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 each wheelchair. With the help of PTA members and teachers, it took much less time than expected to finish putting stickers and loading the truck with 36 wheelchairs.
  We told them we’d send their wheelchairs to Thailand, and they offered to prepare wheelchairs for us again as they collect such wheelchairs once in two years, hoping their wheelchairs would be of help to children in Thailand.

  We’d like to express our thanks to PTA members and teachers of Matsudo Special School.

May 19, 2021　 Secretariat

(Left  )PTA members and teachers helping us putting stickers on each wheelchair.
(Right)They also helped us by moving wheelchairs one by one for stickers and carrying them out to the place for loading.

Loading wheelchairs into the truck in the rain.

With a big call, “To Thailand!”
In spite of the rain, it was a heart-warming visit with a great help of people there.

  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 8, Mr. Inagaki, who’s been doing nursing support and child support as an advisor at SO company, came over to deliver wheelchairs with his wife. He has often brought us wheelchairs which aren’t used anymore for various reasons in his workplace.
  We’re likely to get another wheelchairs from special schools from now on, so we’ll be able to collect about one hundred wheelchairs in the period from April through May. We really appreciate it.

May 10, 2021    Secretariat

The wheelchairs we’ve got was nine in total.

The logo of SO Company.

  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.
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  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 won the prize. It also shows how we have been doing our activities and that Mr. Morita, our president, started sending wheelchairs to overseas children after miraculous recovery from cancer.

  Mr. Morita expresses his determination by saying, “My life is a saved one. I’d like to promote social contribution and international exchange to show my gratitude.”

March 31, 2021    Secretariat

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(Right) Mr. Morita and Tanabe brothers, who’re Fussa residents and have been supporting our activities. The center is Hidehisa Tanabe, elder brother, and the left is Naohisa Tanabe, younger one.
(Left) Refurbishing wheelchairs.

  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 strict judgment and in the ceremony the reasons for the awarded organizations are presented. There are also moving pictures of the activities of each organization and delighted comments by the three representatives.

  Our president, Mr. Morita, expresses his gratitude and determination by saying, “It’s all thanks to lots of support that we’ve been able to continue delivering wheelchairs to overseas children for 17 years. There are not only Japanese volunteers but plenty of foreign residents in Japan joining and supporting our activities, which is great help to us. We’ll keep on working from now on, longing for children in the next generation to live with dignity and enjoy freedom.”

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March 22, 2021 Secretariat

  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 of every member’s annual fees, donations and subsidies, which would be said goodwill of many people. The extra prize of the Award has meant a great support to us. Although we’re still under the corona crisis, we’d like to make the best use of the prize so that we can deliver as many wheelchairs as possible to overseas children.

March  4,  2021    Hirokazu Morita

certificate	inventory

  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 and ideas with them, and think together.(from the website of the Japan Foundation)

  As for the year 2020, nearly one hundred organizations applied for the Award and we were selected one of the three winners after a strict and fair judgment.

  Since the announcement of the prize winners by the Japan Foundation on February 4, we’ve got applications for news coverage by the press. In answering their questions, our president, Mr. Morita, said, “It’s all thanks to our supporters who have helped us for a long time that we’ve got this great award. Let me express my gratitude to all of them. I’d like to deliver as many wheelchairs as we can to overseas children from now on.”

Our sincere appreciation for your support on our activities.

March 6, 2021     Secretariat

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