Initiatives to Promote Employees' Volunteer Spirit
Toshiba Group has holidays for employees who want to participate in volunteer work, and 15 people used this system in 2007. Toshiba also financially support NPOs that the employees are working with, and the number of those organizations reached 20 last year. Moreover, the Toshiba “ASHITA” Award is presented to outstanding individual or team activities to encourage employees’ volunteering.
The 2nd Volunteer Fair
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On July 2, 2008, The 2nd Volunteer Fair was held for employees at headquarters. President Nishida and Vice President Nonaka also visited the event, and a volunteer group (some of the members are Toshiba Group employees) made a presentation about their activities on “science education.” An instructor from Galileo Workshop had an experiment show on stage to show the fun side of science. It was a good opportunity for the employees to know more about volunteering. |
The First Volunteer fair at Toshiba headquarters
A volunteer fair was held at Toshiba headquarters on July 2, 2007, to mark the anniversary of the company's founding. NPOs and other organizations exhibited at the fair, offering many opportunities for volunteer work, such as making picture books to send to Cambodia.
Volunteer Collection Activities
Employees collect articles such as books, CDs, postcards, used stamps, used prepaid cards and calendars from their workplace or home and donate them to NPOs and NGOs. Funds raised by this method amounted to approximately
50,000 yen in 2007.
Providing schools in Cambodia
Constructing swings in
CambodiaWith its volunteer employees, Toshiba and the Association of Toshiba Group Union have long been a supporter of the Japanese Team of Young Human Power, a non-profit organization that provides schools for Cambodian children who have lost learning opportunities due to war and other circumstances.
Making picture books for children in Cambodia and Laos
©Shanti Volunteer
AssociationEmployee volunteers worked with the Shanti Volunteer Association to prepare books to send to children in Cambodia and Laos. Volunteers pasted translation of each languages on the picture book published in Japanese.
Participation in Japan Team of Young Human Power
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Katsunori Nose
Business Solutions Division
Toshiba Information Systems (Japan) Corporation
I feel that volunteer activities are not only about doing something for other people, but also contribute to personal growth. I think that having seen the lives of people in Cambodia, I was able to somehow discover my own standpoint and what I should do. Because these are important activities for the growth of the volunteers themselves, I would like to see lots of people continuing to participate. |
Visits to the children's home “Shin Nihon Gakuen” by “Tomoshibikai”
“Tomoshibikai” was founded in 1964 with its mission to “take children who are not in the care of their parents to the zoo,” and has carried out a total of about 400 activities so far. It holds events, such as firework party, sports meet and rice cake pounding party to entertain children several times a year. Tsuneo Tsunofuji, Masato Shindo, Yoshimasa Ishii, Mitsumasa Tsutsui and many other employees have volunteered in these activities.
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