By Lamise ElBetar | Project leader
Dear all Alhassan Foundation’s friends, believers & supporters,
Celebrating the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Alhassan foundation is congratulating all Egyptians for being a part of this enormous international event for the 1st time after 28 years of absence. We are positive that we will be better and better in the next few years. Yet our Egyptian champions in all individual games and in other sports such as Basketball & Handball and surely our champions in the Paralympics are making us proud every single day with their golden medals.
As you can see from the above shared picture, Alhassan, 25 years old, whose car accident in 2011 was the main reason for his mother Ms. May ZeinElDein (Founder & President) to set up our pioneering DPO/NGO (Alhassan FDN) to help all Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Egypt after he became a permanent wheelchair user. Alhassan is a board member of Alhassan foundation & he’s is the 1st Egyptian basketball player on wheelchair in the United States, playing with the University of Texas Arlington’s basketball team as he’s pursuing his second master’s degree in finance.
Alhassan travelled to Russia on his own to support our national team in the World-cup 2018. He is giving a message to the whole world to move on & live happily even after becoming a permanent wheelchair user. Alhassan is Egyptian with Pride!
This picture was nominated to be the picture of the year internationally and it went viral on FB & Instagram where 100 thousands of people & entities are sharing it & inspired by it.
For more information about Alhassan and his journey, please check the below article & interview:
Interview with RT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdKMKI_2HMc&feature=youtu.be
Interview with CNN:
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/19/football/world-cup-fans-wheelchair-moment-trnd/index.html
Interview with Kingfut.com:
https://www.kingfut.com/2018/06/19/interview-viral-photo-egyptian-russia/
We wanted to share this beautiful aspiring news with you to do the same like Alhassan and move on and achieve glory. We also hope that you will support our cause & efforts, and be a part of our future initiatives for social change, inclusion & effective integration for physically challenged people in Egypt. 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/
Thanks a million!
Regards,
Alhassan Foundation
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