KIDS EARTH Report

NEWSNo.030 Winter 2005

★ Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C Christmas Charity"White Angel Project" underway
until Sunday, December 25th
With the theme, “a peaceful Christmas to the children of the world”,
Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C and KIDS EARTH FUND are jointly undertaking
a Christmas charity project. This year will mark the fourth year of this venture.
Every year, many people and entrepreneurs cooperate on this project in orderto spread the peaceful spirit of Christmas to the world.
This project is being held from :Nov. 15th (Wed) through Dec. 25th (Sun)
Venue : Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C Main building,1F,"Granpatio" (located on Tamagawa Street neer Futakotamagawa Station on the Den -En-Toshi and Oimachi lines)
Host : Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C★ Charity Chanson Concert "Couleur de la Chanson"
A charity concert of Couleur de la Chanson was held at Mielparque Hall on October. 26th. It was a gala concert by many famouschanson singers and they contribute a part of their proceeds to KEF. This was the fourth and its title was “GANBARE! GANBARE!
GANBARE! Everybody!”. GANBARE is the Japanese word that is used to cheer people. Wonderful songs and childrenʼ s paintings,
which were exhibited in the hall, must have made the guests feel a lot of energy that evening. We do appreciate everyone who
supported us heartily. (Sponsored by Couleur de la Chanson)★ Please join our Monthly Charity Wine Party!
Itʼs time for our annual wine party full of brilliant guests of all kinds. We had a warm, nice December party with big Christmas tree
surrounded by colourful Christmas paintings by children.
We will continue on this fun charity event next year, with “Kids Earth Wine (Lumiere)” labeled with childrenʼs pictures.
DATES：Every ﬁrst Thursday (18：30 〜 20：30 )PLACE：KIDS EARTH Gallery ( 3-29-9 Ebisu Shibuya-ku, Tokyo ）DONATION：Men 2,500yen / Women 2, 000yen（KEF Member : 500yen OFF）
* In order to join a party, please feel free to contact us at KEF oﬃce（Phone：03-5449-8161 or E-mail：info@kidsearthfund.org）〈Tentative schedule for 2006〉
January Sorry, no party
April

the 6th (Thu)

February the 2nd (Thu)
MaySorry, no party

March the 2nd (Thu)
Junethe 1st (Thu)* Please check the detail on our web site (www.kidsearthfund.org).

Amount of raised money (past 12 events)¥ 1,4 8 4,

1 0 3

★ The annual report of the 2004 ﬁscal year
The 2004 ordinary general meeting was held at the KEDS EARTH FUND oﬃce. We would
like to inform you that all of following bills had been approved.
The ﬁrst bill
The second bill
The third bill

An activity report and the settlement of accounts of 2004
An activity plan and the budget of 2005
Election of oﬃcers《The income and expenditure settlement of accounts of 2004 (04ʼ,09,01-05ʼ,08,31》
IncomeMembership fees
Donations
OthersTotal

1,733,217 Expenditure

43,072,391
168,486

Home project
Exhibitions

1,427,676

Publicity

2,235,412

Support events

1,259,618

Operation and management

9,532,579

Tolal

40,141,242

Others44,974,164

25,256,907

NEW MEMBERS
Individual Membership
Ms. Hideko Adachi
Ms. Hisae Harai
Ms. Makiko Kawabe
Mr. Ren Makabe
Ms. Yumi Ahiko
Ms. Yuriko Watanabe
Big Family Members
Ms. Mikiko Kinoshita

429,050* About the other details, they are available on the KEF home page (www.kidsearthfund.org)

since Sep. 1 until Nov. 30 (In alphabet order)K I D S E A R T H F U N D 3 - 2 9 - 9 , S h i b u y a - k u , E b i s u , To k y o 1 5 0 - 0 0 1 3 T E L ： 0 3 - 5 4 4 9 - 8 1 6 1 / FA X ： 0 3 - 5 4 4 9 - 3 9 6 2E - m a i l ： i n f o @ k i d s e a r t h f u n d . o r g / U R L : h t t p : / / w w w . k i d s e a r t h f u n d . o r g /c 子供地球基金 / KIDS EARTH FUND○"This lovely Christmas tree was painted by an Croatian child at No.1 KIDS EARTH HOME established in1996 to provide mental support of children who suﬀered from trauma because of the late war in Croatia."

SPECIAL NEWSKIDS EARTH
HOME Project

KIDS EARTH
CAR Project

KIDS EARTH HOME Tokyo

Tr a v e l i n g W o r k s h o pLetʼs create unique pieces!
A paper-making workshop atAiiku Yogo School

International school joined“Kids Helping Kids”

KIDS EARTH
HOME Projectcurriculum. Now children are learning Hiragana,

Latest news from No.5 KIDS EARTH HOME
School for street children in Ho Chi Minhnever seen Hiragana, since Vietnamese is written

children who welcome guests with a song and dance. Butpaintings in the KIDS EARTH Gallery which were

decorations, and then letting the paper dry andthey can't go to public elementary school because some aredrawn by children in the world, cast a spell andharden. Some children chose small, glittery sparkles

not registered in family registration, parents of some cannot

made children relax. The faces of children whoto decorate, while others used ripped pieces of

aﬀord to pay school bills and some have other reasons. At

showed a slight strain became bright immediately.

colored paper to almost entirely cover their artwork.
All children were able to make individual pieces
ﬁlled with creativity. This workshop was special as

the home they get an education such as reading and writing

After that they found their favorite paintings andfor free by warm-hearted sisters' aﬀection.

sat down on the "Happy Chair" which gives us spirit.

* This home was built in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2002 withsupport by World Air-Sea Searvices Co., Ltd, and FFSC, a local NGO.

They listened to the story about children who were

six employees from Lehman Brothers volunteered,in the children's ward and had painted the "Happyand added to the fun, lively atmosphere at theworkshop.

Chair" seriously.

OVER THE SEA

pictures by themselves as well. When they exhibited
those paintings in the classroom, it became just likeof Jikei University Hospital in November. The themea gallery. They collect donations from the visitorsof this art workshop was "OVER THE SEA". At ﬁrst

who come to see the paintings and contribute themchildren looked at the photos of the south sea thatto KEF. In this way, it could be a chance to spread

Mr. Yasuaki Igarashi, an artist under exclusive contract

charity activities by children・・・ "Kids Helping Kids".

with KEF, had taken during his journey by yacht for

Scenery of Job-Training class
Curriculum covers not only basic education but
also stitch-work or sewing machine in order to havestudents get stable jobs in the future.
In October, the class worked on stitch-work by arequest from a factory in the Linh Trung industrial

four months. And then, they each drew horizontal

area, a suburb of Ho Chi Minh. The works donelines on their paper to their own way. Although eachby children are very accurate and got a goodline was various such as a straight line, a short line,reputation. They earned some money from thea curved line...and so on, all lines made one long,factory. For children itʼs a good experience notlong horizontal line when they were joined. It was soselling things on the street but working for along that some part of line was on a passage out offactory. In addition to that, thereʼre courses forthe room. I'm sure everyone's message would reachrepairing motorcycles or shooting photographs.

the other side of the sea ﬂying the sky and riding

So far 1 child has become an apprentice to aon the waves. KEC would like to deliver a wonderfulmechanic in motorcycle shops, and 2 children work

time through the imagination and the creation to theas photography trainees.

children who can not go out from the hospital.

DEAR KIDS,DEAR THE EARTH

Earth our Mother Land, Love for children

vol. 11

Yukari Kagami

LANVIN JAPAN K.K. Chairman ／ Adviser to KIDS EARTH FUND

Seven years have passed since we ﬁrst held a painting exhibition at the Lanvin Boutique in Ginza under the bannerof this catch phrase. The exhibition was held during ﬁve of those years, an achivement that brings me much happiness.
The exhibition was of childrenʼs paintings collected by KIDS EARTH FUND from all over the world. The last day saw a few of those precious pieces being putup for auction as part of this charity event, to raise funds for the activities of KIDS EARTH FUND. The Lanvin brand was founded when Jeanne Lanvin started
creating clothes for her daughter out of love. The basic concept of the brand is love for the children, We cannot be apathetic towards the noble feelings ofchildren to help other children.
Each painting drawn by the participating children was very unique. Some would make you laugh out loud, or bring a smile to your face, while others were sosweet you would just want to look at them forever.
The childrenʼ s imagination would put many an adult to shame. The bold use of colors was quite unexpected; each painting displayed over the ﬁve years wasvery special.
During the history of the KIDS EARTH FUND, many an exhibition of childrenʼs art has been held in the worldʼ s most famous museums. Although this little exhibit
may have been no match for them, it certainly had its own group of fans who came to each exhibition and contributed to the ferver of the ﬁnal dayʼ s auction.
I would like to express my deepest admiration for KIDS EARTH FUNDʼs representative, Ms Torii, who is working very hard on kidsʼ workshops and on providing
assistance to the Cambodian hospital at the moment. The words of a cellist I met at the KIDS EARTH FUND 17th Anniversary Party recently, who is also a doctor
representing the Cambodian hospital, resonated deeply within my heart.
“For those who have the good fortune of living a normal life, philanthropy, not resulting from occasional feeling of compassion or theoretical
ideological humanism, is a duty”.

The 17th anniversary
Fundraising Party
On October 27th, at the Grand Ball Room, Grand
Hyatt Tokyo in Roppongi, KIDS EARTH FUND
the 17th anniversary fundraising party washeld splendidly and we welcomed about 450
guests. We appreciate your great support forthe event.
The proceeds earned at the party are used
for mental support of children who havepsychological trauma caused by various
reasons, developing art programs all over theworld and some are donated for the Cambodia
free childrensʼ hospital run by the Dr. Richner,
who played the cello at the party.
We, KIDS EARTH FUND, continue to run ouroperation to serve childrenʼs brilliant future.
■ DATE：October 27th, 2005

〈Use of proceeds and countries where contribution used〉

After they went back to their school, they painted

KIDS EARTH CAR (KEC) visited a children's wardColumn

home. Lots of children are supported by Japanese

156 children go to No.5 KEH. They look like cheerfulin Ikebukuro came to KEH Tokyo, The colorfulby pouring paperﬁbers into a paper sifter, adding

in alphabets. Frequently Japanese guests visit theinterest in Japan very much.

children and teachers from an international schoolChildren made their own, unique pieces of paper

Japanese basic charactors, very hard. Theyʼvewho act as foster-parents. Thatʼs why children haveare welcome to KIDS EARTH HOME Tokyo. 12

a paper making art workshop at Aiiku Yogo School.

Last November, Japanese class was added to its

No.5 HOME in Vietnam

Not only individual visitors but also group visitors

This September, KIDS EARTH FUND (KEF) hosted

Say "Kon-nichiha" in Japanese class

EXHIBITION● Tokyo (Ebisu)
11 / 7 日 (Mon)
TREND UNION"LIFESTYLE TREND 2007"
SPAZIO2● Cambodia・・・JPY1,307,720

Medical service fee at the childrens' hospital whichoffers free treatment for 5,000 children a day (31%)● Japan・・・JPY759,322

Art-Workshops with children who are in the hospital fortreatment of leukemia, child cancer, etc. (18%)● Japan・・・JPY590,583

Art-Workshops with children who have mental issues
such as being bullied, domestic troubles, and so on.
(14%)● Vietnam・・・JPY253,107

Tuition fee for street children. (6%)● Croatia・・・JPY253,107

Art-Workshops with children who have psychologicaltrauma because of civil war. (6%)* The remainder is used for administrative fees.

● Tokyo (Hiroo)
10 / 12 (Wed)
THE HANEZAWA GARDEN● Tokyo (Shibakouen)● Tokyo (Ebisu)

10 /26 (Wed)"COULEUR DE LA CHANSON"MIELPARQUE HALL

12 / 10 日 (Sat)"25ans in Cartier Red Box"
Chateau Restaurant Joel Robuchon● Tokyo (Setagaya)
11 / 29 (Tue) - 12 / 26 (Mon)
Nissan Tamagawa Hospital● Tokyo (Futakotamagawa)
11 / 16 (Wed) - 12 / 25 (Sun)"White Angel Project 2005"
Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C■ VENUE：Grand Ball Room, Grand Hyatt Tokyo■ Number of guests：450 (approx.)■ Proceeds from the party：JPY4,218,453■ Naming rights sponsor：
Urban Design System Co., Ltd.
■ Corporate supporters：
A total of 63 companies■ Supporters / Performers (order of appearance)：
・Ms. Narumi Yasuda (narrator)
・Dr. Beat Richner (cellist)
・Ms. Yumi Okazaki (pianist)
・Mr. Tomohiro Maeda (close-up magician)・Ms. Janica Southwick (MC)