Kodomo Shokudo provides needy children with food and a community, which is necessary to become physically and mentally healthy adults. Schools are closed. Parents lost their jobs. Kids are hungry and ...

Jasmine Punzalan opened her first Kodomo children’s shop in the South End in August 2016. Just four months earlier, she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer after a series of misdiagnoses. This ...

In recent years, child poverty has become a major social issue in Japan. In response, the number of Children's Food Kitchens, known in Japanese as 子供食堂 kodomo shokudo, has been growing nationwide.