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Creating a Society Where No One Will be Left
Behind, through Support for Children's Cafeterias
Japan Kodomo-Shokudo Support Center "MUSUBIE"(Certified Non-profit Organization)

What are Children's Cafeterias?
Children's cafeterias are generally voluntarily organized and community-based places thatoffer free or low-cost meals for children.
They are also known as community cafeterias, Everyone's Houses, etc.
Twomajor functions: Spaces for community building and interaction, countermeasures for childpoverty.
• According to the research conductedby Musubie and regional networkorganizations, the number ofchildren’s cafeterias reached 7,331 asof 2022, in rough comparison to thenumber of elementary schools:
20,000, junior high schools: 10,000,and children’s centers: 4,000.
Source: Researched by Musubie and regional networkorganizations in 2012, 2018 and later. Researched by The Asahi
Shinbun in 2016.
https://musubie.org/news/6022/

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Children's CafeteriasSpaces for Community Building & Interaction=X

Countermeasures for Child Poverty“Minnya-shokudo”, Ube City, Yamaguchi

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Organizational Bodies for Children's Cafeterias
NPOsSchoolsCorporations
Individuals
Social Welfare Councils *1Social Welfare Corporations
General Incorporated Associations
Religious Corporations
Lifestyle Cooperatives
Regional Public Organizations *1
Private Associations *2
Private Associations *3
Other

19.1
0.4
1.8
14. 6
1. 6
3. 4
4.9
2. 5
0. 2
0. 4
45.1
5. 2
0.90

*1 Including contractors*2 Citizens’ action groups*3 Residents’/neighborhood associations

1020304050 (%)

Source: Questionnaire Vol. 5 on the Status and Issues of Children's Cafeterias
https://musubie.org/news/3720/

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Functions of Children's Cafeterias
Main objectives of children's cafeterias (Q 5)(n = 1367)

88. 4

1.Provision of children’s meals

83. 7

6. Creation of a space to be for children
8. Support for single-parent households

59. 6

14. Multigenerational interaction

57. 5

15. Community-building

56. 4

10. Support for households in poverty*1

54. 6

9. Child-raising support

51.9

2. Nutritional education for children

46. 3

7. Creation of a play space for children

43. 8

4. Study support for children

39. 3020406080

100 (%)*1 Excluding prevention

Source: The 1st National Survey on the Status of Children's Cafeterias
https://musubie.org/news/4881/

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Stories from Children's Cafeterias 1/ 2
•A girl with non-Japanese citizenship, who had always insisted on using her
Japanese name, saw that her mother served food and provided lectures on

wearing the hijab at a children's cafeteria. The joy on her mother's face helped
the child's acculturation and led her to use her real name.
• A child with strong food preferences saw the "big sisters and brothers" at thechildren's cafeteria savoring their least favorite foods. So he began to imitate
them. This behavioral change surprised his mother.
•Girls who had attended a children's cafeteria near their elementary school foundthat, even after starting junior high school with children from other elementaryschools, the diverse interactions and experiences at the children's cafeteria (neitherhome nor school) served as emotional support. They now help out at the children'scafeteria themselves.

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Stories from Children's Cafeterias 2/ 2
•A first-grade boy ate three bowls of curry one day, leading staff to notice his large

appetite on a regular basis and wonder if he was going hungry. They sent rice ballshome with him.
• A boy with a new baby sister, whose mother tended to be occupied with the baby,

found to his delight that at the children's cafeteria volunteers watched the babyso that he could enjoy special moment with his mother on her lap. His motherwas also feeling happy that she was able to spend some time with him.
•A single, socially withdrawn elderly person was invited to help out at achildren's cafeteria. While she felt cumbersome initially, she got to look forward

to each event, taking care of their health and going for a half-hour daily walk.
Video book of stories from children's cafeterias
https://musubie.org/pickupproject/grayzone/725

A Space for Community-building
Among the diverse values of children's cafeterias is their potential to prevent
issues at a comprehensive level.

Child poverty Countermeasures

・Poverty of connection
・Poverty of experience・Preventative communitybuildingChild-raising Support

Community Building

・Emotional support for parents
・Making friends with fellow
parents
・Building a supportive community
・Abuse prevention

・Revitalizing communities
・Connections against isolation
・Place for elderly to be involved
・Building a community that leaves noone behind

1st National Survey on the Status of Children's Cafeterias From "Document 0: What we had to say"825

Children’s Cafeterias and the SDGs
Realizing a world where no one is left behindChildren's cafeterias contribute mainly to six of the 17 SDGs.

(Reference)Yuasa Makoto, "Children's Cafeterias and the SDGS: Creating a "Clamor" where No One is Isolated"
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/yuasamakoto/20190409- 00121364/

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Children's Cafeterias During the Pandemic
Community spaces for "multigenerational interaction," with children at their centers[Children's cafeterias before the pandemic][Children's cafeterias during the pandemic]

Ube City, Yamaguchi

Tomakomai City, Hokkaido• The rate of children‘s cafeterias holding gatherings was 36. 4% as of July 2021 (from oursurvey: https://musubie.org/news/3720/)• Elsewhere, over 90% of children's cafeterias were continuing activities in different
formats, such as distributing lunchboxes and foodstuffs• Through these continued activities, they demonstrated to participants and society thatchildren's cafeterias are "a space for continued connection, no matter what."
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What is Musubie?
VISION
Creating a society where no one will be left behind,through support for children's cafeterias.
MISSION
Cultivating an ecosystem where children’s cafeterias
are everywhere in Japan, so that everyone has a place
to be.
Through children’s cafeterias, enabling more people toparticipate in social activities creating the future.
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Musubie Projects

Regional Network
Organization Project

Corporate/organizational
collaboration project

We are a network organization (an intermediate support organization which supports
children's cafeterias. We collaborate with networks around the country to provide thesupport for children's cafeterias that they need including setup support, networking
between operations, collaboration with authorities and related organizations,intermediate support for donations, information provision, and so on.
https://musubie.org/project/ids/

We cooperate with corporations and other organizations interested in supportingchildren's cafeterias, providing activities which increase the safety and security ofchildren's cafeterias, programs offering children various experiences, and so on. If you
are interested in donating rice or other foodstuffs to children's cafeterias, providing
funding, space, or programs, having employees volunteer, planning and operating aid
programs, and so on. please do not hesitate to contact us.
https://musubie.org/project/corporate/

We conduct the necessary surveys and research for children's cafeterias to become a"normal" part of society, accessible to more children. The outcomes of these surveys
and research are put to use in expanding regional and social understanding of children'scafeterias, as well as in realizing suitable systems and policies.
Survey/research projecthttps://musubie.org/project/research/1225

Regional Network Organizations andChildren's Cafeterias
There are children's cafeterias in all 47
prefectures of Japan, with regional networkorganizations in various areas sharing
information and opinions between operations,as well as assisting withtraining, PR and education. With theseorganizations (including preparatory groups)
across the country as its partners, Musubie:Children s
cafeterias

Regionalnetworks❶ Keeps up with the status and issues on
the ground across the country;❷ Communicates the status of each region to thepublic;❸ Acts as an intermediary for donations andservices; and❹ Supports the set up of regional networkorganizations.

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Musubie’s Key Concept for Regional Communities
Children's cafeterias everywhereTowns where children’s cafeterias are the norm

Children's cafeterias everywhere: https://musubie.org/about/acchinimo/

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Partnerships with Musubie
Through cooperation, we conduct public relations such as putting partners' logos
on our website and media.
Donations

Products
Services

Donations to Musubie lead to support

We act as the bridge between donations

As well as support in the form offor children's cafeterias around theof your products and the needs of each

donations and products, we also recruit

country. We also have a corporatechildren's cafeteria. As well, we also

cooperation from volunteers. Simply

sponsorship program from 100,000

enable service provision based on

eating a meal at a children's cafeteria

yen up.

corporate character, such as programs

can be enough to absorb theWe also provide vending machines withteaching children how to brush theiratmosphere, providing the children with adonation function, donation matching inteeth.

chance to encounter various adults. As

which corporations match employee

We also enable support such as provision

well, pro bono work through Musubie isfundraising, donation via points, donationsof meeting rooms and event spaces, along

another way to provide support forof used books, and so on.

with services such as app development.

children's cafeteria around Japan.

Volunteering
Pro bono

In principle, we request planning and support fees and clerical fees for acting as intermediaries for product donations tochildren's cafeterias, collaboration on planning, etc. Musubie is not a public-sector organization; rather, we function as a privateorganization along with the children's cafeterias.

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[Donations] Vending Machines with Donation Function
By adding donationcapability to the vending machines on your companypremises, youcanprovide donations whileeducating your employees aboutyourcorporateCSR.

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[Donations] Donations Incorporating Used Books and DVDs
In collaboration with the Charibon system of used book donations run by VALUEBOOKS, Musubie accepts donations of used books and DVDs.
For details, seehttps: /musubie.org/news/665/

Throughusedbooks
andusedDVDs, youcannow makea

contributionto Musubie!
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[Donations] Customer-Involved Donations
Fundraising at storefronts and business offices. Funds can be launched based on the funding
collected, with planning and operation support available for children's cafeteria aid projects.

Aeon National Children's Cafeteria Support
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[Material Support] Use of Foodstuffs Held in Reservefor Disasters
Foodstuffs contributed to children's cafeterias when renewing stocks held in reserve for disasters can be eaten
there by the children. With cooperation from Tanaka Ken'ichiro, the former Imperial Hotel chef, Musubie
provides seminars on "Delicious food for everyone! Making use of disaster reserve foodstuffs," offering
information on tasty preparation of reserve foodstuffs for children's cafeterias.
https://musubie.org/news/4507/

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[Children's Cafeterias 10th Anniversary]Children's Cafeteria Support Groups
Corporations and organizations who have supported children's cafeterias in agreement with

the Children's Cafeterias 10th Anniversary concept form "Children's Cafeteria Support
Groups," expanding the circle of support. The nature of the support may be of any type orscope (donations or material provision, volunteer arrangements, etc.) as long as it is done forthe sake of children'scafeterias. Don't hesitate to register through the form below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWQPT-raDn4sLFyQ2VELmYeKHEt6T6Np2mtlJiDlHu2dlqRA/viewform

Children's Cafeterias 10th Anniversary Concept (Overview)
While once again expressing deep respect and gratitude to the people runningchildren's cafeterias, the goal of this concept is to realize a sustainable society
through further expanding the circle of support along with everyone who has
supported children's cafeterias so far.

2025[Children's Cafeterias 10th Anniversary]
National Tour: Open Workshops
We use open workshops to share the roles played by children's cafeterias in the community
through the stories of the various changes they have brought about.

The people who have worked hard for children's cafeterias have a chance to appreciate one
another, while the participants (audience) can get a sense thereby of the significance and rolesof children's cafeterias. The open workshops are held mainly by regional children's cafeteria
network organizations; weare in need of corporations willing to offer support.

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Diverse Initiatives for Support of Children's Cafeterias 1/2
Provision of Funding/Aid• Donations
Based in donations from Aeon, Mitsubishi Corporation, Maruetsu, andothers, we have established the Children's Cafeteria Fund and provided over
120 million yen to children's cafeteria activities in aid. Aeon, Maruetsu and others

have raised funds from their customers to contribute to the Children's Cafeteria
Fund.

• Contributing Products
Unilever Japan sells a Jif/Domestos Children's Cafeteria Support Package asa contributing product ( 10 yen donated per product purchased). Based onthese donations, Musubie has made contributions to six children's cafeterias aroundJapan.

Provision of Venues• Fundraising and education projects for children's cafeterias
As part of the Aeon Children's Cafeteria Support Group work, the Aeon
Sagamihara store held a fundraising and education project with its customers.

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Diverse Initiatives for Support of Children's Cafeterias 2/2
Provision of Foodstuffs/Ingredients• Provision of ingredients
House Foods donated curry roux and other ingredients to 100 children'scafeterias in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

• Provision of beverages
Kagome held a retweet campaign, donating Yasai Seikatsu vegetable juice in
numbers matching the number of retweets.

Provision of Programs, etc.
• "Children's cafeterias: eating, playing, laughing"
In cooperation with the Tokyo Toy Museum and with special support
from Yoshimoto Kogyo, toy consultants and local comedians provided
opportunities for multigenerational interaction at children's cafeterias in every

prefecture of Japan.

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Corporations and Organizations Providing Support# ひ と り親をみんな で支えよう

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[Inquiries on Corporate/Organizational Collaboration]

Japan Kodomo-Shokudo Support Center "MUSUBIE“(Certified Non-profit Organization)

pj@musubie.org
https: /musubie.org/

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