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〇 Happy New Year!
Our NGO sent seven hundred seventy-nine wheelchairs to eight countries last year. It’s all thanks to our supporters and people who take part in our activities that we made it. From the very beginning, we promoted our work from different … Continue reading
Ambassador of Ethiopia tried kimono.
On December 25, I invited Mr. CHAM Ugala Uriat, Ambassador of Ethiopia, to my costume store. Mr. and Mrs. ambassador came with their children, the minister and the secretary. Mr. Abeba, a member of our NPO, played an important role … Continue reading
The annual Fussa Blues Festival was held.
Fussa Blues Festival was held today, and a lot of people came in spite of the rain. I cooked Ethiopian curry for fifty people with Mr. Abebe and it was sold out in the morning. I was pleasantly surprised that … Continue reading
At the Paraguay Festival
Oct. 7, I went to “Paraguay Festival,” an event held annually at Hikarigaoka Park, in my neighborhood. It was a hot day, but there were lots of people joining the festival. I visited the guests’ seats to find Mr. Toyotoshi, … Continue reading
We held an exhibition of drawings from overseas children.
More than 250 drawings from 10 countries were sent to us by request of our late director, Mr. Katano, who had asked overseas children on wheelchairs to show how they felt by drawing a picture. We held an exhibition of … Continue reading
One of our wheelchairs was delivered to Albania.
Mr. and Mrs. Iida, who are residents of Germany, visited me the other day, asking for a wheelchair for their Albanian friends’ child. I sent one of our wheelchairs to Iida’s family home in Kanagawa, and the wheelchair was delivered … Continue reading
Mr. KATANO, our chief director, passed away on June 20.
Message of Condolence from the president, Hirokazu Morita Mr. Katano made every effort to promote our activities for 15 years from the very beginning. With his broad overseas network, he kept catching contact with foreign partners and negotiating with the … Continue reading
We need a lot more wheelchairs!
We are really grateful that our organization has been supported by various kinds of people and groups. With the help of special schools in the Tokyo metropolitan area we have been delivering about 7,000 wheelchairs for children to 23 … Continue reading
Mr. Ikeda has made a successful ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Mr. Ikeda joined our monthly activity in May, 2017.(see the article in Japanese) Mr. Ikeda has succeeded in the ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, and he also delivered a wheelchair from our NGO to a boy … Continue reading
The two children who received wheelchairs in India.
We sent 90 wheelchairs to JAN VIKAS SAMITI (JVS), a welfare association for the disabled in India, in October, 2016. JVS has sent us a report on the project, in which they introduced two children on wheelchairs. The excerpts of … Continue reading