(Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yasuyuki Toki; hereinafter "Unifa"), a baby tech company that promotes "Smart Nursery School®," Palais Futaba K.K. (Head office: Suita City, Osaka; CEO: Kiichiro Fukai; hereinafter "TAKUMIBA"), which operates the Japanese stretch pants specialty workshop "TAKUMIBA," and Sitateru Co. (Head office: Suita City, Osaka; Representative: Kiichiro Fukai; hereinafter "TAKUMIBA"), Citateru Corporation (Head office: Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture; Representative: Hidekazu Kono; hereinafter "Citateru"), and Nobel Corporation (Head office: Chuo-ku, Osaka; Representative: Aki Taka; hereinafter "Nobel"), a certified NPO that operates a temporary childcare service for sick children, have joined forces to provide emergency support: "Urgent Assistance to 2,000 childcare facilities in Japan. The project, "Emergency Relief: Delivering Washable Masks to 2,000 Childcare Facilities in Japan," will begin on April 10, 2020 (Friday), and will be funded through crowdfunding to support the top 10 prefectures in Japan where new coronavirus infection is spreading (Tokyo, Osaka, Kanagawa, Chiba, Chiba, Tokyo, Osaka, Kanagawa, Chiba, Chiba, and Chiba). The project will provide washable, ultra-stretchable, fitted masks for caregivers free of charge to daycare facilities (nursery schools, kindergartens, and childcare centers) in Tokyo, Osaka, Kanagawa, Chiba, Aichi, Hyogo, Hokkaido, Saitama, Fukuoka, and Kyoto, where new coronavirus infections are spreading.
As the spread of the new coronavirus continues, daycare facilities that continue to protect the safety and security of small children as part of the social infrastructure are also experiencing the mental and physical fatigue of daycare workers and other on-site staff.
In such an environment, Unifa, which is working to reduce the burden on childcare facilities and to create a better family and society through the development of "Smart Nursery School®," Takumiba, a workshop that developed stretchable masks using stretch pants material from its main business, Sitateru, which is collaborating with 1,000 sewing factories and other companies mainly in Japan, and Nobel, a certified NPO that supports "balancing childcare and work" through childcare and temporary care, have joined forces to reduce the burden on childcare workers as much as possible. In light of the shortage of masks at childcare facilities, Nobel, a certified NPO that supports "balancing childcare and work" through childcare and temporary childcare, and in order to alleviate the burden on childcare workers as much as possible, together with Sitateru, which works with 1,000 sewing factories and other companies mainly in Japan, have launched the "Emergency Support: Project to Deliver Washable Masks to Childcare Workers at 2,000 Facilities in Japan". The project is designed to alleviate the burden on childcare workers by providing free masks for childcare workers.
Details of Initiatives
The company is also inviting daycare facilities that wish to receive the super-stretchable, washable, and reusable masks manufactured by Takumiba and Sitatel free of charge through the "Online Preschool Director's Association" provided by Unifa, and is also inviting support funds for the free masks through the crowdfunding service "READYFOR". The target number of facilities to receive the masks is 2,000, and the company hopes to begin providing them sequentially from late April.
How to Participate in Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is available at
Project name: "Emergency Relief: Delivering Washable Masks to 2,000 Childcare Facilities in Japan
URL:https://readyfor.jp/projects/mask-todokeru
Application period: April 10, 2020 - June 30, 2020 at 23:00
Target amount: 25 million yen *This is an all-in format, meaning that the project will be approved regardless of whether or not the target amount is reached.
How to apply for childcare facilities that wish to provide masks free of charge
How to apply ：Apply for free of charge by filling in the application form on the "Online Preschool Director's Association" operated by Unifa.
Application page URL:https://www.enchoukai.com
Please note that the color of the mask cannot be selected due to the priority given to early delivery.
*Masks do not completely prevent infection.
We hope that by providing support to childcare workers at childcare facilities who support the childcare of working families such as medical professionals who must be away from home during the declared state of emergency, we can help those who work under the threat of infection and make the environment safe for children to grow up. We, BabyTech.jp, will also participate in the crowdfunding campaign.
