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Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Cleaning a tsunami-devastated beach
The OKI Group has been active to relieve people hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 and help rebuild the afflicted areas.The following table shows specific support activities by the group.
Among them, volunteer activities for reconstruction support were organized in collaboration with Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., Marubeni Corporation and Mizuho Financial Group Inc., and volunteers from among the group's employees visited Shichigahama, a town in Miyagi Prefecture damaged by tsunamis, ten times.
Supporting a Project to Build a Dining Hall at an Elementary School in China
In fiscal 2011, OKI and its nine subsidiaries in China supported a project to build a dining hall at Yuezhuang Elementary School in Shaanxi Province. OKI decided to support the project in order to express its appreciation for its business expansion in China along with the country's growth as part of its 130th anniversary celebrations.
Among 268 children attending this old school established in 1922 for neighboring 7 villages, 213 live in a dormitory. Before the project, children had to have simple meals in a makeshift tented
dining room because the dormitory had no regular dining or washroom facilities.
Carried out through Plan Japan* as one of its Donor-tied projects, this project focused on providing children with a safe and sanitary dining environment by building a dining hall, a kitchen and a washroom. It also included a training program about nourishment and health. Since local stakeholders including children and teachers were involved in all stages of the project from planning to progress management, they were able to establish a system to maintain "their dining hall" by themselves. We believe that nutritious meals prepared in a sanitary environment help improve children's health and learning effect. We also hope that they will grow up to be respectable members of local communities and the nation.
The OKI Group will continue to contribute to local communities in various ways, and grow with people there.
- *Plan Japan: a member of Plan International, a non-profit, non-governmental organization recognized by the United Nations
Openig ceremony for the dining hall at Yuezhuang Elementary School
Supporting the Improvement of the Direction Board System of a Special-Needs School Utilizing Universal Design
The OKI Group supported the renewal of the direction board system of Tokyo Metropolitan Hachioji Higashi Special-needs School. Since the school has committed to creating a learning environment that assists the visual function of challenged students, it has organized a special project team and addressed the improvement of the direction board system at the school since fiscal 2010. Universal Design Department of OKI and OKI WorkWell , a special purpose subsidiary of the OKI Group, have worked with the school for this project, conducted an on-site survey, analyzed the circulation in the school and students' viewing habit, and designed a direction board with pictograms. We also offered our advice on the appropriate installation position for the direction board in order to secure adequate visibility for both wheelchair users and walkers. We will continue to support the school's project to assist the visual function of its students.
Direction board with pictograms
Tree-Planting Project in Shenzhen, China
Tree-planting project in Zhongshan Park, Shenzhen , China
OKI Electric Industry (Shenzhen), a manufacturer of ATMs and printers in China, carried out a tree-planting project in Zhongshan Park, Sehnzhen for the first time in March 2011.
Since its inception in 2001, the company has been active in environmental conservation activities from both business and social contribution aspects. Such activities include the establishment of an environmental management system and voluntary cleanups around its production site.
The purposes of the company's first tree-planting project, in which 45 employees planted peach seedlings, were to help preserve the scenery of the park, make a contribution to the local community, and raise the environmental consciousness of its employees.
Supporting Elementary Schools for Mountain Tribes in Northern Thailand
OKI Precision (Thailand), the group's production site in northern Thailand has visited elementary schools in villages of mountain tribes to donate supplies since 2009.
In December 2010, approximately 30 employees of the company including its president visited an elementary school for children of the Karen,one of the mountain tribes in Thailand.
The employees donated an antenna for satellite broadcasting, school supplies, toys and used clothes.
Furthermore, they installed a water filtration system in order to prevent health hazards caused by drinking undrinkable water from the mountains as a gift form the company.