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175 wheelchairs left Tokyo port for Thai RICD.*
The ship loaded with 175 wheelchairs left Tokyo port at 16:30, July 20, for our new overseas partner, Rajanagarindra Institute of Child Development, RICD, in Thailand. As for RICD, we had received a request to send them children’s wheelchairs from … Continue reading
State of emergency issued for the fourth time.
The 3rd state of emergency for Covid-19 was cancelled on June 20 and we’ve had a mini-meeting twice since then. However, the fourth state of emergency was issued on July 12 and it’s on effect through August 22. We’ve decided … Continue reading
Mini-meeting just before the 4th state of emergency.*
On July 10, though it was announced that the 4th state of emergency would be issued on July 12, we had a mini-meeting as we had planned. We naturally took strong measures against the new corona virus infection. There were … Continue reading
We had a mini-meeting after a long interval.*
On July 4, we had a mini-meeting with great care of preventing the new corona infection. We held the meeting after a long interval as the state of emergency was released on Jun 20. It rained on and off all … Continue reading
We issued the 2020 activity and annual reports.*
We held an annual meeting on June 20(Sun). The annual report and 2021 activity plan were approved. The detail(written in Japanese) is from here.
State of emergency cancelled.
The state of emergency for Covid-19 was cancelled in nine prefectures on June 20, but seven prefectures including Tokyo have been under the priority measures preventing prevalence. Although these measures are mainly for restaurants and diners, corona virus infection is … Continue reading
We’ve got wheelchairs from Matsudo Special School.*
On May 19, we went to Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Special School to get 36 wheelchairs. Ms. Matsudo, chair of the PTA, showed us around the spacious school building. We put stickers of the school name and wheelchair management number on … Continue reading
We’ve got wheelchairs from SO Company.*
The state of emergency for COVID-19 has been postponed until the end of May and the number of infected people is still increasing. Even though we’re in a difficult situation, we are glad to get some wheelchairs again. On May … Continue reading
We’ve got wheelchairs from NGO Saboten-no-Hana.
On May 1, 2021, Ms. Yamanaka, representative director of NGO Saboten-no-Hana in Aichi prefecture, came over to my house to deliver six wheelchairs, driving for several hours by herself. NGO Saboten-no-Hana, which Ms. Yamanaka founded, is a multi-role facilities supporting … Continue reading
We had a mini-meeting after a long interval.*
As the state of emergency for COVID-19, issued on January 7, 2021, was lifted on March 21, we had a mini-meeting on April 11, after a long interval. The participants were Sagami Women’s University group and Vietnamese group. To read … Continue reading