NEWSKIDS EARTH Report

No.036 Summer 2007

★ Sixty children's drawings are in your ofﬁce by art lease!
" Citigroup Service Limited Japan "Citigroup Service Japan Ltd. has displayed 60 children’s drawings in Tennozu building since May 2007. You can see colorful drawings
collected from all over the world on the entire floor. The international employees, who handle a busy work schedule, also enjoy themwhen they are on a quick break.
This collaboration stands for Art Lease Program provided by KIDS EARTH FUND. We receive donations from entities such as CitigroupService Limited Japan and other corporations and cafes by leasing the drawings for a certain period.

What is the art lease program ？
KIDS EARTH FUND lends selected children’s drawings for a certain period of time and lets the public view them. This unique program is available
for corporations, research institutions, schools, hospitals, government, restaurants, stores, and individuals.
1. How to take part in this art lease program
Kindly select your favorite drawing/s from the lease collection. Pease visit the KEF Gallery in Ebisu to look at the list and view the art collection.
2. Donation ( ＊ all lease funds are donations )Small size from 3,000 yen / month
Large size from 5,000 yen / month＊ Handling fee is at your own expense
3. Lease period: 6 months+Exhibition● Hokkaido・Sapporo-shi
Sat, 6/9 - Mon, 6/11
Moerenuma Park

● Tokyo・Chiyoda-ku
Sat, 3/10 - Thu, 4/12
Marunouchi Nakado-ri
KIDS EARTH STREET● Tokyo・Chiyoda-ku● Kyoto・Sakyo-ku
Mon, 4/16 - Sun, 4/22
Le cafe 338

Sun, 6/10
A charity concert by SMBC atNihon University Casals Hall

● Kanagawa・Ashigarashimo-gun
Sat, 5/26 - Sun, 5/27
The Hakone Open-Air Museum
THE HAKONE OPEN-AIR MUSEUM

私の一番のお気に入りの所 / My Favorite Place
リャン グオ フー / Liang Guo Fu
中国 / China
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KIDS EARTH
HOME Project

KIDS EARTH FUND helps
children of migrant

workers in Beijin, China

KIDS EARTH HOME

reconstructed their nation even though more than 10years have passed since the war ended?
They don't have either knowledge or skills to live

Ms. Harumi Torii, President of KIDS EARTH FUND

From 9th to 16th May, representative Harumi Torii

their lives by themselves now, even when they have(KEF), Ms. Lorraine Reinbold, Vice President,

went to Croatia and checked the managementchanged after having experienced the war, as welland Ms. Makiko Nagata, Secretariat, Professor

and facilities of KIDS EARTH HOME (KEH) No.1,

as the period of socialism before the war. They

Sasanuma and other volunteers visited Beijing,

and conducted art workshops with children.

don’t have mental strength or financial resources toKEHNo.1 Croatia

try to challenge something new. Even though theChina from March 20th through 23rd to support
children who live in poverty in the region. 1.5
million, out of the total Beijing population of 15
million, are said to be migrant workers. Manyof their children cannot go to schools or, inThese pictures drawn by children will be put
together to create a big tapestry, with plans toexhibit it at the Beijing Olympics.

worse cases, become orphaned. The objectives〈Art workshop〉Kaisei School (Minkoh Elementaryo f K E F ’s v i s i t t o B e i j i n g t h i s t i m e w e r e t oSchool) 74 participants / Kouai School (Minkohconduct art workshops and to make donations
for less unfortunate children. These children
enjoyed their time letting their imaginations
fl o w a s c h i l d r e n t h r o u g h t h e w o r k s h o p .

Elementary School) 140 participants / Paul Level

children to be able to go to high schools oruniversities. Many of them are forced to work
right after finishing their elementary school

Air Museum was the goal area for the run, andT h e r e a r e c h i l d r e n , u n f o r t u n a t e l y, w h o

KIDS EARTH FUND organized an art workshop

cannot go out for picnics. They enjoyed

as a collaboration event. The canvas was a “Tent”

the springtime in the hospital at a picnic. The children that came were so excited to beable to draw on a very unusual large canvas andCurrently, with the cooperation of Suncokret,Also, there is nobody who can be a wonderfulhand-made lunches for the children, andwere satisfied to see their colorful art work on

a local NGO, locally rooted activities are beingleader. People cannot have hope because there isthey joined the hospital picnic. They painted

a tent. The drawings sent to KEF from children

conducted in the two adjacent cities of Topsco

no role model.

pictures with spring themes and took photos

around the world were also displayed in theof lunch! A child skipped on his artwork

museum. We believe it was also a good day

because of excitement. Everyone spent afor those who participated to know what otherhappy picnic time in the hospital.

children are doing in the world.

and Gvozdo. It has been more than 10 years● Some problems of the children

Elementary School) / Paul Level (Foster Home) /dream, children cannot have any dream either,addition, addiction to alcohol and drugs, parents

and they begin using alcohol and cigarettes inprone to domestic violence, and parents whochildhood.

are indifferent to the education of their children
is common. Though the children of today did nothave to live through the war years, they havestudies, or if lucky, junior high school studies.

become secondary victims of the same war. It is

The head of an institute which 500 children

important to build an environment of hope wheretrauma in one’s heart will be lessened. Activities

establish as many as 5 schools for the children

Face, was held in Hakone. The Hakone Open

Spring has come at the hospital in April.

event. This time, volunteer workers brought

60-70% of the townspeople are unemployed. Ina t t e n d sa i d th a t h e sta rte d f r o m s c r a t c h t o50k”, organized by an outdoor brand, The North

people fail and cannot afford even loan payments.

(Foster Home) 100 participants

We h a v e r e c e i v e d i n - k i n d g i f t s f r o m m a n ycompanies for this donation. We appreciate yourtremendous support.

Jikei University Hospital“The North Face Endurance Run OSJ Hakone

government lends money for new businesses, most

〈In-kind gifts (noncash)〉Kaisei School (MinkohPhilip Hyden Children's Village (Orphanage)

Tr a v e l i n g W o r k s h o p@The Hakone Open Air Museum〜 Let's draw on the tent 〜

Status of KEH No.1, now and going forward

since the end of the war; yet approximately

In the region that KEF visited, it is a rarity for

KIDS EARTH
CAR Project● What is the reason and why haven’t theyAffected by the adults who cannot have any● Importance of art workshops
There are no movie theaters, rental-video
shops, or museums in the city, so one fun event forchildren is to draw pictures in KEH.
＊ The above information is based on Harumi Torii's resend.

of the project will continue going forward to giveof migrant workers. In these schools, however,hope to these people so that they can have aonly basic subjects such as national language,

Bees and flowers are painted by children

better society.

social studies, science, and arithmetic aretaught and there is no music or art class.
It was, therefore, very meaningful for KEF toconduct art workshops where children wereable to draw pictures on many canvases that

Donations exceed 300kg

were as large as two square meters. There was

Message from volunteerss who attended this trip

speed and power in their drawings as if theirinner energy exploded. With their eyes sparklingand their cheeks flushed, kids were absorbed indrawing. Exchanging their brushes, they laughedat each other covered in paint from head to toe. It
was such a precious moment when they brought
out their overwhelming power and feelings deep intheir hearts.

“This color painted jeans is my treasure. Everytime I wear these jeans, it reminds me of the

Keep the earth beautiful! Painting & Planting Project
We planted three trees and drew pictures withchildren. Last winter, it didn't snow and rained little inthis area due to global warming.

joyful time with children and their sweet smiles.
Takashi Sakamoto”“It was my first time joining this activity. I learned a

How joyful the picnic is!

lot and enjoyed it fully. Especially, while looking atchildren’s drawing and smiles, I wanted to support
them by giving my best. This workshop gave me
precious time with children and I would like to

NEW MEMBERS

ColumnDEAR KIDS,
DEAR THE EARTH

RITSUKO SHIRAHAMA

vol. 17

Advisor to KIDS EARTH FUND

share this message worldwide. Koh Kikuchi”“I was very happy to spend quality time withsweet children. I wished I had been able to speak
Chinese though. Ryoko Nozawa”

There are KIDS EARTH FUND’s newmembers since 1 December until 28
February(in alphabet order)

about them, and it influences one’s life. I strongly
recommend you to join the workshops. You will
enjoy it. Keisuke Iwano”
KEF first visited Paulo Level, an institute wherechildren who became orphaned due to poverty
lived. The operation of the institute has been
seriously challenged by financial difficulties.

“Though I joined to give lots of love to children,
who suffer in their lives, I was surprised how
happy and pure they were and they made me
happy instead. Saori Kamata”

The problem is that we don’t realize the problem. Do you know the story of a boiled frog? If a frog is put into a hot water, it jumps out because of the heat.
However, if the water is gradually warmed, the frog doesn’t move, and finally becomes boiled to death. Will we face the same result as the boiled frog?

“Interacting with children is definitely a different
experience from just seeing pictures or hearing

Now, with global warming and the destruction of the environment rapidly progresses, how the earth will become? We don’t know what we should do at first
because the problem is very complicated, therefore, we just live every day in unspeakable fear.

[Individual Membership]
Ms. Akiko Yasuda
Ms. Setsuko HinoueThis problem is severe even for us, but even more so for children who should live their lives on the earth 40 years later. Can we leave the beautiful earth andnature for them? I realize that I don’t have much power, considering the weakness of myself, but I think that to do something is better than to do nothing.
I’m a fashion designer. The theme of the spring-summer collection of 2008 is LOVE PLANET. I get a little discouraged by such a big theme, but I hope to tellhappily some messages. We have printed-dresses with a collage of children’s drawings. Hoping for a bright future for the earth and children.

[Corperate Membership]
TOKYO BAY MAIHAMA HOTEL
I・S・M

Of course, a portion of proceeds will be donated to KIDS EARTH FUND, especially to the Painting and Planting project. That is a wonderful project in which weteach children about the earth by planting trees and painting nature and the earth. Let’s start to do with what we can do for the precious earth and children.
Our earth is not disposable. There is no alternative to our earth.

（＊ Column "DEAR KIDS, DEAR EARTH" is written by directors and advisors of KIDS EARTH FUND）