KIDS EARTH FUND 2017.12

KIDS EARTH FUND News letter No.68
KIDS EARTH FUND PROJECT

Painting Workshop in Mexico

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Mexico Support

Art workshop at disaster area in Mexico
September 2017, a huge earthquake hit

more than a million people died. So thethe Middle of the state of Mexico. 360

day the earthquake happened, people had

people died including children. Withan earthquake. People in Mexico nevercooperation of the Mexico Embassy in

expect have real earthquake on that day.

Japan, we had painting workshops atTeachers and their parents are very

elementary school which located in thesurprised to see children’s pitty painting

state of Morelos. We started painting

and they found out even children to try

workshops and told them children can

not to show the sad faces but inside they

paint anything what they want. Most of

have many problem because of thethe children started to paint crying faces.

earthquake.

32 years ago in Mexico, exactly thesame date, Mexico had huge earthquake,
事務局に届けられる
子どもたちの作品

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Mexico support

At the elementary school in Mexico
We ahd painting workshops with children at public school and privateschool. When we had painting workshop, we told them they can paintwhatever they want, express your feeling. Later, they started draw crying
face and how scary it is about the earthquake. At the same time, they caredabout the victim of the earthquake and show their sincere condolences.

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Mexico Support

State of Mexico
27 October , we visited very poor community instate of Mexico organized by citizen association
UTOPIA.
There are many children who are living just next tothe garbage mountain,
Staff from association explained us it is because
their parents works for collecting garbages andpicking up something useful from garbages. We
brought them many arts supplies, pencils, notes,
blanket and so on.

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Mexico Support

With native Mexican
We had opportunity to have workshop with children of native Mexican. We explained weare going to exhibit their painting in Japan before the workshop so they draw many
Mexican flags. Those will be exhibit at the Mexican embassy in Japan.
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Sonoma country, USAArt-workshop after wildfire

According to United States Department ofEducation, we had painting workshop at the Oliver
Elementary Charter School in Santa-Rosa,Sonoma.
In this school, there are almost 500 students.
It’s twice as many as ordinary number ofstudents. That is because the students who havelost their school by forest fire had moved to thisschool and studying with original students
together.

Children in Japan drew pictures for cheering up
children in Sonoma.

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Snoma country, U

Painting Workshop with Children affected wildfire area
At Rose land Creek Elementary School
We had 4 times painting workshop with total 24 children at Roseland Creek Elementary School. Children are concentrated on painting andface to their inner feeling. Many children draw wildfire with red color paint.
We donated art-materials, school supplies, clothes, and so on to the school.

At the workshop, a girl started to paint a crying women but she overlaid fire onthe women.

A 7 year oldboy lost hishouse. Hedraw a rainbow
with brightcolors and “Ilove everyone”

Many Mexican children was in Roseland Creek Elementary School. Most of theirfamilies had worked at winery in Sonoma country.
After the wildfire, they have to go back their country.

High-shool students of RCP Grizzlies, which schoolbuilding was burned recently commute to Roseland
Creek Elementary School.

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2017.09.17

Ishinomaki-city, Miagi

ASKUL ❌ KIDS EARTH FUND
TOUR DE TOHOKU 2017
Tour des Tohoku co-hosted by Kahoku –shinpo and Yahoo!
Japan, is the cycling race festival which all courses aredesigned for participants to fully embrace Sanriku’s
magnificent nature with beautiful sceneries along the coastline
while witnessing the current situation of the disaster affectedareas. We had painting worksho at ASKUL/LOHACO area withchildren.

2017.09.23

TokyoArt workshop

10 children draw back grand of “Syakkyo no sei”, Japanesetraditional dance (Nihon-buyo) at Fundraising dinner 2017.
Children uses many different colors. Those are going to be on
Charity Auction and the proceeds go for children who needs
support around the world.

2017.11.11

Kids Earth Home Tohoku

Christmas decoration
At Kids Earth Home Tohoku, we had painting workshop to decorate
christmas ornament. Those ornament will be decorated at Bulgari Tokyo
restaurant in Ginza.
Children enjoyed very much and were so proud to be seen by many guests
at Bulgari Tokyo restaurant.

2017.11.14

Grand Hyatt Tokyo

Christmas project
Today, we invited 64 elementary school students from Nishimachi
International School to the Christmas area in the lobby and held our 7th
annual charity workshop!
The children created ornaments using colorful tiles and recycled cork fromthe hotel prepared by people with disabilities. In December, the finishedornaments and messages will be delivered to children who have been
affected by natural disasters.
If you would like to contribute to the program, please take a photo in thehotel and post it on Instagram with the hashtag #GrandHoliday2017. We will
be donating JPY 100 per post to Kids Earth Fund in support of the children
in the Tohoku and Kumamoto regions.

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Project PROJECT AT TAMAGAWA TAKASHIMAYAWhite Angel Project will be hold at Tamagawa Takashimaya
Shopping Center. This year, the gallery exhibited a gigantic,
twelve meter-long artwork created by children in Tohoku

BULGARI TOKYO&OSAKA RESTAURANT

Ornament which is decorated by Tohoku children were soldat BULGARI Tokyo & Osaka restaurant and those proceeds
go for donation to support children..

and Kumamoto, along with the paintings made by children
from many countries around the world

GRAND HYATT TOKYO CHARITY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

From 9 November to 25 December, Grand Hyatt Tokyo will host its“Colors of Hope” charity program, featuring various activities designed tosupport people with disabilities as well as children in the Tohoku andKumamoto regions, areas hit by devastating earthquakes and a tsunami.
Since March 2011,

Christmas is the special season every year which children have been waiting for. At the end of year 2017, KEF donated Christmas presentsto about 1,000 children in over 17 hospitals and institutions commencing with Tokyo.
Many more children, who have also received picture books in a hospital in Tokyo, have been looking at them happily every day. Moreover
many volunteers helped with the wrapping work andthe project became a success because many people were able to relate
to each other.