ABOUT US

WELgee’s goal is to make a society where refugee are also welcomed.
WELgee is the combination of “welcome” and “refugee”.

WELgee CREDO

• Fairness

  Fairness

  Fairness

  Every one of us are treated equally.
  WELgee community is constructed with people with various status; WELgee staff, refugees, supporters. Aiming to develop trusteeship, even though each has a different status, we respect and value each others’ opinions equally when we have a discussion. We support our weaknesses in order to achieve our goals.

• Backcasting

  Backcasting

  Starting from a desirable future

  There are tons of things that are somehow good for society.
  We don’t jump at things that we currently have, We calculate backwards from the future we would like to have and make priority for what we should do now.

• Diversity

  Diversity

  Taking advantage on diversity

  Diversity of people, backgrounds, and values are the WELgee’s and society’s property.
  We aim to fully show each members’ ability as a team.
  We will continue to be a team that can make diversity an advantage, rather than making decisions based on self-righteousness.

• Communication

  Communication

  We won’t give up on communicating

  We have different points of view because of different nationalities, cultures, backgrounds, sides, language, and values.
  Although we have differences, we don’t give up on communication.
  Don’t be afraid to tell. The most important thing is the attitude toward trying to communicate.

• Total Effectiveness

  Total Effectiveness

  Thinking the most effective way as a whole

  As WELgee respect diversity, the amount of people, relationships, feelings, and thoughts of individual which is important to WELgee become more and more.
  People with full motivation come up with many ideas. Which is fantastic.
  However, as an “organization” we base our decisions on the greatest effect when considering the whole in order to achieve our ultimate vision.

• Positiveness

  Positiveness

  Don't be discouraged by the misery of the present.

  The refugee issue is the greatest challenge in human history. We closely work with refugees who escape from persecution, conflct, terror, discrimination and came to Japan for a hope. Thus, we need to stay positive.We have the power to generate madness and sadness into energy.
  Even when we hit huge walls, we are flexible and ready to take on the next challenge.

• Innovators

  Innovators

  won’t be caught on existing method

  We stand upon pioneers' achievements. We respect those achievements and methods that pioneers had developed, but the same time we aim to not to be caught on those methods and bring new ways to achieve our goals. WELgee develop future from the networks we built and learn study cases around the world. WELgee will be a future change maker that always questioning “the normal”

• Appreciation

  Appreciation

  Always appreciate

  We always feel appreciation toward supporters who always cheer us up and support our activity from the start when we have nothing. There is no actor who is not involved. Our team developed because of all the support we had received. WELgee always feels appreciation for all the support. Of course, we will also keep this in mind among our members and make the workplace full of smiles.

• "WITH" Spirit

  "WITH" Spirit

  Spirit of WITH

  WELgee’s activity aims for more than doing “For Refugees”, it’s doing “With Refugees”.WELgee started with “with refugees.”
  Refugees are our friends, we are beyond the relation of those who support and those who receive support. With our strength of various backgrounds and adverse passion, we bring innovation to society.

• Critical Thinking

  Critical Thinking

  Critical thinking
  without subjectivity and assumption

  Until now, we made our principle in words.
  Thus, we won’t forget that we always view critically, objectively, and logically about ourselves. It isn’t easy to remove one's own subjectivity and assumption. We always ask ourselves to not be satisfied with the current situation, and come up with better solutions.