On March 10, 2013, a total of 21 staff of Nitto Denko Hong Kong and their families finished the 8.5-km walk and received a souvenir potato. The "Potato Charity Walk" is organized by Volunteer Space, a registered charity organization in Hong Kong. The event allows participants to experience how children of poor families in China's remote areas go to school every day by walking along rugged mountain roads with only a potato to fill their stomachs.

Employees solicited sponsorship from their colleagues, friends and families to support their participation in the charity walk. All in all, HKD14,390 was donated. The funds raised will benefit a "help-the-poor" program in China's remote areas supported by Volunteer Space, including building schools, helping children to receive a secondary education and a "one-child-one-schoolbag" activity which offers schoolbags to children.

Nitto Denko Himawari cultivates sunflowers, in keeping with its name "himawari". Every year, it invites people in neighborhood associations, welfare institutions and employees' family members to have them appreciate himawari. On July 14, 2012, at its flower appreciation meeting, it held a bazaar. All goods sold out, and proceeds from the bazaar were donated to Toyohashi Zeni Bank, supporting welfare in the community.

Third charity bazaar

Donating proceeds of the bazaar

Every year, Nitto Denko Vietnam organizes fund-raising efforts by employees for taking measures against damage from typhoons. In November 2011, the company sent a donation of approximately VND 3,000 (150,000 yen) in addition to a matching gift from the company.

Furthermore, in continuation from the previous year, at a charity event held on May 5, 2012 by the industrial park where Nitto Denko Vietnam is located, the company donated USD150 (approximately 13,000 yen). The funds raised will be used for supporting education and assistance of the poor in Binh Duong Province by means of building schools, medical institutions and the like.

At the end of October 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the northeast US causing enormous property damage and loss of life.

The U.S. companies of the Nitto Group moved in support of the victims. Not only did they support affected employees, but they also donated money to the American Red Cross, raising money from both employees and the company. The total amount of donations, including matching contributions from each company, reached USD 6,112 (approximately 550,000 yen).

The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. In support of the mission of the Philippines Red Cross (PRC) to create a culture of volunteerism as a means of saving lives, Nitto Denko Philippines joined the Million Volunteer Run 2 on February 10, 2013. All proceeds of the event, such as participation fees, will go to volunteer programs of the PRC.

Currently, the company has three employees who have been qualified and certified by the PRC and can provide volunteer standard first aid and basic life support procedures during catastrophes.

On October 25, 2012, we received a letter of appreciation and a report on the application of our monetary donation to the Thailand floods relief efforts from the Provincial Red Cross Chapter of Ayutthaya. They reported that 25,000,000 yen (approximately 10,000,000 baht) from the Nitto Group was utilized for the construction of dwellings for people who had lost their homes, the mending of damaged houses, the reestablishment of libraries in elementary schools and the purchase of books.

Libraries and houses rebuilt with monetary donation from the Nitto Denko Group