When 42,000 Children Find a Home, We Will End This Activity. #AprilDream

The Certified NPO Japan Children's Support Association (Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Representative Director: Shinobu Iwaasa) supports "April Dream," which aims to make April 1st a day to announce dreams.

This press release is not an April Fool's lie. It is our earnest dream.

[Declaration of Dream]

"To every child, a home."

A "home" is not just a place with a roof and food. It's a place where someone says 'welcome home'. A place where you can be yourself, whether you cry or get angry. A place that teaches you, through experience, to believe in tomorrow.

To create a society where all children grow up in such a place. That is our dream.

And the day that dream comes true— The day when all 42,000 children living in Japan find a home, We will quietly draw the curtain on this activity.

That is the Japan Children's Support Association's April Dream.

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[Current Situation: Even at this moment, children are spending the night outside a home]

Look at the numbers.

Current Situation | Value | Source --- | --- | --- Number of children unable to live with parents | 42,000 people | Children and Families Agency (Reiwa 7) Percentage of those growing up in institutions | Approx. 75% | Children and Families Agency 'Study Group on Promoting Social Care' (Reiwa 5)