The new coronavirus has been spread worldwide. The monthly meeting, our main activity, has a risk of virus infection as lots of people gather to clean and refurbish wheelchairs, though it is held outdoors. That’s why we cancelled the monthly meeting in March and April and noticed about it.
Japanese government issued Emergency Declaration on April 7, and it’ll be effective until May 6. That makes it difficult to expect whether we can have our monthly meeting in May. On the other hand, many wheelchairs have been provided for us by special schools as usual. We are supposed to make the annual plan of sending these wheelchairs and deliver them to overseas children, but we can’t even make the schedule now. Also, our warehouse is filled with wheelchairs since we have been unable to refurbish or send them for two months. Unfortunately it’s not possible for us to accept any more wheelchairs now.
We, like anyone else, have difficulty expecting the future situation. We hope to restart our activities and also accept wheelchairs after things have calmed down. We wish you to stay home and take care of yourselves not to be infected by the virus. We’re looking forward to seeing you again.
April 9, 2020 Hirokazu Morita