fight

for the forgotten

There are the lost and then there are the ones completely forgotten, intentionally. You see if you don’t fit the mold in what society deems normal to its’ culture, you are pushed out or left out.

Discrimination towards people with disabilities is still a big issue in Japan. Most people with any kind of disability live or spend the majority of their day in a government run or subsidized care facility.

35,000 children placed in state institutions located on the outskirts of towns. 95% of these children have living parents and/or relatives that either give up caring for their kids or are taken from them and cared for by the State with ZERO chance of being adopted.

Elderly widows/widowers living at home alone with no relatives or friends close are often deprived of human interaction and resort to day government run or subsidized care facilities for interaction.

Although we are grateful to see that people’s basic physical needs are being met, Japanese government’s paternal rôle has left society totally dependent on the government and voided all interest in people authentically caring for one another leaving people starving for relationship.

The stats are staggering in every age bracket that shows how the lack of human contact and the inability to be in relationship with others negatively impacts Japanese society mentally and emotionally where loneliness and isolation is the silent killer in Japan. As of this year the Government has created a position in the Japanese National Diet a “minister of loneliness” to implement measures of social to prevent social isolation.

We are called to fight and our hope is you will join us in building relationships with not only the lost but also the forgotten through financial support or time and energy. We want them to know they are not alone and we know we cannot do it alone. Join us!

Check out our initiative 一人ではない (translated – NOT ALONE).

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