Tokyo's NPO, which provides groceries to single-parent families, has received a series of requests for support from people whose income has declined due to the rapid expansion of Omicron shares, and staff and volunteers are busy arranging home delivery. I am.
Good Neighbors Japan, a certified NPO in Tokyo, has been providing groceries free of charge once a month for single-parent families with incomes below a certain level for five years.
Until now, we have delivered groceries directly to people who want it in 17 places nationwide such as Tokyo and Osaka, but due to the rapid expansion of Omicron stocks, we changed to the method of delivering by home delivery from this month, and we hope for support. The number of people who do this has increased sharply, and this month, about 1,400 households, 1.4 times as many as last month, were targeted.
At the warehouse of a group in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, a total of five people, including staff and volunteers, were busy arranging home delivery, such as packing rice and retort foods into boxes one after another.
People who want help are saying, "The nursery school is closed and I can't continue working," or "My family is infected and I can't go out."
The group is calling for donations of groceries that have a best-by date of two months or more, saying that if this situation continues, there is a risk of running out of groceries.
Fumie Iijima of the Good Neighbors Japan Public Relations Department said, "Food shortages are becoming a serious situation. Please cooperate to help families in difficult situations."