The Charities

Charity Program

The Osaka Marathon is organized as a “charity marathon” with its own original program.

"Run to help someone."

We aim to promote the culture around charity by providing many of the people connected with the Osaka Marathon, including all participating runners, all spectators, and the volunteers, with an environment for participating in charity.

Runners, supporters, spectators, and others participate in charity in their own way, enjoy giving through charity, and are committed to working together to make the Osaka Marathon charity program a big success.

So that the 4th Osaka Marathon gains still greater support, the charity themes have been broadened and the charity runners, who are focused on charity and widely promote the Osaka Marathon’s charity program, have been continued this year.

Donation recipients

Charity themes （colors）		Main activities	Organization name （※：indicates new program entrants）
To support your hopes to live （Red）		Regenerative treatment and drug development research based on iPS cells	Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA)※, Kyoto University
		Supporting cancer patients and their families	Cancer Support Community Japan (Specified NPO)
To assist your dreams （Orange）		To support athletes with intellectual disabilities	Special Olympics Nippon Foundation
		To assist non-employed young people into the workforce	NPO Sodateage Net ※
To support families （Yellow）		To provide medical support for disadvantaged people all over the world	Medicine Du Monde Japon (Specified NPO) ※
		To support chronically sick children and their whole families	Nanbyo no kodomo to sono kazoku he yumewo (Give Kids the World) (Incorporated Foundation) ※
To help conserve a natural environment （Green）		To promote afforestation in Japan and overseas	more trees (Incorporated association)
		To restore coastal forests lost in the Great East Japan Earthquake	OISCA: Organization for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement - International ※
To help conserve clean water （Water Blue）		To bring safe water and hygiene to people in developing countries	WaterAid Japan (Specified NPO) ※
		To protect and support refugees and displaced persons	Japan Association for UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) (Specified NPO)
For the sake of children’s bright future （Navy）		Food aid to regions suffering famine and poverty	United Nations World Food Program (WFP) (Specified NPO) ※
		Caring for sick children and supporting single-parent families	NPO Nobel ※
To preserve our beautiful city （Purple）		Urban beautification activities by young people	greenbird (Specified NPO)