Relief Bazaar for the refugees

Relief Bazaar for the refugees

Date: Thursday, May 18, 2023 Venue: Minato City Life-long Learning Center

Following the 1^st Relief Bazaar in 2022, we held a 2^nd Relief bazaar on May 2023. It was planned for two days, but due to bad weather, we held it only a day of the 18^th. We would like to thank all the new UMA members and other members who joined us, for their time-consuming cooperation in the laborious preparation and removal of the booth.

　We had a lot of donated bazaar items to sell.  With salespersons good will, we were able to sell more than we expected. But maybe because of the high temperature of 30c degree, we could not sell much of the cloths. Over all, it was fun to sell things for fundraising. We successfully were able to raise almost the same amount as last year.

　However, we wish we had more people to stop by.  We would like to find way to gather more people for bazaar next year.

　We are planning to make a donation to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from Minato-ku Festival on October 7and 8^th and Festiballoon on October 19 and 20th, in addition to the Refugee Bazaar on May 18.  There are many refugees having very hard time from wars, conflicts, and natural disasters around the world. We sincerely hope that our donation would reach those people and help them in some way.

I’d like to reiterate our hearty thanks to the MUA secretariat and members, the related Balloon staff and security persons. Their cooperation helped to realize the relief bazaar.

(Written by ISOBE T., Vice President, and translated by KODAMA T)