The container ship has departed for Malaysia.

  Malaysia is the first country to which our NGO sent children’s wheelchairs in 2004. Mr. Syed, former president of ALEPS, the receiving organization, is now in charge of receiving and distributes wheelchairs.

  Mr. Syed contacted us urgently, asking us to send him wheelchairs for those who have outgrown the first wheelchairs.

  Children with disabilities, like other children, grow fast and they need to exchange their wheelchairs with bigger ones in two or three years. We immediately chose a certain number of wheelchairs from the warehouse and packed them up. We sent them unrefurbished, as Mr. Syed is able to manufacture and refurbish wheelchairs on his own.

  After we loaded them into the container on October 18, the container ship departed Tokyo port on October 21. We expect it to reach the Port Klang, Malaysia, on November 5. This brings the total number of wheelchairs sent to Malaysia from our NGO to 1,658, which is the highest among all the countries to which we have sent our wheelchairs.

Please refer to the graph here for donation results.

November 10, 2023      Secretariat


〇Loading wheelchairs into the container at Hamura city, Tokyo.


After loading, the truck departed for the container yard at Tokyp Port.

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 We had ONE Japan coming to join our meeting.

  On October 22, we had ONE Japan coming to join our meeting besides the regular Sagami Women’s University group, the Vietnamese group, the Ethiopian group, voluntary members, and the staff, 35 in total.    To read more,,,

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 Pleasant working day in autumn.

  On October 8, we had a meeting in the autumnal atmosphere. Light rain around noon didn’t disturb our activity.    To read more,,,

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 A day of activity with a little less heat.

  On September 24, we started a meeting without tarps or tents, since there was a little less heat. The particpants were the big Vietnamese group, regular Sagami Women’s University group, Tama Technical High School group, the Ethiopian group, and general volunteers.    To read more,,,

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 We did refurbishing 10 units despite a little rain.

  On September 10, we had a refurbishing activity. Among the 36 participants were Vietnamese group, Tama Technical High School group, Voluntary members, and members from Tokyo Akishima Chuo Rotary Club, which has been supporting us in various ways.    To read more,,,

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   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 he has been sending children’s wheelchairs overseas for the past 20 years, as he believes it is a waste that they are no longer used despite their high price and usable condition, and that he has also sent them to Ukraine recently.

  It’s also described briefly how he started this activity after being diagnosed with cancer. The newspaper is published mainly in the Tokai district. The introduction of President Morita in areas outside the Tokyo metropolitan area will lead to wider recognition of our activities. The same article also appeared in the Hokuriku edition of the same newspaper, which means that our activities were introduced in an even wider area.

  At the end of the article, Morita says, “I am really happy when I hear stories about going to the zoo or something like that.” The members who are working together share this sentiment. With the support of many people, we would like to continue to deliver as many wheelchairs as possible overseas.

September 13, 2023     Secretariat

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 Report of the third shipment from Ukraine.*

  The third shipment of 215 wheelchairs for Ukraine departed Tokyo port for Hamburg, Germany, on May 31. This all-Japan project, lauched by Japanese journalists, Mr. and Mrs. Kimura, living in London, has been promoted by three organizations donating wheelchairs and marine companies and transport companies.

  The report says 215 units, including 10 walkers, reached the FFU warehouse in Kyiv on July 19, and were unloaded safely. It also says the wheelchairs from our NGO were bound with yellow tape.

  According to Mr. Kimura, the wheelchairs were delivered to Lysychansk Municipal Authority, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. However, Luhansk Oblast, where Lishchanshik is located, is currently under Russian military occupation, and citizens and city employees of Lishchanshik have been evacuated to Kharkiv and Donetsk Oblasts.

  By mid-August, all the wheelchairs and walkers were delivered to hospitals and institutions in the northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv and eastern Donetsk Oblasts. These areas are where many displaced people from Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, which is currently occupied by Russian forces, are living. It was in 2014 that pro-Russian militants attacked homes in Luhansk Oblast. This has forced huge numbers of residents to flee their homes and become internally displaced persons.

  These reports were sent to Mr. Kimura by Karina, the wheelchair project director of Future for Ukraine Foundation (FFU), which receives wheelchairs in Ukraine, and Mr. Kimura translated them into Japanese. The report(all is written in Japanese) is from here.

  We are grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Kimura for going to Ukraine during the war and reporting on the situation of the wheelchairs sent by this All Japan Project.

September 13, 2023       Secretariat

== Wheelchairs in Ukraine (received with this report) ==
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They arrived at the FFU warehouse in Kyiv and were safely unloaded. They are wrapped with plastic packing material and yellow tape indicating that our NGO did the work, and one of them marked “2023-UKR-067”. All 215 wheelchairs were stored in this warehouse.


It seems the wheelchairs are being transshipped from the FFU warehouse in Kyiv to automobiles for delivery to hospitals and facilities in the northeastern Ukrainian oblast of Halkiu and eastern Donetsk.


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 We did refurbishing 10 units despite a little rain.

  On August 27, we had a meeting still in mid-summer heat. There were 16 participants; Vietnamese group, Abebe from Ethiopian group, Tama Technical High School teachers, and voluntary members. Regular Sagami Women’s University group were absent. They joined their local festival instead.    To read more,,,

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 Lively and grand meeting in the middle of Obon.

  On August 13, we had a regular meeting with typhoon No. 7 approaching. It was raining lightly in the morning, but it gradually cleared up.

  There were lots of participants, 31 in total: regular Sagami Women’s University group, Vietnamese group, Ethiopian group, Bike & Camp group, voluntary members, and staff.    To read more,,,

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 We’ve got wheelchairs from Wakabadai Special School.*

  Yokohama Municipal Wakabadai Special School is the only special school with both intellectual and physical disabilities in Yokohama City, consisting of two divisions: the limb disability education division and the intellectual disability education division. The physical disability education division consists of an elementary school, a junior high school, and a high school. Approximately 80 students are enrolled in the school. (From the school’s website)

  This is the second time the school has provided wheelchairs since last August. The number of units is small, but they have been calling on us every year for the past few years.

  We got seven wheelchairs, one buggy-type, and one bath chair on July 27. School teachers and PTA board members helped with school name stickers and loading.

  We had a little extra time to talk with teachers and PTA members. There were questions such as ”Where will you send them?” “How do you decide where to send?” and “How do you send the wheelchairs?” When I answered, “The destination is going to be Ethiopia,” they looked surprised and said, “Wow!” We promised them to deliver the wheelchairs to Ethiopia by the end of FY2023, and then we left the school for our Haijima warehouse with the wheelchairs.

July 31, 2023      Secretariat

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(Left) The school grounds are large, and the building is spacious. Wheelchairs were neatly lined up inside the room.
(Right) All wheelchairs had a large pink piece of paper on them indicating that they would be donated to our NGO.


Front row, from right, Mr. Masujima and Ms. Higo; back row, from right, PTA Chair Kojima and Vice-Chair Fujita.
Thank you for your cooperation.

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