We have been holding small meetings with around ten participants on the second and fourth Sunday since the corona crisis. We have also limited to regular members, Sagami Women’s University group and Vietnamese group. At the meetings, we have taken strong measures against infection and recorded all the participants’ contact numbers in case.
However, the eighth wave appeared in October, and the infected number has been increasing since then. So, we have made a new standard of holding our refurbishing meetings, which is based on the new infected numbers in Tokyo two days before the meeting.
(1) Less than 5,000: Sagami Women’s Uni and Vietnamese groups plus staff.
(2) 5,000 ~ 10,000: Sagami Women’s Uni or Vietnamese group plus staff.
(3) More than 10,000: only staff members (no voluntary people).
On November 11, the new infected number in Tokyo was fewer than 8,000, so on Nov. 13, we decided to have a meeting only with Vietnamese group and staff. On Nov. 25, it was nearly 13,000, so we had a meeting only with staff members on Nov. 27.
As for the meeting on Nov. 17, we finished refurbishing ten wheelchairs for Ukraine as it was requested to the president Morita. We’re planning to pack those ten units on December 11 and ship them for Ukraine within December (the receiver this time is Future For Ukraine, FFU, different from the previous one).
There still seems to be confusion in marine transport and freight charges are on the rise. Though we are not sure if we can even confirm the dates of shipping, we hope our wheelchairs will reach children under the flames of war in Ukraine.
December 5, 2022 Secretariat
Ten wheelchairs ready to be packed for Ukraine.