{"id":70,"date":"2018-02-18T12:25:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T03:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tondeke.org\/en\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2020-04-24T05:54:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T20:54:12","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tondeke.org\/en\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History & Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

1998\/05
\nEstablished \u201cGo! Fly! Wheelchairs\u201d as a volunteer group<\/p>\n

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1998\/05\/20: The first wheelchairs, packed and ready for delivery<\/p>\n

1999\/01
\nAwarded the Yomiuri Shinbun 99North Living Encouragement Prize<\/p>\n

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1999\/01: First study tour to Philippines. Visited Smokey Mountain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2000\/04
\nInvited Dr. My Hien of Peace Village Hanoi for seminars
\nGrant awarded by the Nippon Foundation
\n2000\/06
\nAuthorized as NPO (Non Profit Organization)<\/p>\n

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Our wheelchair storage facility in the early days<\/p>\n

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2002\/02: Go! Fly! had a room for wheelchair repair and distribution at the Disabled People’s International (DPI)<\/a> meeting in Sapporo. The photo was taken at a forum prior to the event.<\/p>\n

2002\/06
\nAwarded 1st Partnership Grand Prize “Hakobi ai netto” with Sapporo Express Co., Ltd<\/a><\/p>\n

2004\/01
\nReceived Hokkaido Public Welfare Promotion Award<\/p>\n

2005\/05
\nReleased VHS\/DVD “Go! Fly! Wheelchairs”
\nGrant awarded by the Toyota Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

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2005\/05 – 1000th wheelchair delivered to Peru<\/p>\n

2006\/01
\nCooperation with The Ajinomoto Foundation<\/a> – “Ashitanomoto One Click Fund-Raising”
\n2006\/05
\nHeld a seminar for persons with disabilities in Uzbekistan
\n2006\/12
\nPublished an English language pamphlet and homepage<\/p>\n

2007\/11
\nHeld a “Japanese-Thai Forum for People with Disabilities” in Bangkok, Thailand<\/p>\n

2008\/01
\n“Go!Fly!” Photographic exhibit in Asahikawa and Hakodate
\n2008\/05
\nCelebrated the Tenth Anniversary of the establishment of Go!Fly!
\nPublished a book: “From Hand to Hand: Go!Fly! Wheelchairs, 1600 Chairs of Smiling Faces”<\/a>
\n2008\/08
\nHeld a combined exhibit of photographs from Go!Fly! and original drawings of Noriko Takata at Sapporo Kinokuniya Gallery
\n2008\/10
\nLectures given by Mr. Khandaker Jahurul Alam in Sapporo and Hakodate<\/p>\n

2009\/06
\nReceived the “Sapporo Environment Award” (Recycling category) from the mayor of Sapporo city
\n2009\/12
\nReceived “Kamenori Award” from The Kamenori Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2010\/07
\nAuthorized as an Authorized NPO (period: 2010\/07\/01 \u2013 2015\/06\/30).
\n2010\/09
\nWheelchair summit in Niseko (Akiyama Life Science Foundation<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2011\/08
\n2000th wheelchair<\/a> is carried to Vietnam (via Hokkaido International Exchange and Cooperation Center<\/a>-funded high-school students)<\/p>\n

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2011\/08 – 2000th wheelchair delivered to Vietnam (see more here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2013\/01
\nWheelchair forum held in Hanoi, Vietnam<\/p>\n

2014\/03
\nGuidebook to bus riding for wheelchair users produced (with Taiyo Life Welfare Foundation<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2015\/12
\nGo!Fly! wins the Yomiuri welfare culture prize<\/a><\/p>\n

2017\/01
\nFund established with JICA foundation<\/a> to teach wheelchair maintenance to handicapped persons (ready for donation)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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