2020 Chubu Walkathon

Provides a home for children who come from families with difficult circumstances.

 ￥300,000 is donated to purchase iPads for the children to use for online classes and learning.

Provides a home for visually challenged children who come from families with difficult circumstances.

￥200,000 is donated to replace bedclothes that are worn or damaged over time.

Provide funding and support for projects that empower, educate and inspire children residing in foster homes in the chubu area.         

￥1,250,000 is donated to a scholarship program for students living at children's homes.

Provides hot-line service for youth up to 18 years of age.

￥250,000 was provided to purchase circulators and fans to prevent the spread of infection, as well as wifi and a computer for online counseling service.

Public interest incorporated foundation, Nagoya YMCA (Nagoya) provides various activities for youth and children with disabilities. 

￥300,000 was provided to subsidize travel expenses for children from needy families to participate in a 5-day YMCA Summer Camp at Hiwadakogen camping ground in Gifu.

Provides after-school day-care service including weekend and extended holidays, family support, and learning support for children with a developmental disability.

￥250,000 is donated to hold monthly workshops teaching independence (ex: how to handle money by simulating café staff, etc.) for children and young adults with developmental disorders, in cooperation with local people.

Asunaro runs Café Asunaro where mentally and physically challenged persons are able to work and interact with the local community.

￥100,000 was provided to renovate a vacant café and hold community-based activities for people with disabilities, mothers raising children, and elderly people.

Provide child-rearing support, offer consultation and assistance services, hold lectures, operate 2 public nursery schools, and a support office for children with developmental disabilities.

￥300,000 was provided to hold online consultations/feedback from Global Autism Solutions to improve staff's support skills for children with developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Social Welfare Corporation Nagoya Tewo Tsunagu Ikuseikai (Nagoya) holds recreation activities, fund-raising activities, and make policy proposals led by people with mental disabilities.

￥100,000 was provided to purchase a laptop computer to create newsletters.

Provides day care service, short-term care service, home help service, transportation service, and counseling services for severe mentally and physically handicapped children and people.

￥200,000 was provided to purchase roller shades to aid in the prevention of epileptic seizures.

Supports the mentally and physically challenged, and provides welfare programs for the elderly.

￥100,000 was provided to purchase an air cleaner which is effective for removing viruses from the Yutaka workplace where people with disabilities work.

Provides a workplace for the mentally and physically challenged who cannot sustain regular employment, and offers training courses and transition support for people with disabilities who hope to work for ordinary businesses.

￥100,000 was provided to purchase an air cleaner, which has extra sterilizing functions for infectious diseases, to protect staff in the workplace for people with disabilities.

Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Make-A-Wish of Japan Nagoya Branch (Nagoya) helps to make dreams come true for children fighting a serious illness. 

￥350,000 is donated to make the hospital rooms of children, who dreamed of going to Tokyo Disney Resort, into the world of Disney.

Supports activities of the Japan Marrow Donor Program and conducts public awareness activities. Provides comprehensive support for blood diseases patients and their families.

￥200,000 was provided to create original T-shirts for patients who are unable to go out due to COVID-19, their families, and supporters to deepen their bonds by wearing the same T-shirts at the online meeting.

Supports homeless and impoverished people living in the Chubu area and publicize their activities.

￥350,000 was donated to provide food and supplies to the homeless in the Chubu area.

Provides telephone and e-mail counseling services for the prevention of child abuse, shelter services for mothers and children, workshops for municipal officials, and public lectures.

￥500,000 was provided to help operate a shelter for domestic and sexual violence victims.

Runs a shelter for domestic violence victims, provides a telephone hotline, lawyer referrals, and other support to build new lives. 

￥500,000 yen was provided to help operate a shelter and a rehab facility for victims of domestic and sexual violence.

Has supported refugees and international students from Asia and Africa for over 30 years and has operated, for over 10 years, a short-term lodging shelter for foreign workers who have been displaced.

￥200,000 was provided to accept and assist with temporary lodging at the temple for Vietnamese workers who wish to return to Vietnam having been laid off due to COVID-19 and losing their place to live.

Working to further develop and improve activities by NGOs in order to create a peaceful and an equal society made up of "global citizens" based mainly in the Chubu region.

￥150,000 was provided to hold a 3-day online workshop to promote volunteer activities of NPO/NGO in the Chubu area to overcome a shortage of volunteers.

Social Welfare Corporation Japan Service Dog Association (Nagakute) trains service dogs to help people with physical disabilities live independently with the aid service dogs. 

Supports animal-assisted activity and animal therapy as community public-interest activities.

￥300,000 was provided to purchase equipment and expand the shared server to hold webinars, in order to shift the events from in-person to online.