Children cafeteria "not stand Resume prospect" corresponding difficult November 1, 5:00 08 minutes of nearly half infection prevention
Under the influence of the new coronavirus, nearly half of the nation's children cafeteria which provides meals free of charge and small amount to the children, that do not stand the prospect of resumption was also found in the NPO of investigation now.
In late September, the NPO "National Children's Cafeteria Support Center Musubie" conducted a survey of organizations that operate children's cafeterias nationwide, and received responses from 342 organizations in 39 prefectures.
When asked how much they resumed providing meals to children,
▽ "already resumed" was 24%
▽ "scheduled to resume from October" was 6%, totaling only 30%. On the other hand,
▽ "I have no plans" was 48%, which is almost half, an increase of 9 points from the previous survey (June).
When asked in multiple answers that they were in trouble,
▽ "It is difficult to prevent infection" was the most common 50%
▽ "Insufficient funds" was followed by 37%
▽ "Insufficient food" was 19% It was.
More than half of the respondents answered that they are distributing lunch boxes and ingredients, but the number of people who need new support is increasing.
Makoto Yuasa, the chairman of the NPO, said, "As the infection situation changes from moment to moment and the winter is coming up, we continue to be unable to actively resume the infection. To prevent the children from losing their place in the long term I would like to create a guideline and check sheet so that I can start restarting. "