It was surprisingly fair compared with a stormy weather yesterday. We continued to refurbish wheelchairs for Malaysia and finished today’s goal, 70 wheelchairs. Adding these to last month’s 100, we send 170 in total by a 40-feet container.
Our work process is cleaning, putting seals & measuring the size of each wheelchair, taking pictures of them, and packing, like last month. We didn’t adjust brakes or exchange tires, but we send tires for exchanging and necessary parts, instead. We also send 30 child safety seats and 12 boxes of orthosis. The ship loading them is scheduled to leave Tokyo in the beginning of July.
Today’s participants were about 60 in total; Sagami Women’s University group, Vitnamese group, Ethiopian group, Tama Technical High School group, and Volunteering members.
(Left) Wheelchairs to be refurbished today.
(Right) Meeting before working. We need to confirm what to do and how to do it so as to work efficiently.
(Left) Lots of cushion material for packing.
(Right) Child safety seats.
Hand-operated lift to prevent height difference. We send it to Malaysia as well.
(Left) Tama Technical High School group.
(Right) Sagami Women’s University group.(all first-years)
(Left) Ethiopian group.
(Right) Zena, who joined our activity for the first time, is a graduate student majoring in architecture.
We had a lot of new volunteers today.
Mr. Matsuda from Kyal Fund, which has been supporting the Kyrgyz Republic in Cebtral Asia, worked vigorously with us.
Mr. Shiraishi, one of whose friends does volunteer work in Columbia, found our NGO on the net and joined us thinking he also would be able to do voluntary activity.
(Left) Mr. Tinh, vice CEO of a construction company, and Ms. Ngan, translator. He got interested in our activity and visited us to see our work.
(Right) They tried refurbishing work too.
Austin from Yokota base(center). He found our NGO on the net, got interested, and joined us today.
(Left) Ms. Aida, who has been supporting native peoples in Mindanao, the Philippines, found our NGO on the net. She joined us so that she could learn about wheelchairs.
(Right) Ms. Aida tried cleaning with the help of Vietnamese members.
(Left) Ms. Nishide from Kodaira Jazz association joined our activity. She also brought us donation.
(Right) Mr. Ikeuchi from Tokyo Laos society. He had got a request of a wheelchair from a child hospital in Laos.
Our chief engineer, Nishio, selected one and handed it to him.
Mr. and Ms. Asano visited us to bring two wheelchairs. We really appreciate their coming and donation.
It’s not easy (but very important) to keep tool in order. One of our veteran volunteers, Nakao, designed a tool box himself and brought it. Thanks!
Delicious bolied corns for lunchtime. How sweet!
(Left) Mr. Tinh and Ms. Ngan enjoying corns.
(Right) Oda, our director, and Sagami Women’s University group members.
Thank you everyone for your good work!