He quenches the thirst of others and finds no one to quench his thirst, pushing the small carob Juice’s hawkers cart for long distances, wandering here and there in search for a buyer. Life became very tough, therefore, resorted to carob’s cart hoping to find salvation. He is Wajdi Hassan Abu Tim, Palestinian young man at the age of twenty two who suffers from short shattered bones in his left foot after an accident causing him motor impairment. He stopped studying in the preparatory stage for frequent traveling abroad for treatment. When he wanted to work, He had no choice but carob’s cart to overcome poverty and enable him to support himself and his family. Wajdi says: “I wish to get free from this cart” he aroused my curiosity, so I asked him why? He said: “preparing the cart takes a lot of time and pushing it requires a lot of effort, and this gets me very tired and increases my suffering because of my disability. I wish to find a profession in which I find myself.”

Wajdi’s hope for a serious work was the best incentive for him to score high in the furniture carpentry training program within Irada’s project “improving employment opportunities for persons with disabilities,” which is being implemented with funding of Human Appeal- UK. Wajdi distinguished in the field of carpentry and acquired skills that qualify him to work. Wajdi says: “I joined Irada program to learn a profession that qualify me to work and get me out of my suffering- selling carob Juice on a cart. I trained in the carpentry workshop, and I got to know the timber types, machinery and how they used them, and I learned manufacturing furniture with its various types such as cabinets, beds, tables and others.” Happiness seemed clearly on his face and a seriously completed his speech: “Every time I complete a piece, I feel happy and joyous and have more self-confidence.”

Wajdi has a strong will and determination to learn the job. Training in Irada was not enough for him, so he start networking with a private workshop of carpentry in his place of residence, and became committed to attend at this workshop three days a week. This helped Wajdi to gain more experience, and have good relationships and open a new horizon of employment that commensurate with his desire and aspirations. He confidently seeks to achieve what he aspires to, which is having a special workshop in which it operates to become productive and independent financially and able to meet the needs of his family. When asked about his dreams, he seriously said: “My dream is to get rid of the Hawkers’ cart for selling carob juice, and to have a private carpentry workshop, where work to support myself and my family. “

Wajdi and others like him with disabilities rise above the world of suffering to tell the world that they have a right to rehabilitation, training, and have the right to decent work. The role of the competent authorities concerned with disability issues is to highlight their success and provide the enabling environment for them to be able to realize their dreams of living a decent life along with their families.