Empowering Teenagers
Through AI and Digital Education to Build Self-Confidence

How We Work

CLACK provides digital and AI education opportunities for teenagers facing challenges such as financial hardship and chronic school absenteeism.

1,830

students participated in digital skill workshop (as of July 2025)

887

students participated in the Tech Runway (*1) program (*2)

93%

Tech Runway program completion rate (*3)

1,700+

laptops donated (as of July 2025)

35+

partner companies and funders (as of July 2025)

*1: Click here for more information about Tech Runway.
*2: Total number of participants in Tech Runway, Tech Runway+, Tech Runway Camp.
*3: Total number of participants only Tech Runway.

Who We Are

VISION

Creating a society where young people can have hope and excitement for a bright future regardless of their background.

MISSION

Establish an infrastructure that provides supportive accompaniment through digital tools for underprivileged junior high school and high school students.

We provide support programs for teenagers facing
the following challenges:

What We Do

STEP 1

ENCOUNTER

Bring the world of IT for teenagers overcoming challenges, and empower them to take their first step into creating with technology.

There are creative hubs in two locations, Tokyo and Osaka, that serve as safe spaces for junior high and high school students facing challenges. These hubs provide digital devices such as VR equipment, gaming PCs, and laser cutters, offering an entry point into digital education, along with face-to-face support.

Tokyo:
Techrie Saginomiya

Osaka:
YODOGAWA BASE

A hands-on workshop introducing teenagers to essential digital skills such as web development, programming logic, and AI tools.

mirAI for Japan is a generative AI training program for teachers at technical and high schools, conducted in collaboration with Microsoft. It aims to empower educators with the knowledge and confidence to lead in the age of AI.

STEP 2

LEARNING

Building self-esteem and future readiness through digital and career education that expands career opportunities and supports both financial and emotional independence.

Tech Runway

is a 3-month program that builds digital skills including web development and AI technologies, while providing career support to foster self-reliance.

Tech Runway+

is a 3-month program for Tech Runway alumni to deepen their knowledge through advanced and specialized training.

Be Pro is a program where participants learn practical, professional IT skills used in the real world and expand their career options by taking part in one-day internships at multiple companies to experience working with IT.

STEP 3

IMPLEMENT

Foster self-directed learning and acquire core competencies for future career paths.

quest is a program that allows Tech Runway alumni to gain hands-on experience with real IT-related work, such as website development. Participants also receive compensation for their contributions.

STEP 4

Build on their learning and experience to achieve independence.

Enrollment in school

Entering the workforce

Donation Guidelines

What We Accept and
What We Don’t

Accept

(CLACK forms collaborative partnerships with companies to jointly develop projects supported by their donations)

Your donation provides free laptops to high school students participating in the Tech Runway program.

(Windows)

(MacBook)

Don't accept

Partners

salesforce
Microsoft
accenture
JLL
PCNET
teamspilit
cybozu
iRidge
yodoware
DIGUSEARCH
日本財団

Challenges We Face
in Supporting Teenagers

1.

Connecting with Them

2.

Encouraging Their Action

3.

Supporting Continuity

Certified Non-Profit Organization CLACK
2nd Floor, Yodogawa base, 4-1-5, Juusou-higashi, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka City, Osaka, Japan

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