Become a Supporter

We are looking for supporters to build COCRE HUB with us!

Donate / support here

https://congrant.com/project/npoict/17295 (the donation page is in Japanese)

About us

COCRE HUB (NPO) is an organization led mainly by occupational therapists, engineers and educators, using digital technologies such as 3D printers to solve everyday difficulties.

We aim for a society where nobody has to give up learning, working, playing and living in their own way because of a disability or illness. COCRE HUB is one of our activities toward that society.

COCRE HUB ( https://cocrehub.com ) is a platform for sharing data for 3D-printed assistive devices: a digital library where practical data can be downloaded for free.

More than 300 models are currently published and used by many people with disabilities and professionals, not only in hospitals and welfare facilities but also in special needs classrooms, workplaces and everyday life.

Our activities go beyond Japan. Working with JICA (Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers) and the ADB (Asian Development Bank), we have provided technical support in South Asia, including Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Phillipines. In 2024 we received the President's Award at the "STI for SDGs" Awards hosted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and our work was featured on TBS's "news23". We are grateful for the attention and trust we have received from many fields.

Background and the social issue

The "everyday life I want to keep" that off-the-shelf products cannot reach

Eating, holding a pen, taking classes at school, enjoying a hobby. Just as every body is different, the tools each person needs should also be different.

However, off-the-shelf products have not met these detailed needs, and many people have given up what they wanted to do, thinking "I can't do it." On the other hand, custom-made devices are expensive and take time.

We are changing this situation with digital technology.

Why we are asking for your support

We do not want COCRE HUB to end up as "a handy site for a few people." We want it to become "a new social infrastructure that turns what people want to do into reality right away", where anyone, anywhere in Japan or the world, can print the tools they need at low cost when they need them.

Like adding books to a library, we want to grow the assistive device data from 300 to 1,000 models.
And we want to keep an environment where anyone can use that data safely, at any time.

We are now looking for 50 "Digital Assistive Device Infrastructure Supporters" to help run and grow this digital library with us. Support from 1,000 yen a month will help expand the data, maintain the platform, and spread "everyday lives where nobody has to give up."

How donations are used

Making the digital library of 3D-printed assistive devices an infrastructure everyone can use for life

Your annual (or monthly) donations will mainly be used to maintain and develop this infrastructure:

Expanding the data: growing from 300 to 1,000 models, with development and testing costs for a wide range of everyday situations such as learning, work and hobbies.
Maintaining the system: server management costs to keep COCRE HUB safe to use 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Creating connections: strengthening matching features that connect people who need devices with people nearby who can make them (schools, facilities, local communities).

As a supporter, you will

Receive annual reports and updates by email.
Be invited about once a year to a networking event for supporters only.

Finally

Making "making" an ordinary choice for everyone

Through COCRE HUB we have met many people with disabilities and their families, and we have seen again and again how a single tool can brighten someone's face and get their life moving again.

This does not happen only in hospitals. A child who wants to learn with friends at school, a person who wants to use their skills at work, a person who wants to enjoy a hobby at home. We want the possibilities of 3D-printed assistive devices to be "social infrastructure" that everyone can use, not something only a few people benefit from.

Would you become a supporter and build this digital library with us?

Your support becomes infrastructure that turns someone's "giving up" into "hope". Let's build together the foundation for a future where "making tools to fit yourself" is the norm!

Donate / support here

https://congrant.com/project/npoict/17295 (the donation page is in Japanese)