Amna Al-Mulla, 18, who is a disabled person with Down syndrome, runs FIGU Cafe in Khorfakkan, Sharjah, accompanied by her brother Ahmad Abdullah Al-Mulla, 25 years old. I love and trust, which is known as social media «Amona».
Amouna is considered one of the elements of the team distinguished by the café, and was welcomed by citizens and residents who came specially to see it prepare and serve drinks and orders inside the café. Her brother Abdullah said: “The café was opened less than a week ago, but the encouragement that Amna received was very large and a number of He came from all the emirates and arrived for 60 people, and they took pictures with her while preparing coffee to motivate her ».
"I did not expect the extent of encouragement and the cultivation of love and trust in Amona by the community," he said. "The reality for the people of determination has changed so much that they have become an integral part of society.
`` I want to save my sister money first because they need it on an equal footing with other people, '' he said.``Although the state supported them and cared for them, I wanted to accomplish and earn money after an effort to feel their importance and responsibility. ''
He pointed out that people with disabilities are among the most suffering people with health problems, especially with age, as this job will provide her with the money she may need in the future, in addition to encouraging his parents to integrate his sister in the community, he has opened accounts on social networking sites, participate in The broadcast and they have a large audience, the spontaneity of his sister attracted them, which encouraged him to open the café.
Al-Mulla added that «Amna did not face any difficulty as she works normally for four hours a day, but sometimes insists that the duration of her work more than that for her love of the place and sense of responsibility, and that her teachers at Khorfakkan Rehabilitation School for people with disabilities support her by sending her for an hour During her school time, she runs the café and, in order to spend her time in the place she loves and be a wonderful and positive example for her peers in school, elevates their mission and gives them hope for accomplishment.
Al-Mulla pointed out that the real disability is the disability of thought.Otherwise it only needs support and guidance.He pointed out that the people of determination, including Down's syndrome, need care, and they have many distinctive things that need to be discovered in them, so that we learn from them, the purity of their hearts and the strength of their personality.
«FIGU»
Abdullah al-Mulla said that he wanted to call the café “Amouna Cafe” but the name was rejected by the official authorities. He called it the song that Amouna likes, which is “FIGU”, which is always frequented even as it prepares coffee for its customers.