A surprising number of economically disadvantaged families worry about food costs during summer vacation, when school lunches stop.
A nonprofit corporation surveyed more than 1,300 economically disadvantaged families and found that 90% of them were worried about the rising cost of food during the summer vacation.
It was also found that 40% of them spent 110 yen on food per person, which is less than 1,000 yen of our money.
[Hiroko Tanaka/Nonprofit: “100 yen ($900) per meal is a very low amount, it’s really serious.”]
In this eight-person family with six children, the mother works part-time five days a week and the father works as a contractor.
Because of this, during school vacations, the kids stay home and eat instant noodles and other meals.
[Mother: “The family’s food bill is about 70,000 yen ($630,000). All told, we spend more than we earn.”]
Since the kids are at home all day, 카지노사이트킴 the gas and electricity bills are also higher.
The for-profit corporation urgently plans to raise money through crowdfunding to deliver groceries to 2,700 families in need.