Emergency response to COVID-19

Providing food and toys for single-parent families“Support Package forSingle Parent Families” report

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Unauthorized reproduction prohibitedTo all supporters for “Support Package for Single Parent Families”:
Your support helped children and families.
Under the influence of COVID-19, impacts on children and parents aresevere. In May 2020, Save the Children provided food and other supplies for
310 households that applied for “Support Package for Single Parent Families”
in Tokyo’s 23 wards. This activity revealed a tough situation surrounding
single-parent households; some keep hunger away with water. Therefore, inJune, we added three prefectures to Tokyo as the target areas and provided
as many as 1,010 households with the support package.
Your support has greatly helped improve single families’ food situation andguarantee the rights of children to live and grow in difficulties resulting fromthe COVID-19 pandemic. We published a report on the situation of singleparent households facing difficulties and suggested to relevant ministries andagencies, administrative bodies, and assembly members that they strengthen
supportive measures.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each of you for extending support and report the results of our emergency response activities.

1,320

households
We delivered the"Support Package" to2,255 children and
1,472 adults(aged 19 or over).

“Support Package for Single Parent Families” in June

Staff preparing for shipment

■Voices from recipientsThank-you messages have arrived.
Thank you very much for the “Support Package for Single Parent Families” I
received today. I was surprised at the large amount! Every item in the box isindeed gratifying and appreciated.
The gift makes me feel that staff members selected and packed each item, considering our convenience and pleasure. As a mother, I am most grateful for the rice.
My daughter, who is adolescent and talks only when she is in a good mood, wasunusually pleasant while checking the contents and soon satisfied eating thegummy candies.
The enclosed PFA leaflet is also very helpful. Thank you so much.
[From a mother in her 30s of two junior high school students]

Thank you for the “Support Package.”
The moment I opened the box, my seven-year-old son delightedly said, “It’samazing that there are so many items! How did you collect them?”
The enclosed leaflet is also helpful.
In the current difficulties, I am relieved to know that some people care about us.
Thank you with sincere gratitude.
[From a mother in her 40s of an elementary school student]

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I have been off from work since April. It is unclear when I can resume my job in
the tourism industry. The support is, therefore, of great help. I as well as my son
will enjoy the food with gratitude.
My son plays with the cardboard box as a train or a vending machine (lol).
Thank you for your support.
[From a mother in her 40s of an elementary school student]

Thank you so much for a lot of food, snacks, and even toys! My children were curious
about the box when delivered and then crazy about the toys they found in it!
For both of them who love playing house, the toy pizza seems to be an absolutefavorite (* ^^ *). Their happy faces make me happier than anything else.
It took a year to finalize my divorce. There has been little payment for our living
expenses from my ex-husband because of COVID-19-related reasons. I have beenjobless for nearly three months because of the reduction of labor cost and theclosure of my workplace. I have been in distress with no income.
COIVID-19, however, has made me realize that many people are trying to help us.
I will do my best!!! Thank you (* ^^ *).
[From a mother in her 30s of a preschooler and an elementary school student]

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■Support Provided
Aiming to improve children’s food situation and provide opportunities
to play, Save the Children helped a total of 1,320 single-parent households experiencing a fall in income affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, by providing rice and other foods, useful information, and a toyset (for those who requested it) from late May to late June.
May 23
May 25 and afterLate May
Early JuneCall for entries for “Support Package for Single Parent Families” for residents of Tokyo's 23 wards
Applications reviewed, preparation for shipment
Shipment to 310 households
・ Announcement of the results of our survey about life situation answered by the households when they
applied for the “Support Package for Single Parent Families” in May. Decision of the additional emergency
support to help more households in increased regions, in response to the hardships of single-parent families.
・ Calls for entries for the additional emergency support, “Support Package for Single Parent Families”
for residents of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama

Mid-June
Late June
July

Application reviewed, preparation for shipment
Shipment to 1,010 households
Analysis of the results of our survey about life situation answered by the households when
they applied for the package in May and June.
Lobbying mainly the members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and the 23 ward assemblies, as well as
local governments and relevant ministries and agencies, to expand support for single-parent families.

August and after・ Announcement of the results of our survey about life situation answered by the households when
they applied for the additional emergency support in June, “Support Package for Single Parent Families.”
・ Continuation of lobbying the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Cabinet Office,metropolitan and prefectural governments, relevant ministries and agencies, administrative bodies,
Diet members, and local assembly members.

On the basis of the results of our survey performed at the time of application, Save the Children lobbies the national and local governments in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama toprovide urgent support for single-parent families facing severe economic difficulties. In addition,
to address the financial constraints experienced by single-parent households, we, in cooperation with other organizations, continue to lobby the national government and relevant ministries and agencies to improve support systems and social security.

Financial report

Total donations

Thanks to donations by individuals and corporations, we could
conduct 20,347,877 yen worth of support activities: “Support
Package for Single Parent Families” and the urgent additional
support from May through July. The activities include delivery offood and other supplies to target families; survey, analysis, andreporting of the life situation of these families; and policy recommendations.
Expenditure item
Food and toy procurement
Delivery/postal services
Transportation and others (Copying, etc.)
Labor costs
Administrative costs
Total

JPY

(May-end of July 2020)
Breakdown of Costs
Transportation andothers (Copying, etc.)

0.2%

Amount¥ 13,636,881¥ 1,989,824¥ 34,392¥ 2,778,383¥ 1,908,397¥ 20,347,877

Right now, children are living through a global pandemic
against the backdrop of poverty, conﬂict andnatural disasters.

20,347,877

Administrative costs

9.4%

Labor costs

13.7%

Delivery/postal services

9.8%

Food andtoy procurement

67.0%Ⓒ Sacha Myers/Save the Children

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