STRETCH GOAL & BUDGET:

Thank you for everyone's incredible support, we were able to achieve our goal in only 3 days! Since the campaign is supposed to last several weeks, we would like to stretch our goal by adding new items that would help us take care of the orphans and their well being even more!

One of the main elements of this stretch goal is the acquisition of a cloud software designed to accurately record the growth of children.Thanks to it, it will make the task of caregivers easier and provide them more time to actually spend with the children, rather than having to do such necessary reporting all by themselves.

The software is provided by a company called Asakurasoft (アサクラソフト 株式会社) and is established in Okayama Prefecture (between Hiroshima and Osaka), created in 1996.

Please find below a link to their website and their software solution (Japanese only):

https://jidou-yougo.tsukaeru-cloud.jp/

Below is a PDF summary of their offer (Japanese only):

https://jidou-yougo.tsukaeru-cloud.jp/asset/000...

We originally gave up the software purchasing due how expensive it is for us to acquire. But since this campaign is a massive success, adding this item to the list is both an incredible opportunity and a blessing for the children. Again thank you so much for your support!

You will find below the updated list of the expenses breakdown of this campaign:

[A] CLEARED: 2,270,000 Japanese Yen (~17,500 USD)

• 6 beds: 150,000 yen

• Dining table and chair set 70,000 yen

• TV 80,000 yen

• Refrigerator 300,000 yen

• 10 air conditioners (including construction costs) 760,000 yen

• Wall extension: 150,000 yen

• Toilet renovation: 450,000 yen

• Cost of return: 100,000 yen

• Platform fee (5%): 114,000 yen

• Transaction fee (4.4%): 96,000 yen

[B] STRETCH GOAL: 2,270,000 Japanese Yen (~17,500 USD)

• Cloud software yen 1,560,000

• 2 or 3 computers yen 490,000

• Platform fee (5%): 116,000 yen

• Transaction fee (4.4%): 104,000 yen

GRAND TOTAL: 4,540,000 Japanese Yen (~35,000 USD)

We have basically multiplied the goal by 2 with the cloud software project! We would appreciate it greatly if you could support this brand new goal!

THE PROJECT AND WHY IT MATTERS:

There are orphans all around the world, and yes even in developed countries too! Being an orphan in Japan does not come only with the sadness of growing up without parents, but it also drastically decreases the chances of the children living a normal life and being included in society. Japanese culture is sometimes very harsh and the stigmas are real. Being an orphan is one of them, and because of this, the children lose their confidence throughout their youth to possibly become independent and grown adults.

The purpose of this crowdfunding is to build an orphanage in the Tochigi area of Japan (north of Tokyo). The Japanese technical name for it is “Jiritsu Enjo Home” (自立援助ホーム) which focuses on supporting orphans to help them become independent and enter the labor market with as many chances as kids raised by their parents.

The facility is planning to welcome up to 6 teenagers from ages 15 to 20 years old. The size of the orphanage is small at the moment as we want to put a high focus on their growth and success individually. Our mission is to help them become fully independent, ambitious, and not afraid of being who they are no matter if their parents are no longer here with them. This newly built orphanage plans to welcome many abused children. After experiencing such traumatic life experiences, they cannot trust people anymore. Not even themselves. We plan to remedy this and help them regain confidence in
 themselves.

GOALS & BUDGET:

This is the very first round of crowdfunding for the orphanage project in Tochigi. For this time, we are looking to finally turn the project into reality by gathering enough funds for the last remaining costs preventing it from getting started:

• 6 beds: 150,000 yen

• Dining table and chair set 70,000 yen

• TV 80,000 yen

• Refrigerator 300,000 yen

• 10 air conditioners (including construction costs) 760,000 yen

• Wall extension: 150,000 yen

•Toilet renovation: 450,000 yen

Total A: 1,960,000 Japanese Yen (~14,900 USD)

• Platform fee (5%): 114,000 yen

• Transaction fee (4.4%): 96,000 yen

• Cost of return: 100,000 yen

Total B: 310,000 yen (~2,300 USD)

Total A + B = 2,270,000 yen (~17,200 USD)

SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

We will build the orphanage in Tochigi, Japan. There are 6 such small orphanages in Tochigi. However, in the northern area, there is none. We think that the small orphanage is necessary for children in the northern area.

Many orphans have a hard time when they leave the orphanage and start living on their own. Therefore, even after leaving the orphanage, we would like to stay connected and support the orphans for a long time. Our orphanage will become a home for orphans.

If we manage to gather more funds than necessary, all of the extra gathered donations will be kept in order to cover the upcoming expenses related to the
rental of the facility or any maintenance costs that might appear suddenly.
In the future, we are also aiming at opening an orphanage for women, all extra revenues will also be saved in order to finance similar projects.
Make sure to follow my page @taka_orphanage_project on Instagram to stay updated on all the advancements of the project!
 

About us:

Taka:
Thank you so much for reading through my project. My name is Taka, I am the creator and representative director of this entire project. I am an influencer with more than 1 million followers combined on Instagram and TikTok. At the same time, I am currently working as a mental health social worker in a small orphanage. Taking care of children with a hard background is nothing new to me, and I am dedicating my life to it.

In the past, I have been in 10 Asian countries and 15 African countries as a volunteer backpacker. During all my travels I witnessed over and over the poverty among children. This has been a truly sad and frustrating experience, as I was powerless to possibly help them at that time. These experiences were truly eye-opening, and I decided to devote my life to helping children in need since then. This is the story of my life.
  

Right now, I am back in Japan, working in a small orphanage. I realized that even in Japan, where I am from, there are children distressed and in need. I was born and raised in Tochigi. In the North of the Tochigi Area, there is not enough support available for orphans. My goal is to change this and help provide more choices and support to these children in this specific area that is so important to my heart.

For this purpose, I incorporated my company called “Gallat” on November 1st of this year 2022. We have everything planned and ready. The final thing we need now is your support and generosity.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for supporting my cause. I cannot wait to share with you the follow-up of my story.

You can find below all the links to my socials and online presence:

Instagram (Japanese language learning): https://www.instagram.com/taka_nihongo_dojo

Instagram (orphanage project): https://www.instagram.com/taka_orphanage_project

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@takanihongodojo?_t=8Y45..

Business mail: gallat.tochigi@gmail.com

Supporters:
I would like to introduce you to the most influential supporters that helped me, in so many ways, turn this project into a reality:

https://www.instagram.com/japanesewithhikari

https://www.instagram.com/saki_to_nihongo

https://www.instagram.com/cicojapanese

https://www.instagram.com/ayanejapanese

https://www.instagram.com/japanese_teacher_mari

https://www.instagram.com/yumes_japan

https://www.instagram.com/riri_japanese

https://www.instagram.com/am_japanese_sushi_ramen

https://www.instagram.com/hanako_japaneseschool

https://www.instagram.com/sakijapaneselessons

HELP US MAKE NOISE!

Feel free to share this crowdfunding project with all your contacts and on any platform you are currently using! This will be a tremendous help. And remember, there is no “small” donation. Every single one of them makes you a real hero.