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Japan’s Famous Yogurt Delivery Women

For more than 40 years, a quiet army of women in Japan has been doing something far more important than delivering bottles of probiotic drinks to doorsteps. The Yakult Ladies, as they are known, began as a simple door-to-door sales program started in 1963, giving women flexible work while bringing small glass bottles of Japan’s beloved fermented health drink directly to homes and offices across the country. But over the decades, their daily rounds turned into something much deeper, as these women became the eyes, ears, and often the only regular human contact for tens of thousands of elderly people living alone. Japan is now grappling with one of the world’s most serious loneliness crises, with nearly half the population reporting they have experienced feelings of isolation, and the Yakult Ladies have emerged as one of the country’s most unexpected and most effective responses.

The tradition of welfare checks began when one Yakult Lady, heartbroken after learning that an elderly customer had died alone and undiscovered, began quietly checking in on isolated seniors during her own deliveries at her own expense. Her simple act of compassion caught on, and today around 3,000 Yakult Ladies make formal welfare visits to more than 37,000 elderly people across Japan, in partnership with more than 130 local governments who formally support the program. The women have rescued people in medical distress, alerted police when something seemed wrong, and in countless cases provided the one conversation of the day that kept an older person connected to the world around them. With around 35,000 Yakult Ladies currently working across Japan and roughly 80,000 more delivering in countries from Brazil to Indonesia, their story is proof that the most powerful solutions to loneliness sometimes come not from governments or grand programs, but from someone who simply decided to stop and knock on a door.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260302-the-yoghurt-delivery-women-combatting-loneliness-in-japan

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