FUJISAWA, KANAGAWA PREF. ¨C Kiyoko Ojima awoke to the problems of the needy while in elementary school, when she came across a TV documentary about trying to find solutions to starvation in Africa.
¡°I wanted to help those who are starving by growing crops,¡± she said of her passion for agriculture that has led her to run a vegetable field. ¡°There are many people in Japan, too, who struggle to put food on the table.¡±
Ojima, 39, engages homeless and other people on social assistance in work in the field, in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture. ¡°Our main goal is to help these people regain confidence ... so they can eventually get back on their feet,¡± she said in a recent interview with The Japan Times.
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