The mini-meeting originally scheduled for May 14 was cancelled for volunteers because rain was forecast the day before.
Instead, the staff members did cleaning, refurbishing, and packing six wheelchairs for Ukraine. Thus the third shipment of 61 units to Ukraine was ready and loaded into the container on May 18.
Meanwhile, the number of units for Vietnam, which is in line with our donation plan, remained at 33. So we held an extra mini-meeting on May 21 to increase the number for Vietnam as much as possible.
Due to the sudden scheduling, we had only six people on the day: one from Sagami Women’s University, one general volunteer, and four staff members. Although it was a small group, we finished cleaning, refurbishing, and packing 9 units for Vietnam.
Now 42 units have been completed for Vietnam; we plan to finish the remaining 50 or so at the June and July mini-meetings, and ship 90 wheelchairs to Vietnam by the end of July!
May 23, 2023 Secretariat
(Left) A Sagami Women’s Uni member and a volunteer working together.
(Right) A staff member working on refurbishing.
(Left) Another staff member working on details.
(Right) Final checking before packing.
Our goal is always “as good as new!”
We enjoyed delicious lunch together.
Thank you, everyone, for joining today.