“I can't work part-time due to the influence of corona” Providing ingredients to needy students Hokkaido Hakodate November 22, 16:12
A support activity was carried out at a university in Hakodate, Hokkaido, to provide free foodstuffs to university students who are in financial distress, such as the disappearance of part-time jobs due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
This support activity is planned by a civic group made up of university officials in Hakodate City, and on the 22nd at the venue Hokkaido University of Education Hakodate, vegetables, instant foods, masks and clothing donated by local farmers and companies will be sold. It was provided free of charge.
University students and others who said that they had run out of part-time jobs due to the influence of the new coronavirus visited the venue, and when they received a bag full of food, they smiled and said "Thank you".
The female college student who received it said, "I am very grateful that the ingredients are provided free of charge while I cannot work part-time and lose my income."
Another female university student said, "I had the opportunity to talk with the staff who planned the activity, which made my heart warm."
Mr. Wataru Suzuki of the citizen group "Student Food Support Project Executive Committee" who planned this project said, "I heard from a student that it is difficult to live because the number of part-time jobs is reduced. I thought about this project. I'm glad I was able to do that. "