WEBVTT 00:03.040 --> 00:05.040 basically what we're doing today is 00:05.040 --> 00:06.873 we're going to a project that is 00:06.873 --> 00:09.110 finished . It started from ground up , 00:09.120 --> 00:12.000 we constructed a building and what it 00:12.000 --> 00:14.056 is is the handicapped Sports club of 00:14.056 --> 00:15.770 Iraq . This project started 00:15.770 --> 00:18.850 approximately uh two months ago . 00:19.330 --> 00:22.550 The Iraqi handicapped Sports club is 00:22.550 --> 00:26.110 actually a organization that 00:26.120 --> 00:28.840 actively participate in events around 00:28.840 --> 00:31.580 Iraq . They have won numerous trophies 00:31.580 --> 00:35.190 in weightlifting , basketball , things 00:35.190 --> 00:37.134 like that . So they're very , very 00:37.134 --> 00:39.710 active in the , in the Baghdad Iraq 00:39.710 --> 00:43.530 communities . Uh , walking through 00:43.540 --> 00:46.840 there is an easily 30 40 participants 00:46.840 --> 00:49.050 that are in wheelchairs doing doing 00:49.050 --> 00:52.120 odds and ends there . Uh , we've done 00:52.120 --> 00:54.287 quite a few projects there from soccer 00:54.287 --> 00:56.620 fields in the back to weight room 00:56.620 --> 01:00.410 additions to uh just locker rooms and 01:00.410 --> 01:02.760 stuff like that . We've actually done a 01:02.760 --> 01:05.230 lot of things there for the handicapped 01:05.240 --> 01:08.950 kitchen . Uh , there's always new faces . 01:08.950 --> 01:10.894 Every time we go there , I see new 01:10.894 --> 01:13.470 faces . Um , everybody I see is in 01:13.470 --> 01:15.580 wheelchairs . So it's just not 01:15.590 --> 01:17.757 something just ordinary jokes and come 01:17.757 --> 01:19.812 in , Although the kids do watch them 01:19.812 --> 01:21.868 play ball , they've got um , they've 01:21.868 --> 01:23.930 got an actual gymnasium that have 01:23.930 --> 01:26.410 bleachers and things like that . So 01:26.420 --> 01:28.531 people do come in and watch them just 01:28.531 --> 01:30.780 not too long ago . I walked in and you 01:30.780 --> 01:33.002 wouldn't believe it , but the gentleman 01:33.002 --> 01:34.836 says , I took first place in the 01:34.836 --> 01:37.390 weightlifting competition and to look 01:37.390 --> 01:39.400 at him just like , okay , but then 01:39.400 --> 01:41.456 we're real proud . Of course he took 01:41.456 --> 01:43.567 off his shirt , picked up some weight 01:43.567 --> 01:45.456 and it's look at this and then he 01:45.456 --> 01:47.622 showed us the ribbon and the , and the 01:47.622 --> 01:49.890 pictures and it was really neat to see 01:49.890 --> 01:52.001 that they actually take pride and and 01:52.001 --> 01:54.223 something they can do now . Some of the 01:54.223 --> 01:56.860 people there or are , 01:56.870 --> 02:00.830 um , they were injured in the war and 02:00.830 --> 02:03.163 lost their paralyzed and in wheelchairs . 02:03.163 --> 02:05.800 So they've taken that extra step to do 02:05.800 --> 02:07.911 something with their lives instead of 02:07.911 --> 02:10.022 just being wheelchair bound and doing 02:10.022 --> 02:12.680 nothing basically . Um , I'm a project 02:12.680 --> 02:15.980 manager . I go there on a weekly basis . 02:15.990 --> 02:19.170 I check the projects and find out what , 02:19.180 --> 02:21.440 uh , where they're at , how far they've 02:21.440 --> 02:24.710 progressed in a week's time . And uh , 02:24.720 --> 02:27.020 every so often like we go whether the 02:27.030 --> 02:29.770 project's 25% complete , 50% complete , 02:29.770 --> 02:32.970 75,000% and so forth . And what we do 02:32.970 --> 02:36.150 is we try to employ as many local , uh , 02:36.160 --> 02:38.610 workers as possible so that we can 02:38.610 --> 02:40.777 support the community in that aspect . 02:40.777 --> 02:43.710 Also we're being civil affairs . That's 02:43.710 --> 02:46.220 one of our main roles right now , is to 02:46.220 --> 02:48.560 get the community involved to help with 02:48.570 --> 02:51.020 the economic support , to get everybody 02:51.020 --> 02:52.964 back on their feet and functioning 02:52.964 --> 02:55.650 themselves again . Seeing seeing the 02:55.650 --> 02:58.910 people that when the project is 02:58.910 --> 03:01.021 complete , seeing the smiles on their 03:01.021 --> 03:03.354 face saying thanks , you did a good job . 03:03.354 --> 03:05.466 We needed this . Um , seeing the kids 03:05.466 --> 03:07.632 come up , you know , right away , they 03:07.632 --> 03:09.632 want to shake your hand . They just 03:09.632 --> 03:11.632 can't stop saying thank you for the 03:11.632 --> 03:13.688 things that we've , that we've given 03:13.688 --> 03:15.688 them and then what we do is we , we 03:15.688 --> 03:17.799 talked , we tell them it's not all of 03:17.799 --> 03:19.854 us , it is your neighborhood council 03:19.854 --> 03:22.077 members that want this . They asked for 03:22.077 --> 03:24.021 this and they are the ones who are 03:24.021 --> 03:25.854 beginning to thanks because they 03:25.854 --> 03:28.021 initiate a project , gave the okay for 03:28.021 --> 03:30.132 us to do that . And with their help , 03:30.132 --> 03:32.299 we were able to do it for them because 03:32.299 --> 03:34.354 most of the things that we do in the 03:34.354 --> 03:35.966 community all comes from the 03:35.966 --> 03:35.660 neighborhood councils .