MANY KINDS OF SUPPORT
Support for Welfare Facilities and People with Disabilities
[Japan] Mazda Motor Corporation, Kurashiki Kako Co., Ltd.
Mazda donates one vehicle to a social welfare organization for each one million visitors to the Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium, for which Mazda has acquired naming rights (now known as MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima).
In FY2019, the cumulative number of visitors reached 19 million on May 14 and 20 million on August 13. Accordingly, Mazda donated two vehicles to organizations in Hiroshima City.
The vehicles will be used for various purposes, such as transporting users of the welfare facilities to their work places.
By the numbers
Duration of program: 11 years
Total donated vehicles: 20
Donating Vehicles for Every Stadium Attendance Milestone
Supporting the Social Independence of People with Disabilities
Kurashiki Kako manufactures and sells automotive rubber parts, as well as anti-vibration, sound proofing, and cushioning instruments for industrial use. The company began efforts aiming for the social independence of people with special needs in 1983. Efforts continued in FY2019, with the company actively purchasing parts to be used at Kurashiki Kako from a factory that employs many persons with severe disabilities.
In addition to purchasing parts, the company supports monotsukuri improvement activities.
By the numbers
Duration of program: 37 years