New Coronavirus Severely Affects Orphan Scholarships April 3 22:40

The Ashinaga Student Fund, which provides scholarships to children whose parents have died due to the new coronavirus, does not allow any fundraising on the street.

It is feared that the number of children who need assistance will increase due to the worsening economic situation, and university students involved in fund-raising activities will post their own experiences and thoughts as orphans to SNS and call for donations.

The “Ashinaga Student Fund” provides scholarships through donations and donations collected to high school and university students whose parents have died due to illness or disaster or have been unable to work due to severe disabilities for over 50 years.

Every year, we collected about 4 billion yen through large-scale street donations in the spring and autumn, and last year we provided scholarships to more than 6,000 children. We voluntarily rejected the call, and all fundraising activities planned for April in 300 locations across Japan have been cancelled.

This means that donations and donations may not be collected enough.

Also, parents who have lost their parents say, "We have reduced the number of customers at the store and managed to pay the rent, but we have a hard time living." Whether it's a tough situation. "

"Our support is mostly for mother and child families. It is rare that we have good jobs in mother and child families. It is extremely difficult for families with low incomes to have even lower incomes." They have been severely appealing, saying, "It's like they're losing their dreams." I've been helping orphans for 55 years, but this is the first time I'm in such a terrible state. "

Under these circumstances, graduates and university students who were planning to participate in street fund-raising began posting last-minute experiences and thoughts as orphaned children to SNS, and began calling for donations.

Among them, a woman from Saitama Prefecture, who graduated from college this spring, recounted her experience of giving up on studying for tuition, saying, "I don't think it's bad to work. I believe that there is, please do not neglect your potential. I hope that these children will be reduced as much as possible, "he complained of the need for a scholarship.
Aya Takahara, a third-year college student who is a core member of the activity, said, "Everyone is worried that their next generation of children will lose their chances to go on to school, rather than their own lives. I don't know when the activity will resume, but I'd like to call for support as much as I can now. "

Donations are accepted by bank account transfer, etc., and detailed methods are posted on websites such as "Ashinaga Ikueikai".