RiseUp Egypt-Enabling Wheelers Physically&Socially

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

We are one step closer to our dream of providing occupational therapy one on one sessions for wheelchair users in Egypt. Currently we are negotiating with different partners to sponsor such sessions, and hopefully we will start with a 1st batch soon.

We believe in that moving independently through Occupational Therapy (OT) rehabilitation is a key factor towards an active community includes persons with Disabilities (PWDs). It’s the 1st gate that helps wheelers’ inclusion in society freely with tailored practices to suit each of their cases & surrounding environment taking into consideration that OT is not provided in Egypt so far. Yet we are trying to introduce this concept to our communities and help wheelchair users in Egypt live a happy active life.

We are not only depending on the one on one session thought it's very important. We produced 27 episodes of Occupational therapy techniques & practices that if a person did it one his/her own can survive and have a more active life than he/she expects, which leads to more independence.

Please check the link below for Rise Up project - Occupational Therapy techniques:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzyJ9JYjUz04eplHJtfG7tOS9QdltlQQD

Our audience benefit from these videos through multiple resources not only our YouTube channel. Many of our beneficiaries are living in rural areas, and they don’t have a stable Internet access. So we provided them CD that includes all the 27 episode of Occupational Therapy, and we distribute it for free to our members (wheelchair users).

Also, we post these videos on our Facebook page (23,676 followers) as the majority of our members prefer following our Facebook page as a way of communication with the society and with their peers and watching the videos through our page.

Not only that, but also our wheelchair users/members communicate with each other in a private group on Facebook that we created for them to be as a support group where they can exchange their experience & knowledge and discuss it among each other (1,234 members)

We still believe that the best application for these techniques will be through One on One sessions to be able to train the person and help him/her be more active as well as creating a mobile app that the wheelchair user can access these episode without needing any internet connection in his/her own room from anywhere in the world. That's why we depend on your support to help us make this dream come true.

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. :)