On December 20, we had the last mini-meeting of 2020. The participants were five members from Sagami Women’s University group and a few voluntary members.
What we did first was tidy up our new warehouse, which was full of wheelchairs, around 200. There was no room for new wheelchairs and it’s necessary to keep everything in order. We put all the wheelchairs out and divided them into three groups according to their condition. Then we put them back into the warehouse keeping in mind that we make good use of space inside.
We also set various tools we use for cleaning and refurbishing in order and put them in boxes with stickers on them so that we could tell what tools are in each box.
We did usual refurbishing work as well and finished cleaning eight wheelchairs. In order to realize our present goal of sending 90 wheelchairs to Thailand, we continue our activities in mini-meetings in 2021, too.
The following is how the activity went today.
Putting wheelchairs out and dividing them into groups according to their condition.
(Left) Making space inside to keep wheelchairs and tools in order.
(Right) Putting wheelchairs back into the warehouse.
Each wheelchair is built for its particular user and some of them have their own shape, but it’s not easy for the overseas partner to find children suited to such wheelchairs. So we make them into regular-type wheelchairs before sending abroad, cutting sponge in the cushion for example.
(Left) Many tools are assorted and put into boxes with stickers on them.
(Right) Lunchtime in the warm sunlight.
Thank you for joining today, everyone.
It’s been a hard year with the new corona virus and moving to the new warehouse, but thanks to your support we’ve been able to hold mini-meetings and carry on our activity of refurbishing wheelchairs. We’d like to thank you with all our heart.
We wish everyone a Happy New Year!