6th times art workshops
in Kumamoto
After a big earthquake in Kumamoto, we went there
6 times. About the first of that, we held art workshops,delivering water, foods and relief goods.

First support: Delivered relief
goods to the evacuation centerand houses in Mashiki-machi
and held art workshops.

Second support: Delivered relief
goods to the evacuation center
in Mashiki-machi and held art
workshops with children who
couldn’t go to school.

Donation ofpaintings whichchildren aroundthe world drew
We donate thepaintings that makeplace brighter.
In addition to having
art workshops.
Children’s paintingsare Lithographed byAmana Inc.

Third support: Delivered relief
goods to Mashiki-machi and Asoarea and held art workshops.

Fourth support: : Delivered relief
goods to Mashiki-machi and Asoarea and held art workshops.

Fifth support: Donated children’spaintings and held art workshops
in Mashiki-machi and Aso area.

Sixth support: Donated children’spaintings and held art workshops
in Mashiki-machi and Aso area.

Destinations ofpaintings donationin Kumamoto

Jikei Hospital(Kumamoto)Kumamoto Univ.
Hospital
Mashiki HospitalKouan Aijien
The third Nursery
Minami Aso Spring
Aso milk Firm

Tohoku to Kumamoto
Children’s friendship by paintings

May 28th, children in Tohoku painted for children in Kumamotowith their heart.

June 4th, children in Kumamoto painted to reply to children inTohoku.

Children painted to cheer up other ones that damaged by a big earthquake in Kumamoto.
‘Let’s send the paintings to cheer up children in Kumamoto!’

They painted rainbows and colorful flowers,
wishing to bloom them in damaged town.
And they painted colorful animals to cheer
up children.
Next week, we sent the painting to children
in Kumamoto and had art workshop there.
They received it and painted to reply tochildren in Tohoku.
However, some of them painted with darkcolor. Their parents wished that they could
paint with bright color 5 years later.
The painting was exhibited at a gallery inAoyama, Tokyo with Itochu Corporation.

Support at KIDS EARTH HOMETOHOKU
We have been supporting Tohoku constantly since we built KIDS
EARTH HOME in July 2011.

June 25thKIDS EARTH HOMETOHOKUIn July, we had an art workshop at ‘ the Firefly Festival ’ withlocal community. About 10,000 people came to the event and300 children took part in the workshop.
10 volunteers from Shinanen Holdings Co., LTD. supported theevent and found out how Tohoku were. Shinanen havebeen supporting KIDS EARTH FUND constantly.

Children victims from a
big earthquake in Tohoku
painted for children inKumamoto with theirheart.

July 18thFirefly Festival
TOHOKU

Let’s paint and send it to the Children in Cambodia
Cosponsored by Goldman Sachs Japan in Roppongi, we had an art workshop and thedrawing were send to the Children in Cambodia.
After reading the message from the Children in Cambodia, we studied about thecountry of Cambodia sprinkled with quiz.
Hoping their happiness and their visit to Japan, we drew beautiful scenery of Japan andcherry blossoms.

Art workshop held in Tokyo and Kyoto
We held painting workshop in various exhibition-gallery.
Kids drew pictures on white boxes, invisible plastic bags, fans andvarious item with lots of imagination.

ITOCHU AOYAMAART SQUARE

Honen-in temple

Fujii Daimaru

DNP Dai Nippon
Printing Co., Ltd.

Itochu Aoyama Art Square
Under the joint sponsorship with ITOCHU Corporation, we held a month-long exhibition at theItochu Aoyama Art Square, located in Aoyama. We welcomed over 50 participants in theopening reception, where everyone enjoyed the children’s artworks. Displayed at the venue
were a variety of pieces, some of them being a single work created together by children from
Kumamoto prefecture and Tohoku, a 6 meter piece dedicated to the young ones in Tohoku,
jointly produced by children from around the world in 12 different cities (25th anniversary
project done 3 years ago), and 60 drawings mounted in beautiful frames made by children withdisabilities and intractable diseases. We also invited a guest speaker, Mr. Ren Makabe on 8August.

Exhibition in KYOTO
We held the exhibitions at several places in Kyoto.

Honen-in Temple

Hyatt Regency Kyoto
At a restaurant in Hyatt Regency Kyoto, we were given the opportunity to decorate theupper walls with one large piece made by kids in Kumamoto prefecture, and the roomwith children’s drawings from around the world.

On the opening day of 17 August, we hosted a fundraising party in the ballroom. With
approximately 190 participants, this event became a great occasion to spread ouraction in Kyoto. With the help of Maikos at the raffle event, the profit totaled
2,369,494 yen.

Fujii Daimaru
We exhibited the “Tree of Hope” in a display window located in Fujii Daimaru’s
underground floor. This artwork was a manifestation of combined effort by children
from Tohoku and Kumamoto. The children from Tohoku worked on the left side of thetree, and children from Kumamoto on the right.

MishimaTei
We decorated the house of Mishima Tei with pictures and held an charity lunch dining on
August 18 th.

NC Japan Center, North Carolina State University
Since after the earthquake in Kumamoto, many Japanese school including Raleigh Japaneseschool in North Carolina have helped fundraising for the children having damage from theearthquake.
The pictures drawn by the children in Kumamoto crossed the ocean and was displayed at NC
Japan Center, NC State University. Understanding how much the children in Kumamoto misses
their friends and school, children in North Carolina returned with their drawing pictures.

Left picture title is ‘ Crack ‘ drawn by a child in Kumamoto. Seeing that picture, a child in
North Carolina drew a picture attaching a band aid on the crack.

“When I saw this picture ‘ Crack ‘ , I was impressed with the simple line with a whitebackground. Thae crack looked as if it was an emotional scar. So I wanted to stick a band aid
on that scar. Wishing our thoughts will heal their anxiety and scars. “by Yume Iwakura (North Carolina)