He challenged his ordeal with the ambition of serving the nation and helping others

Ismail Al Balushi ... a wheelchair hero

Several podiums celebrated Ismail Al Balushi.

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Exceptional moments lived by Emirati Ismail Al Balushi, on the various coronation podiums to celebrate his noble efforts in serving his community, and his eagerness to help all its members, despite his belonging to the category of People of Determination due to an accident that led to his retirement from the armed forces, the field in which he loved to go out and get involved in Service for his country.

After his ordeal, Ismail succeeded in being an example of an ambitious person who is able to overcome the challenges and obstacles of life, and to re-integrate into society with a renewed spirit that constantly bets on giving, qualifying then deservedly to win awards and praises, and to devote an honorable example to the Emirati youth who is able to overcome the impossible.

Ismail Al Balushi's journey began with the celebration podiums, with his first honoring His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with the Heroes of Happiness and Positivity Medal in 2017, that is, after he joined the Customer Happiness Center at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation office The international team in Dubai, as Al-Balushi succeeded in highlighting the most important and best human aspects of his personality that were not affected by the effects of the accident that he was exposed to, nor its negative psychological consequences.

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The Emirati young man says in a confident tone: “I was really insisting on doing my best at work, and I did not care much about my foot injury, which never stopped me from achieving my goals in the field of customer service, especially senior citizens and people of determination, and I did not think about serving people with sincerity and devotion, An award or an honor, despite the fact that the mystery shopper was following me closely, and contributed greatly to my nomination to win the award and the Medal of Happiness and Positivity Champion for government departments.

Al-Balushi added to “Emirates Today”: “This coronation was a prelude to good for me. After less than a month, I had the honor to meet His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, who gave me the title (Hero of Happiness), during my participation in The activities of the World Government Summit in February 2017, and I do not deny my pride and joy in hearing the words of His Highness about my journey with the challenge of disability in a country whose children do not know the impossible.

Volunteer work

The journey of Al-Balushi's ambition did not stop at the limits of his career, but rather went beyond him to his permanent participation in many areas of volunteer work, which he wagered on achieving himself, and through it he devoted his permanent endeavor to register his presence in the humanitarian field, considering every time that physical disability does not stop Our life, nor our permanent bets on helping others, and contributing to building the nation.

Al-Balushi believes that his experience in the field of volunteering has already inspired many Emirati youth: “Before my injury, I did not think of participating in volunteer work, but later I discovered the value of engaging in helping people and providing relief to the needy, especially when I had the opportunity to participate with (Al-Ihssan Association). ) In its various activities, the most prominent of which was the Ramadan Aman project and the home maintenance project, in addition to a number of volunteer activities that it participated in with Dubai Police, such as distributing breakfast meals in the streets, and other projects that inspired many young people of determination to present their ideas and creativity. In the field of humanitarian work ».

In particular, the prizes are complemented by: “In April 2019, I was honored with the Al Khair Award for Voluntary Work from Engineer Sheikh Salem bin Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Department and Chairman of the Board of Trustees in Ras Al Khaimah.

And in December 2019, she was honored with the award of the Creators Foundation in the UAE, along with many Emirati energies, by Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, at a ceremony held on the occasion at the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai.

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Ismail Al Balushi pauses at the great role that his mother played in encouraging him to move forward in achieving himself and overcoming the obstacles of his injury, saying: “My mother is my biggest fan, as she always seeks to motivate me to participate in volunteer work and community service, and she constantly insists on affirming that the injury that I have I was subjected to it, and it will not affect my energy nor my interest in serving people, for this reason I did not stop even during the quarantine period from doing a number of volunteer work remotely, in order to continue this approach, and to present the honorable model for the generous Emirati youth.

A message to Emirati youth

In his message to Emirati youth, Ismail Al Balushi says: “I always love to encourage everyone to take initiative and work to make people happy, and I am fully confident that my dreams and aspirations will be fulfilled, God willing, because I set my eyes on my patriotic duty, and my ambition to be a successful role model for people of determination pushes them to give. And continuing the path of successes ».

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“I did not think about serving people with sincerity and devotion, with an award or an honor.”

- "My mother is my biggest supporter ... as she confirms that my injury will not affect my energy."

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