Feel free to talk with Director General <NPO Almond Community Network>

　On January 27, we visited the NPO Almond Community Network in Kitayamada and held a casual talk with Director General.

　The Almond Community Network aims to contribute to the realization of a symbiotic society and a peaceful community where citizens are not isolated by providing support projects based on "listening to the other person's story better" and "listening activities". Was established in the fall of 2012.
　Until now, we have been engaged in activities to support the problems of children and adolescents with difficulties in living, such as youth truancy, withdrawal, poor living, and family problems connected to foreign countries.
　Furthermore, from October of last year, we opened "almond Cafe-Soup Time-", which is a tsusho-type support for the Yokohama City Care Prevention and Life Support Service Assistance Project (Service B), to improve the health of seniors and fulfill their lives. We are also working to create a place where people can gather happily.

　Mr. Mizutani told us that the idea of "for those in need" was rooted and that he worked on various issues such as parental care, truancy, and withdrawal. Among them, there were stories that the business was connected sideways, such as junior high school students who participated in the snuggle-type learning support project came to help this cafe.
　In Tsuzuki Ward  , we called parents to the same apartment from rural areas, but suddenly came out here, had no acquaintances, nowhere to go, and they were living alone at home. "It's important to have a place where you can just listen to the story, like a cafe here, and when you talk, you sometimes talk about your true intentions. It is difficult to do it unless you study listening. "
　When asked by Director General, "How do elderly men spend time after Retirement?" Director General was convinced that "Many men imagine themselves who worked after Retirement and are not good at expanding new friendships, while women are social and do a wide range of cooking and art."
　The staff said, "I like this cafe always treats me with a smile, so I can see that the staff is in contact with visitors in a bright atmosphere. Was.

　 Through the keyword "listening", you can see that you are involved with various people from various perspectives.
　In the long-term care insurance system, various menus are being prepared, but as the population ages, I think that the issue will be how to get involved in the community. I would like to continue a cheerful space where you can spend time drinking soup for a long time. community development, which enables not only elderly people but also a variety of people, can live happily and cheerfully.

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