Support in the Aftermath of Disasters

Disaster-relief Activities

As a global company, with approximately 200,000 employees involved in our worldwide businesses, we believe that we have a strong connection with people around the world.

Against this backdrop, we are actively engaged in providing emergency support services, including donations, in the event of large-scale disasters throughout the world, especially for areas with which we have strong business and social relationship.

Support in the Aftermath of Disasters in FY2010

Support for the Victims of the Qinghai Earthquake in China

We have decided to provide one million yuan (about 14 million yen) to support the victims of the earthquake that struck China in April 2010.

Toshiba Group to Donate to Qinghai, China Earthquake Relief Efforts

Supporting victims of floods and landslides in Pakistan, China, India and other countries

In August 2010, we donated 10 million yen to Japan Platform, an NPO, to aid victims of the landslides and floods that occurred in countries including Pakistan, China, and India. Japan Platform provided housing, distributed emergency supplies, set up shelters, and provided itinerant services for medical checkups and educational programs.

Supporting victims of floods and landslides

Support for the victims of a flood in the southeast of Brazil

For the victims of the flood that occurred in the southeast of Brazil in January 2011, we decided to donate 100,000 US dollars (about 8.5 million yen) and donated ultrasonic diagnostic equipment to local medical institutions to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of injured and hospitalized victims.

Support for the victims of a flood in the southeast of Brazil

Support for the victims of a flood in Australia

We donated LCD TVs to support relief efforts for the victims of the flood that occurred in Australian in January 2011. We also donated LED lighting equipment as part of our activities to help municipalities rebuild infrastructures.

Support for the victims of the earthquake in New Zealand

In response to the earthquake that occurred in New Zealand in February 2011, we made donations worth five million yen to support relief efforts for the victims sand the restoration of the devastated area.

Support for the victims of the earthquake in New Zealand

Support for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Support for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Support in the Aftermath of Disasters in FY2009

Support for the Victims of the Earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra

As relief funds for the victims of the earthquake that struck West Sumatra in September 2009, we donated 10 million yen to the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan) and NGO JEN, and to the Jakarta Japan Club (JJC).

Staff from AAR Japan visited the affected area six days after the earthquake to survey the needs, and they distributed emergency relief supplies such as rice, water, and canned food to the students at a school for disabled children and to more than 500 of those students' family members living in areas deprived of sufficient relief supplies.

JEN donated carpentry tools to about 1,800 families living in Padang Pariaman, the most seriously damaged area, to help them recover from the disaster.

Toshiba Group to Make Donations to Provide Aid in Sumatra and the Philippines

Support for the Victims of Typhoon Ketsana That Struck the Philippines

Toshiba Information Equipment (Philippines), Inc. and Toshiba Storage Device (Philippines), Inc. donated a total of four million yen for the victims of Typhoon Ketsana that hit the Philippines in September 2009. The companies also dispatched doctors and nurses from company clinics to the evacuation sites in areas near the companies to provide free medical services.

In addition, the employees at the companies donated money and supplies.

Toshiba Group to Make Donations to Provide Aid in Sumatra and the Philippines

Support for the Victims of the Haiti Earthquake

We donated notebook PCs and other supplies to U.S. NGOs working in Haiti (Habitat for Humanity, Mercy Corps and Yele Haiti) in order to support their relief activities for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.