On March 1, 2022, we did loading work for Paraguay in the presence of the Paraguayan Ambassador to Japan and Akishima Chuo Rotary Club members, who have supported this Paraguay project. The detail is from here.
The ship with 90 wheelchairs left Tokyo Port on March 8, expected to reach Paraguay around May 3. Our long-term supporter, Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. (ONE), offered free marine transport as usual, to which the Ambassador of Paraguay expressed his gratitude. We’d like to say thanks to their continuous support too.
This time we’re sending wheelchairs to our new partner, the Asunción Villa Morra Lions Club, which manages various medical institutions, such as pediatrics and ophthalmology, and moving clinics as well. The number of wheelchairs donated to Paraguay so far is to be 602, and the total number of wheelchairs donated to overseas children from our NGO is to be 9022, topping the nine thousand mark. The donation graph is from here.
We started this project by cleaning and refurbishing the first few wheelchairs in November 2020. It has taken a year and a half since then to deliver all 90 wheelchairs to Paraguay. We’re glad to send them under the limited situation with the corona crisis. It is thanks to the support of many people, companies, and groups that we were able to carry out the project. We’re really grateful to your support.
March 22, 2022 Secretariat