Author Archives: kaigaikurumaisu
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
Another news of the Global Citizenship Award.*
The Nishitama weekly paper ran an article of the Global Citizenship Award on March 12, 2021. The article says that the Award was founded in 1985 and that in 2020 three out of ninety-eight organizations applying for the Award have … Continue reading
The ceremony of the Global Citizenship Award.
The ceremony of the Global Citizenship Award held on February 24, 2021 is in the website of the Global Foundation. Click here. Three organizations out of 98 applying for the 2020 Global Citizenship Award won the prize after a fair and … Continue reading
We’ve got the certificate and inventory of the Award.*
The award ceremony of the Global Citizenship Award was held online on February 24. The certificate of the Award and the inventory of the extra prize, two million yen, have been delivered to us. The funds for our activities consist … Continue reading
News of the Global Citizenship Award.
Several newspapers have reported that our NGO received the Global Citizenship Award by the Japan Foundation. The Global Citizenship Award was found in 1985. The Award aims to encourage organizations which collaborate with both Japanese and foreign citizens, exchange wisdom … Continue reading
We have received the 2020 Global Citizenship Award.
We’ve received “the 2020 Japan Foundation Global Citizenship Award“. The Japan Foundation, an individual administrative agency, is the only specialized institution in Japan that has been practicing international cultural exchange all over the world and the Award given by this … Continue reading
The shipping schedule for Thailand is still unfixed.
We had planned to ship 90 wheelchairs for Thailand at the end of March 2021 as the third project in fiscal 2020(April 2020 through March 2021). So, after shipping 180 for Myanmar in October we’ve had mini-meetings for refurbishing wheelchairs … Continue reading