NEWSThe Report of “White Angel Project” by Tamagawa Takashimaya Shopping CenterWinter 2005
This Charity Christmas Event, held for the third time, has been annually presented at Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C
since 2002, with the wish to bring happiness to the children across the world through a peaceful Christmas.
Christmas messages to the children of the world were put on the Christmas tree. There was also a choir of boys
and girls, so it was full of heartfelt events.

KIDS EARTH Report
No.027 Spring 2005

A message by Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C“ Iʼm glad to announce that the donation we collected through White Angel Project was 777,081 yen. In addition to this,Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C donated 1,000,000 yen, so that the total of 1,777,081 yen would be donated to the AIDScenter, which is run by the locals with the support of KIDS EARTH FUND, in Cambodia. It will be used for buying toys
and stationeries for the mental care of the children at the center. Thank you very much for your warm support.”

Children’s Art turned into a 3-D carpet! “KIDS EARTH Charity Carpet”
Each picture drawn by children of the world is one of a kind. Such pictures have now become the designs for carpets. The production and distribution of theoriginal charity carpet have been realized through the cooperation of carpet maker “WIZE TRADING”. All the process of the production will be done by hand byskilled craftsmen, which makes it possible for the carpet designs to be identical to the original pictures. The carpet could be for a practical use or for an interior
accessory, which you could enjoy as something different from a regular painting. Such details as how to purchase will be announced separately.
Size: 70 cm x 50 cm / Price: TBD (A part of the carpet sales will be donated to the KEF as charity. )Distributor: WIZE TRADING (The distribution is planned to start from April 2005.)
Should you have any inquiries on the carpet ordering, please contact WIZE TRADING（Tel: 0424-81-8471)

Our Charity Events at various places
Several Charity events for KEF were held at different locations. Here are some of the reports.
● Jan.30th Piano Concert in Setagaya by Ms. Yoko Tokue

Ms. Yoko Tokue, a pianist who plays in and out of Japan, held a wonderful concert at ʻNumata Museum of Original Art from Picture Booksʼ in Setagaya. She
played master pieces of Beethoven and Chopin, at this museum that exhibits the worldʼs original picture books. We received some of the collected ticket fee as adonation for KIDS EARTH FUND.
● Jan.29th Performance by the Austrian Ballet Company in Kasai, Tokyo

The Austrian Ballet Company (ABC) was founded in 1995 with Christian Martinu as its leading Art Director.
ABC has been staging a wide range of performances from classical to cotemporary ballet. At Kasai, they performed a charity studio performance for the IndianOcean Tsunami disaster, and KEF has received the donation collected at the performance.

Charity Wine Party at KIDS EARTH Gallery
The ʻCharity Wine Partyʼ is a monthly party held on the first Thursday. Februaryʼs party was held to chip in for the children living in the area which was hit by thehuge Indian Ocean Tsunami at the end of last year. In the KIDS EARTH Gallery, the photo exhibition of Mr. Charles Glover, the photographer and well-known
DJ, was held as well as the painting exhibition of the children who are living in the Sumatra Area; Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and so forth. Participants wereexpressed by photos which showed children lived there lively by these photos, and some of them were then purchased by the charity auction .
We are pleased to say that we welcomed nearly 70 participants at this charity wine party Vol.4, and could raise 205,050 yen by the entry fee, donations, and salesof photos. All our staff members sincerely appreciate your affection.

Affiliates:
Lumiere S.A. (Wine)
Chiquita-Unifrutti Japan Ltd. (bananas, pineapples and grapefruits)
Agricreate Ltd. (vegetables, strawberries and kiwis)
Time and date of monthly Charity Wine Parties:
from 18:30 to 20:30 on the first Thursday of every month.
Venue: KIDS EARTH Gallery, 3-29-9, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Please contact to KEF by phone: 03-5449-8161 or email: info@kidsearthfund.org
Shedule of this year's Party
April
MayJune4/7(Thu)−
6/2(Thu)

July
AugustSeptember

7/7(Thu)
8/4(Thu)
9/1(Thu)

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HOME ProjectNo.1 Home in Croatia
During the beginning of March, two workshops were
held at No. 1 KIDS EARTH HOME (KEH) in Croatia.

★ Messages

from Croatia ★

Martina Radman / girlI want you to be our friends, and when youʼre introuble, you can trust us.

Kresimir Horvatin / boy

KIDS EARTH
CAR Project
Circle of Children’s Love
from the World to Nigata

Last December, KEC loaded a lot of Christmas

It has been five months since the Nigata-Chuetsu
Earthquake. On January 28th, we paid a second visit

that. I want to tell you to stay strong and find someto the children of Ojiya Shiritsu Yoshidani Elementary

It becomes about -20℃ in winter in Topusko, thetime to play.I want to play soccer and have fun with

School. The first visit, in October of last year, was tovillage where No.1 KEH is located. In the extreme

children in Japan someday.

deliver emergency relief. This time, it was to bringcold, children painted some scenes of the frost.

pictures and letters of encouragement from school

They drew the scenery of winter, a lovely snowman

children in America and Japan.

with blue and white paint, and a warm home withThe children at the school were very happy to see

joyful Christmas scenes in bright colors, such as red,colourful posters and adorable smiley pictures. They

yellow, and orange. Those paintings will be used aswere also curious about the messages which had comedesigns of charity Christmas cards for this year andfrom across the sea, written in English and Japanese.

is sponsored by Smile Heart Club*. The proceeds

The trauma of the earthquake is still omnipresent. Somewill be used to support of the victims of the Sumatra

children are too afraid to turn off the light at night, and are

Earthquake and Tsunami etc.

over-sensitized to the small tremors which continue to this

* A private organization consisting of employees fromday. Pictures and messages of encouragement from around

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.

the world did seem to work their magic on the hearts of thechildren of Nigata. “Kids Helping Kids”: It is children who canbest put back a smile on their peersʼ faces.

For victims of the Sumatra
Earthquake and Tsunami

one of these institutions, the Aiiku Yogo School forchildren with special needs, staff and volunteers
showed up with Santa Claus hats and handed out
Christmas presents to each child. Although it wascold , the smiles of those kids made our hearts warm,and our Christmas project ended up being a great
success. We sincerely thank the people from eachcompany who donated presents and the volunteers

provisional housing, and some children go to school from

“The egg of a heart- Letʼs have our own eggs!”. Whatthese.Although the lifeline has been re-established, thewe did there was very simple. We chose things thatNo.1 HOME in Croatia
HISTORY and NOW

toilet water pressure remains low and gas can only be

we like such as foam polystyrene, buttons, beads,

used in the lunch room. In the school building, ceilings andJapanese paper and lace and then attached on ourNo.1 KIDS EARTH HOME was established inwalls are held together by vinyl sheeting and adhesive

eggs to complete!

tape, and the water tank is waiting to be repaired. A

Children were very energetic when they were eagerly

complete reconstruction is still some time away.

and enjoyably making eggs.

social workers, and artists is taking careby kindergarten children in Japan to be completedof children by holding creative workshops

by Croatian children. The children in Croatia addedin cooperation with a local NGO named

cheerful images to it, and it became a collaboration“Suncokret”. Topusko city, which is a small town

painting wishing for happiness and peace!! In thatlocated in the center of Croatia provided us withwork, not only drawings, but also words such as “BE

the two-storied house for free.

HAPPY” and “Children for Children” were written on

Now, 10 years have passed after the war andit. Because those children live in villages with a lot

children who join the KEH program have actuallyof houses that are still collapsed since the post-war,

not experienced and thus, have no memory of

they seemed to feel for and understand the victimʼs

the war. Yet, serious problems caused by adults

grief and fear of loss of precious people and houses.

affect children. Children do not have rights,

This collaborated art is going to be brought to thethere is racial discrimination of Moslems, there

victims in Sumatra by KEF.

is 70% unemployment, and drug and alcoholic

After we talked over what picture is better to send tokids suffering, everyone drew a lot of “SMILES” using
warm colors. Would pictures make kids a “ SMILE “?

These are KIDS EARTH FUNDʼ s new members
since Dec.1 until Feb.28 ( In alphabet order)

Individual Membership
Mr.Andrew Olea
Ms.Hiromi Fukasawa
Ms.Kei Mizuno
Ms.Kimie Mukai
Mr.Masaki Yanagisawa
Ms.Takayo Shimojyo

Corperate Membership

Croatia.

was brought from Japan. It was already partly drawn

according to the visiting of our staff to Nigata.

NEW MEMBERS

our customary workshop of the pediatric Ward of theKikuchi, as our guest and the theme of the event wasProfessional staff consisting of psychologists,e n c o u r a g m e n t i n K I D S E A R T H G a l l e r y,

© KIDS EARTH FUND

Whatʼs the shape of your egg?

Jikei University Hospital. We had an artist, Ms.Ayumi

One huge artwork, measuring 1 meter by 3 meters,

We had a workshop in which kids draw for

January
Jikei University Hospital

after the first earthquakes struck have given way tosuffered from trauma because of the late war in

Let's cheer up our friends in Nigata!

Workshop at Children's ward

The rows of tents erected in the school yard right1996 to provide mental support of children who

Workshop Report

who delivered those presents.

In January, so many interesting eggs were made in

Inside of the school

Workshop 2

KIDS EARTH HOME Tokyo

presents and delivered them to 5 institutions. At

families were broken apart and Iʼm very sorry about

Charity Christmas Card

DecemberChristmas Present Project

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

I know youʼve been hit by the tsunami and that many

Workshop 1

KIDS EARTH
HOME ProjectChristmas Present Report

Those companies which offered gifts were
(In alphabetical order)
BANDAI CO., LTD.
(picture book “the bearsʼ school” goods, etc.)
Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd.
(pencils, colored pencils, etc.)
Ty Japan, L.L.C(stuffed animals)

Mamalive

Foster Parents(Foster parents of children at KIDS EARTH HOME,schools for street children, in Vietnam)
Ms.Fumi Nakai
Ms.Teruko Toyama
Ms.Yumiko Hiromitsu

Thank you for your kind donations.

ColumnDEAR KIDS,
DEAR THE EARTH

vol. 9

Fumio Kajiwara
URBAN DESIGN SYSTEM CO.,LTD. : President / KIDS EARTH FUND: Adviser

addiction for adults who are not able to recover

One of the reasons why I had started a company was the thought whether anything could be done for children living in disadvantaged environments. Although there is a limit to how much can be done towards a cause as anfrom the shock of the past war, still now.

individual, the boundaries are much wider for a corporation. The cooperation I received from KIDS EARTH FUND(KEF) has stretched these boundaries even further.

The main role of KEH, which has changed

The venture company I started on my own thirteen years ago now employs over 100 staff. When considering how I could use a part of my companyʼs profits to benefit the children, I was conscious of creating something tangible,

little by little, is to teach children to live in theinternational world without racial discrimination
through group workshops and individual
counseling.

so that each employee could see how they were involved and how they were contributing to the society.

I had past experience in constructing residential building, so it was a great opportunity for me to contribute to theconstruction of No.4 KIDS EARTH HOME(KEH) in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, in 2002. When I look back on the project, it is obvious to me that without the help of KEF I would never have had a chance to build No.4 KEH on a faraway
land I knew nothing about, and I am sincerely thankful for the wonderful opportunity. Thirty children now live in No.4 KEH, and over one hundred children from the area gather in its classrooms during the day.

KEF is now planning to move to a new place for

Many employees have visited No.4 KEH and have found the experience extremely motivating, by meeting the children living there and through the realization that the profits gained from oneʼs work are contributing to the lives ofKEHʼs program in the future.

these children. In the future I would like to go on constructing not only homes but opportunities for the children to learn, and opportunities to work after they grow up and become independent.