Khalil Jadili traveled to Dubai with the Palestine Children's Relief Fund to receive prosthetic limbs after losing both legs in a shell attack on his house in Gaza. Khalil's positive spirit, courage and love for sports inspired everyone who met him and helped him become the first Arab double amputee Scuba Diver.

1. Where there is
determination..
there is hope
Khalil’s story
by Rama Chakaki
Baraka Ventures
October 2010
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2. January 16, 2009
4,560 wounded
1,600 children
Khalil Jadili was among them..
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3. The skies rained shells ...
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4. I saw flashes..thunder roared
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I was lucky, I only lost my legs...
my brother lost his eye,
my youngest brother lost his life.
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6. March 2010 - I arrived in Dubai to fit prosthetic legs
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The community showed tremendous support
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8. I told my story to the
PCRF team
“Under the rubble,
covered with ash, they
knew me from the sparkle
in my eyes”
I am determined, athletic,
and hopeful!
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9. 1 year 3 months later..
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10. Standing tall
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11. Life as a teenager ... no limits!
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They suggested I try scuba diving..
why not? I love new challenges.
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14. Anxious
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15. Ready
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16. Embracing life
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17. Gaining confidence
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Taking to the water like fish
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19. Give me more!
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20. My first sea dive...Ya Allah!
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21. Ecstatic...
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22. Disability is a state of mind!
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23. First certificate was easy..
They suggested I do more.. I agreed.
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24. My training began..
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25. Many people saw me and joined to support.. journalists,
photographers, community volunteers, dive instructors
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26. Ali bin Thaleth joined.. a Emirati avid diver, award winning
photographer and filmmaker
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27. My training was fun, tiring and long
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28. I slowly realized how unique my experience is, and the
impact it has not only on me.. but other amputees in
the Arab world!
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30. While I used webbed gloves, volunteers were designing
underwater artificial limbs
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32. The community support and the media was great! My family
watched my progress on TV, others read about me on the internet.
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33. I went diving with Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum
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34. Ali bin Thaleth made a documentary film on my journey to
support the PCRF and inspire others
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35. Diving with Sheikh Hamdan ...
“Disability is a state of mind”
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36. community.pcrf.net
www.pcrf.net
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Photo Credits:
Mr. Joi Ito - Creative Commons
Mr.Ali Bin Thaleth - Dubai Mind
Presentation & Story Compiled by BarakaVentures
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