GU’S SUPPORT TO REFUGEES AND OTHERS FORCED FROM HOME

To create a world where no one is forced to flee.

According to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, over 100 million people* around the world have been driven from their homes by conflict and persecution or are being forced to flee due to war and oppression. the FAST RETAILING group has been working with UNHCR since 2006 to support them. In 2011, the FAST RETAILING group and UNHCR entered a global partnership and since then we have been providing continuous support to people who have been forcibly displaced, regardless of their circumstances or where they come from. Along with UNHCR, in collaboration with other NGOs, we do not only provide goods and financial donations, but also extend comprehensive support to enable refugees and other displaced people to build new lives by offering vocational training and providing employment, boosting self-reliance.

*Source: UNHCR: Ukraine, other conflicts push forcibly displaced total over 100 million for first, 23 May 2022

*The total amount of cloth donations and donated countries are not limited through UNHCR and to refugees but through other organizations and to people in need.

Afghanistan / Algeria / Angola / Australia / Bangladesh / Belarus / Belgium / Botswana / Brazil / Burkina Faso / Burundi / Cambodia / Cameroon / Canada / Central African Republic / Chad / China / Colombia / Cote d’Ivoire / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Denmark / Eswatini / Ethiopia / France / Georgia / Germany / Greece / Haiti / Hong Kong / India / Indonesia / Iraq / Italy / Japan / Jordan / Kazakhstan / Kenya / Kyrgyzstan / Laos / Lebanon / Liberia / Macau / Malawi / Malaysia / Mauritania / Mozambique / Myanmar / Namibia / Nepal / Netherlands / Niger / Pakistan / Philippines / Republic of Moldova / Russia / Rwanda / Saudi Arabia / Senegal / Serbia / Sierra Leone / Singapore / Solomon Islands / South Africa / South Korea / South Sudan / Spain / Sri Lanka / Syria / Taiwan / Tajikistan / Tanzania / Thailand / Togo / Tunisia / Uganda / United Kingdom / United States / Vietnam / Yemen / Zambia / Zimbabwe (Alphabetical Order)

As a company that makes clothes, one of the basic essentials for people’s lives, GU is always trying to maximize the “power of clothing with GU under the FAST RETAILING group.” We are determined to deliver clothing to people most in need, so we continue to collect items that our customers no longer wear and deliver them to refugees and other displaced persons around the world, or donate them to people in need in the countries and regions in which we operate.

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YOUTH WITH REFUGEES ART CONTEST 2023

For World Refugee Day 2023, GU is co-organizing the Youth with Refugees Art Contest with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency with GU under the FAST RETAILING group. This contest, established by UNHCR in 2020, is open to anyone ages 10 to 30. Its aim is to share with the world the talents of children and young people who represent the next generation, serving as a forum to share their thoughts and feelings in support for refugees through works of art.
As GU is the co-organizer for this third contest in 2023, the five winning designs are printed on RE.GU BOX in GU stores in Japan.

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The Power of Clothing Project
(Japan)

The Power of Clothing Project is an outreach and online learning program run by GU employees that teaches students about the diverse value of clothing and global refugee situations. After attending the lecture, children run their own original projects to collect secondhand children’s clothes that the students or children in the local community no longer wear. Those clothes are then sorted and delivered to refugees living in refugee camps or those in need through UNHCR.

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Support for UNHCR’s Campaigns to Recruit Donors in Stores (Japan)

We have provided spaces to conduct UNHCR’s face to face campaigns, which recruit monthly UNHCR supporters at GU stores. This provides opportunities for the customers to learn about the latest refugee situation and UNHCR’s activities. With this, GU is able to help tell the current situation of people forced to flee globally and the most up-to-date support activities they receive.