Kobe Co-op staff in Akashi, Hyogo prefecture will visit families and provide free diapers, powdered milk, and baby products for nine months. Staff will also talk to parents and guardians, help family finances and listen to family concerns.
Akashi (AsiaNews/Agencies) – The City of Akashi in Hyogo prefecture (Kansai, Honshu) has launched a free diaper subscription service and home care and family counselling on 1st October. The goal is to stop Japan’s declining population decline and reverse the coming demographic winter.
Under the municipal scheme, the Consumers Co-operative Kobe (Co-op Kobe) will deliver diapers, formula milk and other baby supplies for free whilst watching over babies and their parents or guardians.
Under the subscription service, parents and guardians will receive products of their choice once a month when their children turn three months old, and this until their first birthday.
Support staff have experience raising children, and received training such as role playing in preparation for talking with parents and guardians.
The service not only supports family finances but staff will also provide child-rearing information and listen to family concerns.