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Supporting Disaster-Hit Regions and Developing Nations

Main Initiatives

Joined Social Emergency Management Alliance (SEMA) for Disaster Recovery Support

During disasters, eyewear can easily get damaged, lost, or left at home, causing people to suffer unforeseen inconveniences in their daily lives afterward. JINS joined the Social Emergency Management Alliance (SEMA)(*), and through the alliance, has been providing eyewear to people hit by disasters in order to more easily facilitate their support.

*SEMA is an alliance of private companies and NPOs involved in providing aid during emergencies. Participants team up to provide a comprehensive array of provisions and services from the participating companies in times of major natural disasters in Japan.
The alliance was founded to minimize the impact of natural disasters on Japanese society and disaster victims and expedite disaster recovery as an organization that overcomes the boundaries between corporate entities and NPOs.

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Donating Eyeglasses in Times of Disaster

In response to a request from SEMA, JINS donated “JINS Pollen CUT MOIST” to the Okaki area of Nakagamimachi, Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, for use as dustproof eyewear during torrential rains in July 2020. We also donated “JINS PROTECT PRO” to Akitakata City, Hiroshima Prefecture, for use as dustproof eyewear during torrential rains in August 2021. In addition, we are carrying out social contribution activities that make use of the characteristics of JINS’ products, such as the donation of “JINS Pollen CUT” to medical facilities in Okinawa Prefecture through the Okinawa Medical Association to be used as a substitute for medical goggles following a shortage of medical supplies due to the spread of Covid-19.

Deployment of a Mobile Eyewear Van, “JINS Go,” to Support Disaster-Hit Areas

Service to visit customers with a mobile eyewear van “JINS GO”

Donating Eyewear to Developing Nations

JINS is undertaking support activities to donate eyewear to countries and regions where access to much-needed eyewear is limited or unavailable. We have been carrying out various support activities beginning in 2014, where we donated prescription glasses (for myopia) to elementary schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through the Keio Students’ Initiative on Healthcare in Africa. The following is a list of eyewear donation support activities for developing nations that JINS has carried out thus far.

  • 2014:

    Donated eyeglasses to elementary schools in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through the Keio Students’ Initiative on Healthcare in Africa.

  • 2015:

    Donated eyeglasses to the Kingdom of Bhutan.

  • 2016:

    Donated eyeglasses to the Kingdom of Bhutan.

  • 2017:

    Donated eyewear to the Kingdom of Bhutan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Bangladesh.

  • 2018:

    Donated eyewear to Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Mongolia.

  • 2019:

    Donated eyewear to Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and the Republic of the Sudan.

  • 2024:

    Donated eyewear to a refugee camp in Bangladesh. (We donated 100 pairs of sunglasses through a NGO providing international support called "BOKUTACHI WATASHITACHI NI DEKIRUKOTO" that received the Encouragement Prize at the Gunma Innovation Award 2023.)

Sponsoring the Gunma Innovation Award

BOKUTACHI WATASHITACHI NI DEKIRUKOTO