[First in a government ordinance city] “Kyoto Children’s Home Meals Project”, which aims to deliver home meals to all 11 administrative wards of Kyoto City and addresses child poverty issues, has started recruiting general supporters and nicknames.
*Social Welfare Corporation Adachi Welfare Association*
Press release: September 18, 2024
[First in a government ordinance city] “Kyoto Children’s Home Meals Project”, which aims to deliver home meals to all 11 administrative wards of Kyoto City and addresses child poverty issues, has started recruiting general supporters and nicknames.
*～A new challenge to provide 6,000 boxes of home meals～*
The Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project was launched in April 2019 to support families in Kyoto City who are struggling to make ends meet. To date, we have received a lot of support and have successfully implemented the program in four wards (Fushimi, Nakagyo, Kita, and Yamashina wards), and from this fiscal year we will expand to Kamigyo and Higashiyama wards.
By delivering food, daily necessities, stationery, etc. to supported families, this project supports the lives of parents and children and deepens ties with the local community.
The goal for 2024 is to donate 30 million yen and provide 6,000 boxes of home-cooked meals.
We have decided to recruit general supporters for the first time in order to provide home meals to all 11 administrative wards of Kyoto City.
At the home-meal packaging workshop scheduled for Sunday, October 6th, we will be recruiting new supporters and announcing a long-lasting nickname.
* Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project Overview: * *
https://kyoto-kodomotakushoku.com/lp01/*
* About the monthly supporter system: * * https://bit.ly/4emSRUc*
* Regarding nickname recruitment: * * https://bit.ly/4daMKkx*
* ■What is the Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project? *
▲Caption: Left Volleyball player Ai Takahashi | Center Hiroshi Hatayama, representative of the Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project | Right Volleyball player Rui Takahashi
* “Children’s Home Meals Support Group”, “Kyoto City”, “Social Welfare Corporation”
This project was launched through a tripartite agreement between the Adachi Welfare Association. A variety of children’s home meal activities are being carried out across the country under the Children’s Home Meals Support Group, but Kyoto City is the first ordinance-designated city to do so (*) and will play a major role in expanding its activities in the future. I am in charge. *
*Kyoto City is the first city designated by government ordinance to carry out home-mealing activities for children. (Researched by Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project in February 2019)
* ◼️Background of providing home-based meals for children: Even when they are in a difficult situation, they cannot raise their voice.* In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of businesses such as “Kodomo Shokudo” that strengthen ties with local communities and create spaces for children using vacant houses. Among these, why is “home-cooked meals for children” necessary?
This is because there are parents and children who are unable to speak up or seek help themselves even when they are in a difficult situation.
* ⚫️Need for home-cooked meals for children in numbers*
1) 15/100 people are in relative poverty (relative poverty rate 15.4%) 2) 1/7.4 children are in relative poverty (relative poverty rate 11.5%) 3) 1/2 of single-parent households face poverty
*1)2) Quoted from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s “Basic Survey on People’s Living”
*3) Quoted from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s “National Survey of Single-Parent Households, etc.”
*Relative poverty is a situation in which a person is poorer than the majority within a country or region, and is a household whose income (take-home income) is less than 1.27 million yen.
Considering this social background, we have launched and are moving forward with the Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project.
* ◼️Background of partner recruitment – Aiming to deliver 6000 boxes of home meals! Activities in all 11 administrative districts of Kyoto City~*
Up until now, we have been operating with subsidies from Kyoto Prefecture, support from corporate partners, and cooperation from sponsors. We have decided to start recruiting individual partners in order to expand support for children’s home meals throughout Kyoto City.
Our goal is to support 3,000 people each month, donate 30 million yen in 2020, and deliver 6,000 home-meal boxes.In 2020, we will be implementing new initiatives in Kamigyo Ward and Higashiyama Ward. In the future, we will expand our activities with the aim of implementing them in all wards of Kyoto.
* ◼️Contents of supporter recruitment*
There are two types of donations: one-time donations and recurring donations. There are 4 types of amounts.
・1,000 yen/month ・3,000 yen/month ・5,000 yen/month ・10,000 yen/month *Things given to members
1. Activity report
2.Participate in LINE (tentative) group. Participate in the initiative. 3. Kyoto benefits (in preparation)
* Partner (individual) overview: * *
https://kyoto-kodomotakushoku.com/individual/*
* Partner (corporate) overview: * * https://kyoto-kodomotakushoku.com/group-1/*
* Volunteer recruitment guidelines: * *
https://kyoto-kodomotakushoku.com/volunteer/*
*For inquiries regarding partner and volunteer recruitment*
Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project Secretariat
Email address: support@kyoto-kodomotakushoku.com
Phone number: 075-257-1151 (Reception hours 9:30-17:00)
Past packing work
* ◼️About recruiting names for monthly supporters*
In order to let even more people know about and support the activities of the Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project, we are looking for nicknames that are suitable for our monthly support!
Once we have decided on a nickname, we would like to create a logo, illustration, and character.
Application period: September 12th to September 30th, 2024
Nickname recruitment page: https://bit.ly/4daMKkx
Selection method: The selection will be conducted by project members, and the results will be announced on-site on October 6, 2024, the day of the packing operation.
Notes and application rules: You are welcome to submit any nickname suggestions. Copyright belongs to Kyoto Children’s Home Meals Project.
* ◼️Details about home meal packaging work*
Name: Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project Packing Work
Date and time: Sunday, October 6, 2024, starting at 10:15
Venue: GLM Co., Ltd.
Access: Car or train (10 minutes walk from Kamitobaguchi on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line)
Address: 74-3 Takeda Mukoyo-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8418 Participation fee: Free
Things to bring: Drinks, towel, gloves if necessary (for touching cardboard etc.)
Past packing work
Past packing work
Past packing work
Past packing work
* ◼️Children’s home-meal support group supporting parents and children who cannot express the hardships*
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* ◼️User feedback (partial)*
・My children are always the first to open the boxes when they are delivered to me, and are very happy.I am truly grateful for the energy they give me.
・I was happy to see the children enjoying the sweets. thank you very much.
◼️Hiroshi Hatayama, Representative of the Kyoto Children’s Home Meals Project, Adachi Welfare Association, Social Welfare Corporation (Chairman, Adachi Hospital, Medical Corporation Foundation)
The Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project has been implemented in four wards of Kyoto City (Fushimi Ward, Nakagyo Ward, Kita Ward, and Yamashina Ward) in the five years since April 2019 (until March 2024). Ta.
This year (Reiwa 6), it has also been decided that Kamigyo Ward and Higashiyama Ward will carry out the implementation, leaving five wards (Sakyo Ward, Shimogyo Ward, Minami Ward, Ukyo Ward, and Nishikyo Ward).
Many sponsors provide and cooperate with us by providing home meals, providing a place for packing, cooperating with delivery, expanding our circle of volunteers, cooperating with various events, cooperating with project PR, etc.
This is the result of the cooperation we received in various places, with goods, and with time.
Thank you very much.
From now on, I would like to use the know-how I have cultivated so far to connect more with children and people living in Kyoto.
To this end, the Kyoto Children’s Home Meals Project has established a monthly supporter system to ensure stable independent management. We will also make new attempts to receive support from citizens and those who sympathize with this project.
* ◼️Future schedule (latest) *
October 6th 445 boxes Fushimi Ward
October 20th 108 boxes Yamashina Ward
* ■Organization overview*
Organization name: Social Welfare Corporation Adachi Welfare Association Kyoto Children’s Home Meal Project
Representative: Representative Hiroshi Hatayama
Address: 15 Tojiji-cho, Yanagibaba-dori Nijyo-shita, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-0956
Established: April 1, 2018
Project details: Provide food support and watch over activities for families in relative poverty (Families with elementary school children in target areas are eligible to receive school support assistance.) URL: https://kyoto-kodomotakushoku.com/lp01/
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