NEWSA charity summer concert at Tokyo Opera City
A charity concert for KEF was held at Tokyo Opera City on August 23. It was sponsoredby World Air-Sea Service Co., Ltd., and Mr. Yoichiro Omachi was invited as a conductor.
Feurwerk Philharmoniker from Tokyo University performed four songs including
Hungarian Dances #4 splendidly. On the day of the concert, KEF had an opportunity toshow our activities at our booth and show pictures drawn by children.
Proceeds from the concert were donated to KEF and will be utilized for the children atKEH No.5 in Vietnam. KEF appreciates all support from everyone.

KIDS EARTH Report
No.037 Autumn 2007

Invitation to a fundraising party held by KIDS EARTH FUND
For the purpose of rebuilding of KIDS EARTH HOME (KEH) No.1 in Croatia which wasbuilt for children who survived the war there, KEF holds the fundraising party at Joel
Robuchon which is a chateau restaurant in Ebisu Garden Place. Simple French fullcourse dinner produced by Mr. Joel Robuchon will be served, and a charity auction ofwoodcuts created by Mr. Hiroshi Senju, who is a representative Japanese painter, will beheld as a special event.
It is urgently needed to rebuild KEH No.1, since the situation around the children is still
so severe, even though more than 10 years have passed since the war ended. We hopethat you will come to the party, as assistance for the children’s future.

The sale of new design charity card has launched
Three types of new design cards, Christmas, multipurpose, and post cards had been
made and had come up on sale with the support from Smile Heart Club*. This year,adding to the paintings of Croatia children in KIDS EARTH HOME (KEH) No. 1 who join
this project every year, new card design was also introduced from paintings of Pakistanichildren who was supported by a part of the charity cards’ proceeds of the previousyear, and American children who visited KIDS EARTH Gallery in U.S. Proceeds fromcards sale are going to be used for support activities for children in the world including
former Yugoslavia region.

For purchase, please refer to the leaflet or website of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance CO.,
Limited: http://www.ms-ins.com※ Social Action Community Group organized by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance group’s employees.

“It is exiting that our drawings could savesomeone!” voice from Pakistani childrenChildren who participated in designing this year
_from Croatia, China, Malaysia, U.S. and others.

■ NEW MEMBER

There are KIDS EARTH FUND’s new members since 1 JUN until 31 AUG (in alphabet order)[Individual Membership] Mr. Masaharu Ihata / 4anonymous[Corporate Membership] Cadbury Japan Limited

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SpecialFeature

KIDS EARTH
FUND supports
Pakistani children:a year and a half
after the Pakistan
earthquake

KIDS EARTH FUND (KEF) visited and held
art workshops for devastated children inCashmere in East Pakistan. With support
from Smile Heart Club, a communitys e r v i c e g ro u p o f M i t s u i S u m i t o m oInsurance Co., Limited, KEF made it
happen by collaborating with a non-profit
organization called JEN following art
workshops in Sri Lanka for Tsunami
devastated children last year.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake didtremendous damage in Pakistan on
October 8, 2005, and resulted in 70,000
deaths and 3,500,000 victims. Burgh,
Cashmere where KEF has visited
was one of the most damaged areasand surrounded by mountains, wherei t i s d i f fi c u l t t o re a c h f o r s u p p o r t .
Approximately 90% of the schools had
been demolished or partially destroyedand even though a year has passed,
children are studying at temporary schools
or/and tents with no choice. The sorrowof children, who lost their precious people

and places, is immeasurable. To release
their fear and to heal their hearts, KEF
held the art workshops with 120 students
in four schools. Children who never had
art classes at their schools learned not
only drawing skills, but also expressed
their feelings through the paintings andseemed to fully enjoy it. Children who had
experienced drawing for the first timecommented as follows:“ I was impressedthat the drawing could help children inother countries, “ and ” I want to continue
to draw at my house.”
Besides the purpose of cheering
earth-stricken childrens broken-hearts, thisprogram accomplished uniting children
from all over the world by supporting eachother with paintings. Children in Sri Lanka
had drawn paintings for post cards lastyear and its’ revenue was contributed
to this project, which also delivered
messages from children in Sri Lanka tochildren in Pakistan. It certainly fulfilled theKids Helping Kids, philosophy of KEF. The
Pakistani children’s arts indicate strong
messages to children in the world andwill become a symbol of inspiration toencourage adults and inhabitants of thevillage.

KIDS EARTH
HOME Project
From August 10, Harumi Torii, the founderof KIDS EARTH FUND, visited Vietnamand Cambodia to make donations andconduct art workshops at KIDS EARTH
HOME (KEH) No.5 and No.6.

KEH No.5 in Vietnam
In spite of it being summer vacation, many
children participated in the Painting &Planting Project and completed paintings
with the theme of trees.
When paintings drawn by Bancho
elementary school students werepresented, lively messages in the work
caused excitement by the children of KEH
No.5. In return for the heartwarming gifts,
they gave a painting showing their dailyjobs (shoeshine, newsvendor and lottery
ticket seller).

Very excited with presents from Japan!

KEH No.6 in Cambodia
An art workshop to think about nature
was conducted at KEH No.6 whereo v e r 4 0 0 c h i l d re n c a m e t o a t t e n d .
This year, KEF decided to build three
additional classrooms and begin job
training classes (sewing machine andgymnastics) co-sponsored by Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation. Everyone isdelighted by this start of classes which will
be directly linked to the children’s future.

ColumnDEAR KIDS,
DEAR THE EARTH vol.18

Advisor: Hiroshi Harashima(Professor of Tokyo University, Spatial and Facial Communication)

More than 20 years ago, I visited a city in Europe with my family. At that time, my sons
were two and five years old.
I left my family at the hotel since they were tired with the long trip and I went to the city
to take a walk. To be honest, my first impression was it was chilling sight. People withlittle expression on their faces seemed as though they hid their feelings under theirmasks. The way they looked at me was if they saw a criminal.
I was worried to go outside with my family in this kind of city. The following day, I madesure that my children were bundled up in warm clothes and went out to the city.
My two year old son sat in the baby carriage and I held my five year old son’s handfirmly.
However, on that day, the city was completely different. I had a warm impression of thecity and everyone who passed by was smiling. And what was more, they came to talkto us. They said, They are so adorable, and How old are you?
I think you already know what I would like to say. My two children made other people
gentle. Whenever people look at children, especially babies or infants, they have gentleeyes. No matter how you look at it, the city is full of people. In a city where parents cancarry their babies and infants, where parents can push their children on strollers, andwhere children can play safely, people change and can have gentle expressions. Ourfamily realized this when we were in a city in Europe.

KIDS EARTH
CAR Project
Art and culture day between
Croatia and Japan-Lets express stories into artWe will do our best in the various classes

In addition, Harumi Torii visited Kantha
Bopha Hospital in Siemreap. Dr. BeetLichner and his colleagues were pressedwith treatment of the epidemic dengue
fever. KEF decided to offer additional
support, to provide medicine and medical
equipment again this year. KEF truly hopes
as many children as possible will improvetheir health.

It’s Summer Vacation! Let’s draw
paintings at KIDS EARTH Gallery
During summer vacation, art workshops
were held at KIDS EARTH Gallery every
Friday. A lot of children participated in
the art workshops and drew paintings todeepen their understanding about various
countries in the world and the environmentof the earth where they live. The youngpainters also worked on the paintings
to encourage the children who sufferedfrom the Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu-oki
earthquake as well as collaboration withthe ones who have been in a pediatricward. From the children’s works, you canfeel the great energy which surpassed thescorching summer heat. The energy will
help more children who need support andbring smiles to their faces.

Let’s draw a tree trunk on the big paper!

Children all excited looking at the art fromCroatia.

other. Participants: Goldman Sachs JapanCo., Ltd. Investment Japan Ltd., TurnerColor Japan Ltd.
Jikei University Hospital -mouthA mask is a necessary item in a hospital,
but some children prefer not to wear one.
KEF wishes to eliminate their dislike.
On the day of the workshop, a KEF
volunteer first played the piano that was
donated by Yamaha Corporation.
Children clapped their hands and sungsongs with big open mouths. Thenchildren stamped a lip shaped sponge on
a big canvas and drew a face around thestamped lip. The final process was to wear
the hand made mask made by the nurseand nanny! The children were so satisfied
and happy with this art workshop concept.
(Their work has been used to decorate thehospital.)Children working on their art with serious
expressions.

Cross-cultural exchange through artwork
provided by KIDS EARTH HOME (KEH)No.1 in Croatia and an orphanage,
Shisei Gakuen has entered its 4th year.
This year Croatian children expressed
stories of their hometown (Topusko cityand Gvozd city) in their drawings andgave it to Japanese children. In return,Japanese children created “Urashimataro,”a Japanese old tale, collage. The art
filled with thoughts of Japanese children
respecting and remembering Japanesetradition and landscape will be delivered
to Croatian children. This cross-cultural
exchange brought them closer to eachExhibition

Children enjoy the music.

What kind of face should I draw?

●Hokkaido・Sapporo-shi
Sat 6/9 - Mon 6/11
Moerenuma Park
●Kyoto・Yamashina-ku●Tokyo・Chiyoda-ku

Tue 7/17 - Tue 7/31
Nishinoyama Kindergarten

Sun 6/10
A Charity Concert by SMBC
At Nihon University Casals Hall

●Kyoto・Sakyo-ku●Tokyo・Shinjuku-ku

Mon 10/8 - Thu 10/18
Le café 338

Thu 8/23
A Charity concert by World Air-SeaServiceAt Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall

●KyotoSun 10/21 - Sun 28
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies●Tokyo・Setagaya-ku●KyotoAutumn
Kyoto Notre DameUniversity●OsakaMon 10/1 - Wed 10/31
Numata Picture Book MuseumFri 10/26 - Sun 11/11
Suntory Museum in the midst