CLACK is a Japanese non-profit tackling the intergenerational cycle of poverty by providing free digital skills and career education to disadvantaged high school students—those from low-income households, single-parent families, foster care, or facing school refusal, developmental disabilities, or young carer responsibilities.
In Japan, 1 in 9 children lives in relative poverty, and opportunity gaps are sharply amplified by regional disparity: students outside major metropolitan areas have drastically fewer pathways to IT learning, career exposure, and quality mentorship. High school is the decisive window for breaking this cycle, yet support schemes for this age group remain critically scarce.
Since 2018, CLACK has supported over 1,500 students through flagship programs operating bases in Osaka, Tokyo, and expanding partner regions. To scale nationwide, CLACK works as a hub organization—partnering with local NPOs, schools, prefectural governments, welfare institutions, and corporate funders, and redistributing funding and know-how to regional partners to deliver localized programs. Through this ecosystem infrastructure, CLACK aims to ensure every Japanese young person, regardless of where they are born, can access digital learning and hope for their future.
