2014 Chubu Walkathon

Washinkan Children's Home (Nagoya) Washinkan Children's Home runs a home for children who come from families with difficult circumstances. 500,000 yen was donated for their annual ski trip. Staying at the same inn every year helps the students feel like they have another home-town.

Yoneyama Ryo Petit Village (Okazaki) Yoneyama Ryo Petit Village provides homes for children with impaired vision and children who come from families with difficult circumstances. 200,000 yen was donated for supporting expenses of a trip for children who have limited living environment and experience.

Nanzan Ryo (Nagoya) Nanzan Ryo (Nagoya) provides a home for children who come from families with difficult circumstances. 300,000 yen was donated to support expenses of a two-day ski trip for junior and senior high school students.

NPO CAPNA (Nagoya) NPO CAPNA (Child Abuse Prevention Network Aichi) (Nagoya) provides a wide variety of activities to prevent child abuse such as a hotline service, education activities and shelter for mothers and children who have suffered from domestic violence. 200,000 yen was donated to cover printing costs of a hot-line service leaflet to spread awareness of child abuse prevention.

NPO Childline Aichi (Nagoya) NPO Childline Aichi (Nagoya) provides the telephone hotline service for young people up to 18 years of age. 200,000yen was donated for supporting expenses of an annual open seminar and a training session.

NPO Fureai Nagoya (Nagoya) NPO Fureai Nagoya (Nagoya) provides day care service, home assistance service and Counseling and Support service for severely challenged children. 300,000 yen was donated to purchase welfare equipment selected by the physical therapist.

Yotsuba no Kai (Okazaki) Yotsuba no Kai (Okazaki) provides a workplace and home-help service for the mentally and physically challenged. 200,000 yen was donated to help purchase a cold table for the cafe where they work

Nagoya Te o Tsunagu Ikuseikai (Nagoya) Nagoya Te o Tsunagu Ikuseikai (Nagoya) provides support for people with mental disabilities to become more self-reliant and get them involved in social activities. They hope to improve the social welfare system and develop more social awareness and support from the community so that people with disabilities are able to have as normal a life as possible and become contributing members to society. 400,000yen was donated for supporting leisure activities for the mentally challenged.

Support 2 (Nagoya) Support 2 (Nagoya) provides support for severely challenged people in this community. 200,000 yen was donated to support expenses of a 3-day trip to Hokkaido.

Work Center Friends Hoshizaki (Nagoya) Work Center Friends Hoshizaki (Nagoya) provides a work-place for people who are mentally and physically challenged and who cannot sustain regular employment. 200,000 yen was donated for supporting expenses of repair and improvement work of their workplace in order to offer a new training course and transition support for employment.

Yutaka Fukushi Kai (Nagoya) Yutaka Fukushi Kai (Nagoya) provides workplaces, group homes, home help services and recreational programs for the mentally and physically challenged. 300,000 yen was donated for supporting construction costs of a new group home for wheelchair users.

Shirasagi Fukushien (Tsushima) Shirasagi Fukushien (Tsushima) provides a workplace, recreational programs and group homes for the mentally challenged. 200,000 yen was donated to support the expenses of an annual one-day trip.

Safuran Seikatsuen (Nagoya) Safuran Seikatsuen (Nagoya) provides a workplace and recreational programs for the mentally challenged. They make and sell cookies and hand-made postcards, mats and textiles, and collecting cans and paper for recycling. 150,000 yen was donated for supporting expenses of an annual day trip.

NPO Ami no kai (Nagoya) NPO Ami no kai (Nagoya) operates day-care facilities and a home help services for the mentally and physically challenged. 250,000yen was donated for supporting expenses of two-day trip to participate in the Iida Puppet Festival.

Nagoya Christian Center Shakaikan (Nagoya) Nagoya Christian Center Shakaikan (Nagoya) runs care centers for the young, elderly and the mentally and physically challenged. 300,000 yen was donated for supporting expenses of installation of fire sprinkler system for the safety of a care home for the severely challenged people.

Nagoya YMCA (Nagoya) Nagoya YMCA (Nagoya) organizes a number of charity activities and supports educational programs for children through their "Challenged Children Program". 100,000 yen was donated to support " The 21st Nagoya YMCA International Charity Run " which raised funds designated for the challenged children programs.

NPO Kaze no Kai (Nagoya) NPO Kaze no Kai (Nagoya) provides day care service and home help services for the severely challenged. 200,000 yen was donated to support expenses of a one-day trip, a luncheon at a hotel and purchase of karaoke equipment as part of their activity program.

Aichi Marrow Donor Program Support Association (Nagoya) Aichi Marrow Donor Program Support Association (Nagoya) supports patients with life-threatening blood diseases, their families and donors in this area. 300,000yen was donated for supporting expenses of a promotional event and a seminar for high-school students and patients.

Make a Wish Japan Make a Wish Japan helps children with incurable diseases between 3-18 years of age make their “wish” or dream come true. One of the most popular wishes children have is a trip to Disneyland, and 500,000 yen was donated to support expenses of Tokyo Disney Resort Passports and accommodation for the children and their families.

NPO JAPAN HIV Center Chubu (Nagoya) NPO JAPAN HIV Center Chubu (Nagoya) counsels and supports HIV patients and provides workshops to educate people. 200,000 yen was donated for caring and supporting for PHIV, and creating a website
of HIV test reservation in English.
http://www.npo-jhc.com/sakae-kensa/en/

Sasashima Christian Association (Nagoya) Sasashima Christian Association provides food and offers free welfare benefits and health consultations to homeless people in the Chubu area. 400,000 yen was donated to purchase food and supplies for the homeless.

Friends of The Sisters (Nagoya) Friends of The Sisters supports the sisters who provide foods to the homeless people of the Chubu area. 200,000 yen was donated to help provide much needed food supplies.

Japan Service Dog Association (Nagakute) Japan Service Dog Association trains and promotes service dogs to help people with challenged physical disabilities live independently. 240,000 yen was donated for supporting travel expenses to find new, possible candidate dogs.

Nagoya NGO Center (Nagoya) Nagoya NGO Center supports NGOs in Nagoya and provides educational courses for NGO staff. 300,000 yen was donated to support a half year training course "Community college 2014- develop next-generation's NGO".

Boramimiyori JohoKyoku (Nagoya) Boramimiyori JohoKyoku provides information on various opportunities for volunteer work. 150,000 yen was donated for supporting publishing expenses of a new brochure to promote the volunteer matching site "Mimi Line".

Meguriai-no-kai (Nagoya) Meguriai-no-kai is a group of people who fled the Fukushima region after the Fukushima crisis. They hold networking events several times a year to avoid isolation and make a more comfortable life environment here. 220,000yen was donated for supporting expenses of an annual two-day family summer camp.