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Food Bank
The government reports that more than 15
percent of Japanese people live below the relative
相対的貧線より下で生活している
poverty line. For the elderly this number is more a%20
年配の人々
than 20 percent. Approximately 2.3 million people
おおよそ
230万人
in Japan do not have enough safe, nutritious food
each day. I remember a time when we received
a call from a single mother who had two small
children. That day she had to ask the older child to
先行詞
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give up a meal so that the smaller one could eat.
非常に~なので
Such things happen every day, even in Japan.
前文にあるように
貧困による悲惨な時のこと。
Food for the homeless
government [givarnmant] below (bilou] relative (rélativ] poverty [parti elder
approximately laproksimatli
おおよ
14. the relative poverty line
nutritious injutrijas single (sing!) meal [m])
栄養のある
たったの
21. so that My father bought me a bat so that I could join the team.
low the relative poverty line?

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Lesson
5
3
The first food bank started in the U.S. in 1967.
In Japan, we started our activities in 2000 and
became an NPO called Second Harvest Japan in
後ろから修
March 2002. Our name comes from the idea of
~に由来する
“harvesting” surplus food.
+
考え
We not only give food to people who need it,
~先行詞
but we also help companies save money. In 2010,
we “harvested” over 500 million yen worth of food.
5億
もまだ
「not only~ but also…」だけでなく
フードバンク活動の仕組み
食品製造
メーカー
食品小売
家・
学校
個人
企業
農業法人
寄付
フードバンク
児童養護
一般保護
グループ
母子家庭
高齢者
施設
施設
ホーム
世帯
世
など

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Companies saved 80 million
yen because they did not have
to throw away the food that
~を捨てる
先行詞
they could not sell.
Food Bank
CITR
Trust is very important
in our work. When you have
trust, food and financial
support naturally follow. We
never go to a company and
Nalmart
Some 2HJ donors Photo: Natsu
AFTERMODE
say, "Can you give us food or money?" We think of
てくれますか
them as equal partners. We tell them about our
Company
activities and ask them, "Is there anything we
can do together?"
一緒に
that
NPO's are still new in Japan. As NPO's grow
なるにつれて
and become more professional, people will see that
they can play a bigger role in society. Just wanting
to do something good is not enough. The important
thing is how you run your NPO. Second Harvest
経営する
Japan is unique because we deal with both business
and welfare.
~を取り扱う
professional prátandi

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Lesson
"Helping" others is not easy. Sometimes we
send the wrong message when we say, "Can I help
You are not Ok; you need to change
you?" We mean well, but we sometimes send the
と思ってする
message, "You are not OK; you need to change." I
would rather think of at this way: "I see you have a 5
込められたメッセージを受けている。
flat tire on your bike. I have some tools and patches
here if you want to use them. I can also stay around
ばにいる
while you fix your bike if you want company." This
is what I learned from my experience along the
私が学んだこと
Sumida River.
Collecting food
Handing out food

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Food Bank
My work is my "vote" on what kind of society I
want to live in. Food is also a "tool." I want to live
in a society where there is a way to get these "tools"
先行詞
to the people who need them. I don't think of my
work as "helping" people, but rather matching
up surplus food with those who can use it. I am
するトロ
passionate about making these matches. It is what
情熱をつくす。
ふさわしいものを見つける
makes my job so much fun.
march up ~
with」~んと調和する