On April 23, we had a mini-meeting with Sagami University group, Vietnamese group, and voluntary members, 27 participants in total. It was a bit chilly in the morning, but gradually it became warmer and a perfect day for the activity. The Vietnamese group had more than 10 participants for the first time in a long time, responding to our request to “gather a large number of people since this is a refurbishing work for Vietnam.”
Abebe, who is from Ethiopia, joined after a long interval. We’d like more Ethiopian people to join from now on.
We also had the participation of wheelchair professionals who provided powerful technical instruction. Their recent guidance seems to have made a big difference in our working level.
We’ve completed 12 wheelchairs for Vietnam, though we aimed at 20 units for the day. Anyway, this brings us 32 units for Vietnam. Our goal is shipping 90 units. We expect to complete it by the end of July at the latest. We’d like to continue the Vietnam project with the cooperation of many of you.
In addition, we packed four walkers for Ukraine, preparing 54 units for Ukraine in total. It’ll be a three-organization cooperative shipment; we plan to ship to Ukraine in May.
April 25, 2023 Secretariat
(Left) Routine before work: checking temperature, disinfection with alcohol, and filling in names and contact numbers.
(Right) Many experienced participants began working immediately.
(Left) Regular voluntary member, Saito, joining us only in the morning, but working politely and carefully.
(Right) Ethiopian member, Abebe, working on wheelchairs right away as he knows a lot about the work.
Vietnamese group. We’re glad to have many members today!
(Left) Sagami Women’s Uni group, doing packing.
(Right) A member of Vietnamese group working with Sagami Women’s Uni group. International exchange, isn’t it?
(Left) Mr. M, who brought us a wheelchair in February, brought another one. A staff member received it on behalf of the president. Thank you very much.
(Right) Walkers for Ukraine.
Lunchtime.
Thank you, everyone. We’d like you to join us next month again!