- December 21, 2021
- Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Taiho Pharmaceutical to Provide Matching Funds to Three Crowdfunded Projects Addressing Issues in the Field of Oncology "The First Taiho Smile Support"
Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced today that it has selected three projects after rigorous screening of entries submitted for the first Taiho Smile Support, a program to support organizations and individuals working to solve social issues in the field of oncology.
Selected Projects
Project Name |
Organization Name |
|---|---|
| Play with Us! We want to create Japan’s first gaming room at a children’s hospice where teenage cancer patients can really have fun! | Children’s Hospice Project Available only in Japanese |
| We want everyone to read the picture book Beneath the Tree of Kindness: Me, My Illness and the Family House again! | Family House |
| Yokohama Children’s Hospice UMI TO SORA NO OUCHI (a home of sea and sky): "Connecting Through Green" Project |
Yokohama Children’s Hospice Project |
Each organization will start crowdfunding for its project at its own timing.
Through this program, Taiho Pharmaceutical aims to support the dreams of organizations and individuals who are working to address challenges in the field of oncology. In partnership with these organizations, individuals, and all of the people who support them via crowdfunding, Taiho Pharmaceutical seeks to create a world where the precious moments of everyday life keep flowing for cancer patients and their families, “Today and Every Day.”
Round One of Taiho Smile Support
(https://www.taiho.co.jp/csr/donate/ Available only in Japanese)
Taiho Smile Support is an initiative to support organizations and individuals seeking to solve various social issues in the field of oncology that cannot be solved by drugs alone. Taiho Pharmaceutical called for organizations and individuals who plan to use crowdfunding to raise funds to address these social issues. Selected organizations and individuals will conduct a crowdfunding campaign and, if they reach their funding target,1 they will receive from Taiho Pharmaceutical, in the form of a donation, matching funds equal to the target they have raised.
1 The crowdfunding target (not including the crowdfunding fee) is to be 50% of all funds needed to carry out the project. If the target is met, Taiho Pharmaceutical will provide the remaining 50%. Thus, the success of the crowdfunding campaign will determine whether or not Taiho Pharmaceutical will provide support.
●Matching gift support to be provided: Early June 2022
●Project period: June 2022 to May 2023
Information in this news release was current as of the original release date.
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