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Volunteers prepared packaged salads using vegetables harvested on the farm where DTFA diverse abilities members are working. Then the packaged salads were donated to an NPO’s food drive for people in need.
Organizer: Misao Nakano, Deloitte Tohmatsu Group LLC / Impact month DTFA Volunteer planning and management member
Held on Friday, October,27, 31 people participated.
Working as “Farm Salad Rangers” during the day and supporting homeless people at night.
During the day, volunteers made packaged salad with vegetables harvested from the farm where DTFA members with disabilities are working. (We call them diverse abilities members.)
At night, at the underpass of the Yokohama JR Kannai Station, 164 packages of salad prepared by the “Farm Salad Rangers” were handed out to homeless people as part of the food drive organized by a not-for-profit organization.
The intention of the program is to raise awareness of diverse abilities members and to support people in need at the same time. We wanted to design the program in a way to address one of the social challenges, that is, people feeling alone and left out of the community. Thus, the program was not just about offering food but about reassuring beneficiaries that they are not alone.
*Deloitte Tomatsu Group focuses on "Ability" and uses the term "Diverse Abilities" instead of "Disability."
The program had a strong social impact, helping us support others who we previously do not know how to help while making the best use of vegetables farmed by our members with disabilities. “Leaving no one behind” is not just a slogan. Seeing and learning the reality of homeless people gave us a lot of new perspectives.
Having participated in and organized seven other Impact Month programs in addition to this food drive, I have seen that senior leaders - presidents, partners and managers - were actively involved, which I think is foundational to a healthy corporate culture. Our wish is that all of us working for Deloitte Tohmatsu Group regard themselves as leaders of Well-being, setting directions and taking ownership in leading a healthy and enjoyable life.
Farm Salad Rangers
Supporting homeless people