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A wheelchair for a student from Solomon.
On June 2, 2024, we got an inquiry from a student studying at Kyoto University asking whether we could offer a wheelchair for her disabled brother in Solomon Islands(A constitutional monarchy located in Melanesia in the South Pacific. A member … Continue reading
Heart-warming report from Paraguay.
The ship loading 90 wheelchairs for Paraguay departed the port of Tokyo on March 26, 2024(Click here for the loading). Though it was scheduled to get to Asuncion, Paraguay, around May 22, it actually reached a month later, on June … Continue reading
Visiting a Mongolian partner.
So far, we’ve sent children’s wheelchairs to Mongolia twice, 26 units in November 2019, and 25 units in August 2022, which were possible through the introduction of Mr. Saito of Sakura Wheelchair Project. We’re starting Mongolian project since it is … Continue reading
The activity site paved with asphalt.
On April 18, 2024, the asphalt paving of the ground at the Haijima Warehouse, where our NGO bases its activities, was completed. Until now, we had to be careful when cleaning wheelchairs because the ground gets muddy during activities after … Continue reading
A mother visited Thailand.
On October 14, 2023, “a mother” in Toyama prefecture delivered two children’s wheelchairs to my house in Fussa, by driving herself. The wheelchairs had been used by her daughter, who passed away two years before. “I do want to see … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
With the support of many of you, we were able to deliver about 450 wheelchairs to overseas children in 2023. (January – December, 2023) This is all thanks to special schools providung us with wheelchairs and parents bringing us their … Continue reading
Fussa Blues Festival was held.
Under a crisp autumn sky, the annual Blues Concert was held on November 5. The venue for this year’s event was the large parking lot of Maru Fuji supermarket near Higashi Fussa Station on the JR Hachiko Line. The … Continue reading
President Morita was featured in the newspaper.
President Morita was featured in the July 30 Chunichi Shimbun newspaper. The newspaper’s “Who’s Who” section carries the headline “Hirokazu Morita, 64, Continues to Send Children’s Wheelchairs Overseas. (Click the article on the right to enlarge.) The article says how … Continue reading
Interview by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation “TSUNAGARI.”
On July 1, 2023, we were interviewed by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation “TSUBAGARI.” While the group was shown the wheelchairs at our Haijima warehouse, President Morita answered interviews from the foundation members. As a policy partner of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, … Continue reading
We’ve got a racing wheelchair.
On April 5, we got 29 wheelchairs from Saitama Prefectural Kawashima Hibarigaoka Special School. There was a racing wheelchair among them, which weighs 7.2 kg, about half or one third of regular bicycle. The frame is made of aluminum alloy, … Continue reading