2024 Chubu Walkathon

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

￥100,000 is donated to purchase bookstore gift cards as Christmas gifts.

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

￥2,200,000 is donated to a scholarship program for students living at children's homes.

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 donated for a strawberry-picking excursion to Minami-Chita for children with mental challenges and their families to connect with other families.

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

￥200,000 was provided to cover and/or subsidize travel expenses for children from needy families to participate in a 5-day YMCA Summer Camp in 2024.

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

￥300,000 was donated to purchase emergency supplies, to conduct emergency drills for children with developmental disabilities and other difficult circumstances, and to help foster in the children an awareness for the need to protect themselves.

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

￥300,000 was donated to purchase electrical appliances necessary to prepare for the operation of a shared house with living support to allow people with intellectual disabilities.

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

￥250,000 was donated to purchase medical goods and storage batteries to help children with severe mental and physical disabilities to nurture their sensitivity, and solve one of their current issues with batteries for their medical equipment in order to expand the variety of places and times for children with breathing apparatuses to go out of the facility and develop their social skills.

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.

￥300,000 was donated for renovation of restrooms to help improve the quality of life for the users, help prevent epileptic seizures induced by constipation, and reduce the burden on staff related to toilet assistance for elderly users.

Yutaka Workshop, operated by Social Welfare Corporation Yutaka Fukushi Kai, provides a place for people with difficulties to work, including food service processing, sewing work, and light work.

￥200,000 was donated to purchase wheelchair scales to improve the health management and training for users whose disabilities are becoming more severe as they age, and to reduce the burden on caregivers. 

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

￥500,000 was donated to cover travel expenses for “Disney Wishes” of children and their families to Tokyo Disney Resort.

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

￥350,000 was donated to redesign their website to be compatible for smartphones to improve communication and promotional activities as well as make it easier to collect donations via the website.

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.

￥700,000 was donated to help continue to operate a shelter mainly for women and children who are victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault.

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

￥700,000 yen was donated to help continue operating a shelter as a temporary refuge for victims of domestic and/or sexual violence, as well as a foster-house for medium/long-term support for starting a new life.

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 donated to purchase disaster prevention equipment which will help staff members conduct disaster drills and raise disaster awareness, creating a safer environment for physically challenged users as well dogs and cats.