NEWS LETTER No.66

Manchester, England
In receiving the News of Manchester Terror Attack on May22, we havelaunched a project to send children’s paintings and cheer British people
to show our appreciation for the children‘s paintings that was a giftfrom England to cheer Japanese people when the huge earthquake
struck Tohoku, Japan. The children’s paintings we sent were exhibitedat Japanese Embassy in UK for a week.
On July 12, Manchester honorary consul visited Tarleton Community
School which 8-year-old victim used to go , and donated the children’spaintings. He met the school director and class representatives. Theschool director is planning to use the children’s paintings at their art
project in the next semester starting on September and also to exhibit
them next May.

Symposium at Todaiji Temple

We held an exhibition of children’s paintings at a small hole in the Todaiji Cultural Center, and helda symposium to consider “children’s life” by Fumon Sagawa, the 222nd general manager of Kegon
Sect at Todaiji Temple.
A workshop of Japanese music by Mr. Kanjuro Fujima, Original Fujima Style VIII was held, and Mr.
Takanosuke Nakamura and Ms. Aiko Watanabe showed Japanese dance. At the Todaiji Temple
Welfare and Treatment Hospital, we held a workshop to paint for children with severe disabilities.
These children, who rarely have chances to go out in their daily life, enjoyed painting outside.

Cambodia and Vietnam
We held art worlshops at KIDS EARTH HOME (KEH)in Vietnam andCambodia on 5-18 March.
50 children live and study at KEH Vietnam and 52 children live at
KEH Cambodia. Countless children still live under poor environment.
However in the workshop, they enjoyed painting with art materials
that KEF staffs brought from Japan and smiled

Croatia
We held an art workshop with many children at No.9 Kids Earth HomeCroatia.
There are children who live in houses which remains of bullet holes,
suffering from domestic violence and child abuse by their parents as well
as for children whose parents are addicted to alcohol and drugs. In sucha serious situation, children drew pictures that appeal for peace.

Flood disaster area , JapanOn 5 July 2017, heavy rain struck northern Kyushu. Manyhouses were damaged and people were forced to leavethem. Three days after that, Torii went around four
evacuation centers ( Asakura Shiritsu Haki Junior HighSchool, Rakuyu-kan, Asakura Regional Lifelong LearningCenter, and Pipoto Amagi) to hold art workshops.
Torii met a woman who lost her husband by the flood,
disabled people, and an old man who was at a loss what
to do next. The painting which the children drew madethem cheerful.

TohokuSix years have passed after the Great East Japan
earthquake.
We’ve been
supporting
theEastaffectedareas
Six years
have passedafterthe GreatJapansince we started up the KIDS EARTH HOME TOHOKU atearthquake.
We’ve been supporting the affectedWatari-cho, Miyagi Prefecture in July, 2011.

areas since we started up the KIDS EARTH HOMETOHOKU at Watari-cho, Miyagi Prefecture in July,2011.
In a painting workshop on March 25th (Sat), children
drew paintings of the moon, which were displayed ina charity event held in the Todai-ji Temple (NaraPrefecture) on April 15th. When the children weretold that the theme of the workshop was about themoon, they were so excited and drew many piecesof paintings maximizing their imagination.
On April 22nd (Sat), we invited a stone painter toour workshop as a guest. The children started
collecting stones on the ground first and once theyfound their favorite stones, they added colors on it.
They left unforgettable ideas as an art that were far
beyond our imagination.
On June 17th (Sat) and July 17th (Holiday), we held apainting workshop with the management support
team at the Firefly Festival in Watari-cho, Miyagi
Prefecture. Local children were excited about theopening every year and more than 12,000 guestsvisited the festival. The theme of the workshop was
about “your own face”, so the children faced
themselves by reminding their own faces.

Child Ward
We held workshops for children at Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Jikei University Hospital,
Tokyo Dental University Dental hospital etc. every month.

Charity Party 2017 in KYOTO

We had a charity party at Hyatt Regency Kyoto and got a lot of donations (1,170,700 JPN)
in a night. At the party, Yumi Okazaki (pianist) performed wonderful music and guests had agreat night, thinking of children around the world.

Calbeeproduct name : Jagabee

MUJI
product name : My bag with children’s paintings

ASKUL
product name : Memo pad