KIDS EARTH Report

NEWSNo.035 Spring 2007

★ Westin Hotel Tokyo's Christmas charity cookie sales
donated to KIDS EARTH FUND
A wonderful Christmas charity was conducted by the Westin Hotel Tokyo locatedclose to KIDS EARTH FUND in Ebisu, Tokyo.
Pastry chefs of the hotel baked crispy cookies, and many people including hotel
guests, visitors who came to listen to the Christmas carols, and small childrenbought these charity cookies sold in the hotel lobby.
In the lobby, there was a Christmas tree decorated with colorful ornaments, andthe exhibition of children's works which belong to KIDS EARTH FUND was also
held there. The total charity cookie sales of 66,200 yen were donated by theWestin Hotel Tokyo to KIDS EARTH FUND and it was used for the purchase ofschool supplies for children in Vietnam.

★ Childrenʼs picture to the poster of Hand washing!
By Johnson & Johnson K.K.
Children’s Pictures of KIDS EARTH FUND were selected as the poster to tell
“Hand washing” in the hospital by Johnson & Johnson K.K.. We are going tovisit to the hospital by our KIDS EARTH CAR. After painting with much joy,children begin to wash their hands with smiles as their poster was hanged. The
fund from Johnson & Johnson K.K. was paid for KIDS EARTH HOME No.5 inVietnam and was helpful to buy drugs and cover the health examination fee of
176 children.
(These are pictures of the children’s poster)★ Marunouchi Nakadori will changed to “Kids Art Street” !
The event "Kids Art Street" related to the Art Fair Tokyo is in its fourth year thisyear. Pictures drawn by children around the world, which are kept by KIDS
EARTH FUND are exhibited in shops, cafes and showrooms mainly located inMarunouchi Nakado-ri from Tokyo station to Yurakucho station.
Exhibition period : March 8, 2007 (Sat) through April 12, 2007 (Thu)NEW MEMBERS
There are KIDS EARTH FUND’s newmembers since 1 December until 28February(in alphabet order)

Place : Event supporting companies and shops mainly located in Marunouchi Nakadori
Sponsor : Art Fair Tokyo[Individual Membership]
Ms. Miho Takahashi /Ms. Satoko Yamaga Macdonald /Ms. Sawa Murai / Ms. Yoko Murashige /Ms. Yoshimi Yamaguchi / Mr. Yukihiro Akimoto /Ms. Yuriko Murakami / Ms. Yuriko Sakuraoka /4 anonymnous[Corperate Membership]
FUND CREATION CO., LTD.
GOLDWIN INC.
[Big Family Members]
Mr. Shingo Nakao("Kids Art Street" held in 2005)

K I D S E A R T H F U N D 3 - 2 5 - 2 , 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 /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
3 才 / Age3c 子供地球基金 / KIDS EARTH FUND
○KIDS EARTH
CAR Project

KIDS EARTH
HOME ProjectLetʼs draw what you have in your mind!

H a r u m i To r i i , t h e f o u n d e r o f K I D S E A R T H

Tr a v e l i n g W o r k s h o p

KIDS EARTH HOME

FUND, visited Vietnam and Cambodia fromThe first workshop for the year 2007 was to draw

Feb 7th through Feb 12th to see the situation

with paints. There was no theme this time, but justof the management of the three KIDS EARTH

to draw whatever was in mind. One girl said, “IHOMEs(KEH), and to open the art workshop

usually cannot draw what I like in classes becausewith children there.

there is always a theme. So I am really excited

KIDS EARTH HOME No.6 Cambodia

today!”,which, of course, made us happy. At theThe clean toilets helped the children stop the hard
work of going to draw water from the river, and also
they are good for their health.

Newly built toilets and Renewal of the libraryend of the session, many wonderful drawings
came out, the drawing of Oni for Setsubun, unique

One scene in the art workshop at KEH No.5 inVietnam. We will unite the square canvases thatthe children draw and make a tapestry.

As is well known, Cambodia has many

characters, rainbows and beautiful polka dots! Theh i s t o r i c a l p r o b l e m s s u c h a s a c i v i l w a r,

colors children used were also really amazing.

mines, refugees, starvation and poverty, as

Jikei Medical School〜 Let's decorate the hospital withﬂower drawings! 〜

well as the environmental problem that theMekong River overflows in the rainy season.
I n K E H N o . 6 P r e k Tr e n g P r i m a r y S c h o o l ,Photo by Laurent Ziegler

March-we drew many flowers imagining the comingw h i c h i s l o c a t e d n e a r t h e M e k o n g R i v e r,about 500 children are given compulsoryof spring, using paint on canvas. Many unique andeducation. They enjoy coming to school

spring color drawings were made. All the drawings

on foot from far away from the school,

were put up on the wall and brought an early springeven though the streets and the school

feeling to the hospital.

playground are flooded in the rainy season.
The number of toilets had been reallysmall compared to the number of children,

The library was also renewed. Necessaryteaching materials were filled, and the study room
to help children who are eager in thier studies,
new teaching materials and children's books
were fully equipped. The renewed library is a newspace for children to study freely after school andto read books.

and also they didn’t work since the water◆◆◆◆ Kids Helping Kids ◆◆◆◆didn’t flow and so they were blocked up.
Furthermore, the children went to draw waterfrom the river that was away from the school

Introduction to Kids Volunteer Activities

by 200m, in order to flush the toilets. ThisIn Kindergarten Class at New International

meant very hard work for the children, and it

School (New IS) in Ikebukuro the children have

was also a serious problem for the children

enjoyed participating in fund raising activities for

who were mostly barefoot that the unsanitary

KIDS EARTH FUND. Last year they presented

toilets might cause infection. This time wea charity art exhibition of paintings made by
the children in Kindergarten and Primary class.

attached pumps, and repaired and built

Money was raised at the exhibition to give to andmore tiolets, under the co-sponsorship of
Sumitomo-Mitsui Banking Corporation.
Photo by Laurent Ziegler(Colorful flowers were painted)

Job training is given using new sewing machines.
The children are clever with their fingers anddo well.

All the children are serious about drawing at KEH
No.4 in Vietnam. They really concentrated on it.

also the paintings were donated as a gift for thechildren at KIDS EARTH HOME No.6.
T h i s y e a r, t h e s t u d e n t s h a v e b e e n i n t ofund-raising activities and presenting self madeExhibition

Column● TOKYO・Chiyoda-ku● TOKYO・Chiyoda-ku

Sat, 3/10 - Thu, 4/12

Wed, 10/11 - Sat, 11/4
Four Season's Hotelat Marunouchi, Tokyo

Marunouchi Nakado-ri
KIDS ART STREET● KYOTO・Sakyo-ku● TOKYO・Setagaya-ku

Mon, 4/16 - Sun, 4/22

Wed, 11/15 - Mon, 12/25
Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C

Le cafe 338
KYOTO2007planning comittee● TOKYO・Setagaya-ku
Tue, 12/5 - Fri, 12/29
Nissan Tamagawa Hospital

Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C

paintings. This time they decided to support thevol. 16

40 children staying at KIDS EARTH HOME No.4,Akiko Shindo / Director of KIDS EARTH FUND

school. In the first stage of the project they sold

DEAR KIDS,DEAR THE EARTHwith the “Child Lends Project” unique to theirhandmade straps, bracelets, etc. at New IS. WithI feel that the arts created by children reflect the feeling of those of us who look at them, like a mirror thatthe profit from the sales they bought disposablereflects our face. Even when we just look at the arts, we unexpectedly realize our emotions at the same

cameras for the children of Home No.4. The

time. There might be some adults who don't know what they feel or what they should feel, and just lookchildren from the home took photographs using

around. We sometimes ask ourselves whether we still have an eye to appreciate the arts.

the camera. The New IS students took some

It is curious that the arts say to us "Come and see me", while we see a lot of the arts created by children.

of these photographs along with thier own

Then I approach the arts and find that I'm just happy in front of the arts, appreciate the value of them,photography and held an exhibition in the school.

and hope to let everyone become happy as well. This is the "KIDS EARTH FUND" magic spell. I believethat this magic causes some chemical reactions in several places over the world, and unites peple.
That is because it's me who has been under the magic for 18 years.
（＊ Column "DEAR KIDS, DEAR EARTH" is written by directors and advisors of KIDS EARTH FUND）

At the exhibition also, the New IS students
collected funds from the teachers and otherparents. The funds were then used to buy clothes
for the 40 children from the Home.
This is another example of the widening circle ofthe ‘Kids Helping Kids’ programme organised by.