

A kid's smile worth a million dollar

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

It’s our pleasure to share with you some exciting news for this blessed project! We were able to draw a smile on few kids’ faces this month after providing them with their new adjustable customized wheelchairs!

Nobody wants to see his/her kids suffering or feeling inferior due to a physical challenge that they were born with or suffered from after they born due to an illness or even an accident. That’s exactly why we put our kids’ needs as a priority because we want them to grow up healthy mentally and physically as well as emotionally.

We proudly announce that we imported high quality customized wheelchairs for kids and delivered the 1^st batch to our little champions last week, and expecting second batch soon. So they are now able to face the world with their new wheelchairs, which won’t just facilitate their mobility and encourage them to go out and explore the world, but also it will protect them from major health issues that they could have suffered from due to using the old traditional oversized wheelchairs.

These old traditional wheelchairs that they used to ride clinically proven that they cause horrible sores, and negatively affect kids’ internal organs and cause spinal cord deformation. Surely we don’t want that to happen to any of our kids.

As a foundation we are not only focusing on their physical health, but also we give time & effort for keeping their emotional and mental health in a good shape through organizing social gatherings for them and their families. Also, we encourage them to participate in sports & arts activities. Many of our kids achieved great victories in sports compared to their abled peers in schools.

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. :)

Special wheelchairs for kids

Life saving customized wheelchairs

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Jan 22, 2018
Help Kids on Wheels be tomorrow's heroes!

By Lamise ElBetar | Project leader

Kids on wheels

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

We are proud to announce that Kids on wheels was a lucky project since launched few months ago. You our precious donors supported it since the 1^st day it was posted and we regularly get donations due to you believing in young kids on wheels. We want to share with you some of this amazing project’s accomplishments!

During the past few years we were trying as much as we can to provide best options for our kids on wheels. We always encourage and support these gifted kids to be strong, persistent, and confident. One of our kids on wheels is practicing professionally now beatboxing and playing on flutes. This kid used to be neglected at school due to staying in class all the time as his school wasn’t accessible so he couldn’t go out and socialize with the other kids. Alhassan foundation give him an opportunity to be hosted at one of the famous TV shows in Egypt and he were able to convey his voice to the government, which made his school principal submit to his needs and accommodate him in a ground floor class so he is now able to socialize with other kids and participate actively in activities. He is benefitting from other FDN projects as well through participating in sports and arts activities.

As a foundation we host quarterly social gatherings for our new members and we emphasize on hosting our kids on wheels with their parents so they can exchange knowledge with other parents and their kids can see other kids from our members and how they are sociable, confident, and living their life normally.

Not only that, we also provide efficient light-weighted wheelchairs tailored especially for kids. We enhanced the process of supporting these kids with these active wheelchairs and made it more sustainable and efficient through taking old wheelchairs from kids after they grow up, replace it with bigger ones, and give the smaller ones to younger kids as a “pay forward initiative”. We hope that you continue your support for our kids so we can keep up with developing our good cause.

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

Thank you for believing in the differently abled. :)

Active wheelchairs

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Oct 25, 2017
Kids on Wheels Fail Forward Story (#29931)!

By Lamise ElBetar | Project leader

Kids wheelchair - Front

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

We want to share with you our experience with failure who leaded us to success! This project report is a submission to GlobalGiving's 2017 Fail Forward Contest, where organizations are asked to share a story of when they tried something new that didn't go as planned and how they learned from it. Enjoy!

During the past few years we tried so hard to provide best options for our kids on wheels. The most important thing that will make their life easier is having an efficient & light wheelchair that will help them go to their schools easily, and participate in activities confidently. Unfortunately on our path for finding the perfect supplier for providing these wheelchairs we encountered lots of obstacles though we thankfully overcame all of them.

First, we had a deal with a company in UAE, but after long debates and correspondences to reach to a good deal, they didn’t met the requirements. Not only that, but also the whole deal turned to be a scam as they asked for the money in advance without giving any solid proofs for good intention to close the deal. Then we cancelled this deal and tried to find a more reliable supplier this time. Second, we found a good deal with an Italian Company, it appears to be a good company. They used to provide adjustable wheelchairs so kids can use even if they grow up bigger or taller. The issue with this company was that they had no agent in Egypt to close the deal and handle all logistics.

After all these failed efforts to reach to the best deal with the most efficient wheelchair for kids, we learned our lesson. This time we decided to make a new deal with the supplier that we deal with for our adults’ wheelchairs. They produce efficient wheelchairs tailored especially for kids, but they weren’t adjustable. By having the deal with the same supplier we had a good offer in quantity and price as they have a certified agent in Egypt. This company is mainly located in Germany. Also, we enhanced the process and made it more sustainable and efficient through taking old wheelchairs from kids after they grow up and give them to younger kids as a “pay forward initiative”. We hope that you will learn from our experience as much as we learned.

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

Thank you for believing in the differently abled. :)

Kids wheelchair - back

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