(HEAD OFFICE: SUITA CITY, OSAKA PREFECTURE; CEO: KIICHIRO FUKAI; HEREINAFTER "TAKUMIBA"), WHICH OPERATES TAKUMIBA, A WORKSHOP SPECIALIZING IN STRETCH PANTS MADE IN JAPAN, AND SITATERU CO. (HEAD OFFICE: SUITA CITY, OSAKA; REPRESENTATIVE: KIICHIRO FUKAI; HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS TAKUMIBA), WHICH OPERATES TAKUMIBA, A WORKSHOP SPECIALIZING IN JAPANESE STRETCH PANTS, SITATERU CORPORATION (HEAD OFFICE: KUMAMOTO CITY, KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE; REPRESENTATIVE: HIDEKAZU KONO; HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS SITATERU), WHICH CHANGES THE VALUE OF CLOTHING THROUGH PEOPLE, MECHANISMS, AND TECHNOLOGY, AND NOBEL, A CERTIFIED NPO THAT OPERATES CHILDCARE AND TEMPORARY CHILDCARE SERVICES FOR SICK CHILDREN (HEAD OFFICE: CHUO-KU, OSAKA; REPRESENTATIVE: AKI TAKA; HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS NOBEL), HAVE JOINED FORCES TO PROVIDE "EMERGENCY SUPPORT: CHILDCARE SERVICES FOR 2,000 FACILITIES IN JAPAN (HEAD OFFICE: CHUO-KU, OSAKA; PRESIDENT: AKI TAKA; HEREINAFTER "NOBEL"), A CERTIFIED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES CHILDCARE FACILITIES FOR SICK CHILDREN AND TEMPORARY CHILDCARE SERVICES, HAVE LAUNCHED A CROWDFUNDING PROJECT CALLED "EMERGENCY SUPPORT: PROJECT TO DELIVER WASHABLE MASKS TO CHILDCARE PROVIDERS IN 2,000 FACILITIES IN JAPAN" ON FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2020. THESE MASKS WILL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO CHILDCARE FACILITIES (NURSERY SCHOOLS, KINDERGARTENS, AND CHILDCARE CENTERS) IN THE TOP 10 PREFECTURES IN JAPAN WHERE NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS ARE SPREADING (TOKYO, OSAKA, KANAGAWA, CHIBA, AICHI, HYOGO, HOKKAIDO, SAITAMA, FUKUOKA, AND KYOTO).
As the spread of the new coronavirus continues, childcare facilities, which continue to protect the safety and security of small children as part of the social infrastructure, are experiencing an accumulation of mental and physical fatigue among childcare workers and other frontline staff.
IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, UNIFA, WHICH IS WORKING TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON CHILDCARE FACILITIES BY DEVELOPING SMART NURSERY SCHOOL® AND CREATING A WAY OF LIFE FOR FAMILIES AND SOCIETY, TAKUMIBA, A WORKSHOP THAT HAS DEVELOPED STRETCH MASKS USING STRETCH PANTS MATERIAL, WHICH IS THE COMPANY'S MAIN BUSINESS, SITATERU, WHICH IS COLLABORATING WITH 1,000 SEWING FACTORIES MAINLY IN JAPAN, AND NOBEL, WHICH IS A CERTIFIED NPO THAT SUPPORTS "BALANCING WORK AND CHILDCARE" THROUGH CHILDCARE AND TEMPORARY CHILDCARE FOR CHILDREN, HAVE COME TOGETHER TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON CHILDCARE FACILITIES. IN LIGHT OF THE SHORTAGE OF MASKS AT CHILD-CARE FACILITIES, NOBEL, A CERTIFIED NPO THAT SUPPORTS "BALANCING WORK AND CHILD-REARING" THROUGH TEMPORARY CHILD-CARE, AND SITATEL, WHICH WORKS WITH 1,000 SEWING FACTORIES AND OTHER COMPANIES MAINLY IN JAPAN, HAVE LAUNCHED THE "EMERGENCY SUPPORT: PROJECT TO DELIVER WASHABLE MASKS TO CHILD-CARE PROVIDERS AT 2,000 FACILITIES IN JAPAN "IN LIGHT OF THE SHORTAGE OF MASKS AT CHILD-CARE FACILITIES, THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS HAVE LAUNCHED A PROJECT TO PROVIDE FREE MASKS TO CHILD-CARE WORKERS AT 2,000 FACILITIES IN JAPAN.
Details of the initiative
UNIFA IS INVITING CHILDCARE FACILITIES THAT WISH TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE THE SUPER-STRETCHY FIT MASKS MANUFACTURED BY TAKUMIBA AND SITATEL, WHICH CAN BE WASHED AND USED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE "ONLINE HEADMASTERS ASSOCIATION" PROVIDED BY UNIFA, AND IS ALSO INVITING SUPPORT MONEY FOR THE FREE PROVISION OF THE MASKS THROUGH THE READYFOR CROWDFUNDING SERVICE. THE TARGET NUMBER OF FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED WITH THE MASKS IS 2,000, AND THE COMPANY HOPES TO START PROVIDING THE MASKS IN LATE APRIL.
