EU / Middle East / Africa

On October 29, 2010, concurrently with a UK-wide annual breast cancer campaign "Wear It Pink," KYOCERA Document Solutions United Kingdom organized a Wear It Pink Day to raise funds. On the Wear It Pink Day, KYOCERA Document Solutions UK employees wore pink to show their support for the campaign and donated 2 pounds each. At the event, secondhand books and CDs donated from employees and handmade muffins were sold. The event raised a total of 418.03 pounds(about 700 dollars), including receipts from sales, which were all donated to the Wear It Pink Campaign.

In November 2010, in cooperation with Reading Football Club, a professional football club in England, KYOCERA Document Solutions United Kingdom donated 200 football uniforms to the charitable organization Kits for Kids. These uniforms, along with football uniforms donated from across the UK, were given as Christmas presents to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Football is one of the most popular sports among children in South Africa. KYOCERA Document Solutions UK served as the main sponsor for Reading FC in the past, so the company decided to donate uniforms with the KYOCERA logo. KYOCERA Document Solutions UK will continue actively taking part in charitable activities in the future.

KYOCERA Document Solutions South Africa (KMSA) donates funds to Potters Training Center, which provides vocational training to disadvantaged people in South Africa. KMSA also donates KYOCERA Document Solutions products and consumables.

KMSA also provides disadvantaged South Africans with training on basic knowledge of copiers and printers, using KYOCERA Document Solutions products. Those who complete training are provided with opportunities to work for KMSA or dealers in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, etc. Furthermore, KMSA supports activities of The Hope Factory, which assists disadvantaged South Africans in establishing their own businesses.

Blood donation drives, organized by the German Red Cross, were held on August 30, 2010 and February 2, 2011, around Meerbusch in the suburbs of Dusseldorf, in which the office of KYOCERA Document Solutions Germany is located. KYOCERA Document Solutions Germany employees participated in these events.

Later, the company received a letter and certificate of appreciation from the German Red Cross. As part of its social contribution activities, KYOCERA Document Solutions Germany intends to continue participating in Red Cross blood donation drives.