Ms. Tomoko Miura
Comments from Sagami Women’s College senior students:(They graduated from college this March.)
I joined this activity for the first time in April, 2012. Since then I’ve never failed to attend monthly meetings. At first I knew nothing about wheelchairs or the situation of children’s wheelchairs both in Japan and abroad, but each time I took part in a monthly meeting or visiting schools for disabled children I learned something new to me.
Through this activity over the past two years, I felt that this project has an important role of delivering the thoughts of children who offered their wheelchairs to foreign countries by means of the wheelchairs cleaned and fixed by us. When I visited Thailand to deliver wheelchairs, I was moved to see the children smiling on the wheelchairs and their families also smiling with them. I really felt it was a good opportunity for me to join this activity.
I hope more and more children both in Japan and abroad will smile happily through wheelchairs.
Ms. Yamaguchi
I’ve had opportunities to meet various kinds of people through this activity over the past
two years. I’ve also had some experiences which I would never have had in college. I really appreciate the NPO and our teacher giving me such opportunities. In the activity, many people work together to make a wheelchair complete and even a single wheelchair can change a life of a child. I am happy to have been one of them. Thank you.
（タイ身体障害者協会での贈呈式で。最上段左端が三浦さん、3番目が山口さん）
Ms. Maika Suzuno
I’ve had precious experiences such as collecting and repairing wheelchairs for the past two years. At monthly meetings I had a good time working with this NPO members or students from other colleges. At first I felt uneasy about the work, but the regular members taught me how to work on wheelchairs in a gentle manner.
I visited Thailand and delivered wheelchairs to children there. I was filled with the sense of achievement when I saw children’s smiles and their families’ joy. I was really glad that I was of a little help for them.
（タイ贈呈式で鈴野舞香さん）
Ms. Miki Takagi
Through this activity I’ve had opportunities to meet various people I wouldn’t have a chance to meet in college. It was good to meet people from abroad, too. I learned a lot about foreign food, culture, and even their circumstances.
When I visited Thailand to deliver wheelchairs to children there, I was really moved to hear the word, “Thank you” by the children and their families directly.
（定例活動日での高城美樹さん）