Ashinaga Student Fundraising Canceled Concern about Shortage of Funds Coronavirus

Ashinaga Student Fundraising Canceled Concern about Shortage of Funds Coronavirus February 26 18:31

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The "Ashinaga Student Fundraiser", which was planned around the country in April to call for support for children who lost their parents due to illness or disaster, will be canceled due to the spread of the new coronavirus It was decided. There is concern that the shortage of funds for scholarships is that student calls on the street often trigger donations.

`` Ashinaga Student Fundraising '' is a fund-raising activity designed to support children whose parents have died due to illness or disaster or have been unable to work due to severe disabilities. Every four days in the fall, we called for donations at streets such as terminal stations nationwide.

The next fund-raising activity scheduled for April was the 100th milestone, with 20,000 students and others expected to stand on the streets in about 300 locations nationwide. It has been canceled.

In response to this, approximately 10 students, who serve as the secretariat of the “Ashinaga Student Fundraiser” in various locations, together with the “Ashinaga Ikueikai”, which provides scholarships and other support based on the donations gathered, went to a reporter in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo on the 26th. We held a conference.

A university student from Hyogo prefecture, who had also received support, said, "I am sorry that there is no longer any opportunity to reach out on the streets and call on students who are suffering from the situation or the need for support. I want to appeal to society. "

Calls from students on the street often trigger donations and have never been canceled in the past.

`` Ashinaga Ikueikai '' is worried that the cancellation of the street fund raising will result in a shortage of about 4 billion yen in funding for scholarships. There is. "