On October 15, we had a meeting with 15 MFS Investment Management K.K. employees, to whom President Morita had introduced the activities of our NGO through Zoom on September 14. At that time, they offered to participate not only in study but also in the actual activity, and we made it after a month. Since the recent new corona infections were less than 5,000, we thought it OK to hold a meeting.
Before starting to work, Mr. Morita thanked them for joining the activity as well as supporting our NGO so far. Then a staff member told them that the activity would be focused on cleaning and that they would work in pairs aiming to finish cleaning one wheelchair in the morning and another in the afternoon.
The MFS Investment Management members worked so hard, hard enough to ask us for better tools for cleaning. Some of them even tried to remove wheels so as to do the perfect cleaning. It seems they had difficulty restoring the wheelchair, but they polished it completely. Mold on used wheelchairs is another problem, but we can manage it using mold remover and a steam cleaner. One of the members, having used the steam cleaner, was good at removing stubborn mold. Perfect!
On this day, 10 units were finished for cleaning. The high level of cleaning was done thanks to their careful efforts such as removing wheels and getting rid of mold with a steam cleaner. Thank you, everyone!
October 17, 2022 Secretariat
(Left)President Morita, expressing thanks to the participants.
(Right)A staff member, explaining about the activity with a cleaning manual.
Working in pairs. Everyone is wearing matching T-shirts, which they wear when volunteering.
Putting the company stickers they had prepared on all the wheelchairs when finishing cleaning.
(Left)The fruit of their effort.
“It takes a lot more time than expected,” said someone.
(Right)A bit crowded, but it seemed fun to have lunch outdoors.
Thank you for joining.
There was a request of another opportunity. We look forward to it as well.