Malaysia is the first country to which our NGO sent children’s wheelchairs in 2004. Mr. Syed, former president of ALEPS, the receiving organization, is now in charge of receiving and distributes wheelchairs.
Mr. Syed contacted us urgently, asking us to send him wheelchairs for those who have outgrown the first wheelchairs.
Children with disabilities, like other children, grow fast and they need to exchange their wheelchairs with bigger ones in two or three years. We immediately chose a certain number of wheelchairs from the warehouse and packed them up. We sent them unrefurbished, as Mr. Syed is able to manufacture and refurbish wheelchairs on his own.
After we loaded them into the container on October 18, the container ship departed Tokyo port on October 21. We expect it to reach the Port Klang, Malaysia, on November 5. This brings the total number of wheelchairs sent to Malaysia from our NGO to 1,658, which is the highest among all the countries to which we have sent our wheelchairs.
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November 10, 2023 Secretariat
〇Loading wheelchairs into the container at Hamura city, Tokyo.
After loading, the truck departed for the container yard at Tokyp Port.