TOTO Ltd., with the idea of "solving regional issues related to the water environment together with local people’’, has been conducting subsidy program for NGOs and NPOs that carry out activities rooted in the community to solve the problems surrounding water. In 2021, about 20 organizations active in Japan and overseas were selected as grant recipients. FIDR also received a subsidy for the activity of installation of "Mother’s Space", a sanitary facility for ethnic minorities living in the mountainous area of Kon Tum Province in central Vietnam.

This activity aims to solve the problem of poor hygiene at home and in the region in Kon Tum Province, one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam. Local residents wash their bodies or clothes in the river or well which are far away from their homes, or use the nearby bushes because they don’t have a toilet in their houses. Therefore, people are at high risk of infectious diseases, which is one of the factors behind the high infant mortality rate. In order to solve this problem, we set up "Mother’s Space", a multi-functional sanitary facility including toilet and space for laundry and is made by residents in 4 districts of the province to improve the hygiene environment of households and the communities, as well as promoting hygiene behavior change.