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Mr. Hassan Ali Bin Ali has worked closely with
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Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Bin
Abdullah Al-Missned
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in building the Shafallah Center for
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Children with Special Needs.
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Shafallah Genetics Medical Center is
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one of the worldâs leading research centers
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for conditions such as autism.
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He is also actively involved in disabled sports,
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leading the way in developing purpose-built facilities
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for athletes with disabilities.
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The Convention for the Rights of People with Disabilities
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Is a convention that describes many facets of what needs to be done...
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...by states parties to support those with disabilities.
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I'm Hassan Ali Bin Ali. I'm the Chairman of the Shafallah Center for Children With Special Needs.
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As you know, I'm a businessman. I'm a volunteer for the job.
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Her highness has got me involved in that she asked me to become Chairman of the Shafallah Center.
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I accepted and here I am after 12 years.
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One Billion Strong is one of the visions of her highness...
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It came out not from this forum but the last forum we had.
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Her highness was asking the question
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...what can we do more for children with disabilities all over the world?
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I thought that I had to say something.
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I did say: the First Ladies can play a more important role.
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Because you are nearer to the decision-makers
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and maybe you can give the message better then we can.
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Because when we ask for a meeting it will take a week, maybe two weeks maybe more than that.
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We thought we work also with Ron McClellan
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to see that the convention is being implemented in the right way and in the right manner
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And that's why we had this event.
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Someone saw the World Report, the W-H-O Report
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that said there are more
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than one billion disabled all over the world
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That includes people in wheelchairs
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and people with all sorts of disabilities.
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So we said, "well, why don't we call it One Billion Strong."
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We are doing so many programs.
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We are doing programs for Uganda. We're are talking with Kenyans to make programs
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I think they are submitting 2 or 3 proposals
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which we are going to look at.
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We are covering refugee camps in Philistine and Jordan.
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You have all these laws and conventions
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and you give it to someone who doesn't have anything
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And then you say to him, "this is a law."
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They say, "fine, this is a law,
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but I don't have anything here.
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I don't have the right education.
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I don't have the right rehab.
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I don't have the right, you know... um.
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So, what are you going to do for me?
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We have to do something on the ground
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to see that those people who don't have
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facilities get the facilities
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and those who don't have the training
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get the training.
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That's what we have to do.
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We are all part of a team.
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So we should be sharing with you.
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And we consider you part of our team.
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We should be cooperating with you.
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And telling you what we are doing
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because you have an input as much as we have an input.
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So definitely, we'll be cooperating together.