NEWSKIDS EARTH Report

No.033 Autumn 2006

★ Exhibition at the Embassy of Spain "HAPPY BIRTHDAY EARTH '06"
KEF held an exhibition of childrenʼs vivid and pure paintings at the Embassy of Spain. The walls of the modern spacious space at the embassy were covered
with about 80 paintings from places around the world such as Asia, Europe and America. Not only paintings but also three-dimensional artworks such as achair and a house which had been created by Japanese children whom KIDS EARTH CAR had met were displayed. There was an opening reception theday before the exhibition began and approximately 250 people joined there. They enjoyed passionate songs and guitars played by Spanish musicians andthat night became a Spanish night filled with a Latin atmosphere. Also there was a raffle prizes during the reception and will be used for supporting children
through KEF activities. A total of 504,895 yen was raised at this charity party. Thank you all for supporting the activities of KEF.
Opening Reception : 7 September 2006
Art Exhibition : 8 - 14 September 2006
KIDS EARTH FUND is grateful for the generous support by:
Embassy of Spain in Tokyo, Japan,
BACCARAT PACIFIC K.K., Coleman Japan Co.,Ltd,Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi, Guerlain K.K.,
shu uemura cosmetics inc., Chiquita-Unifrutti Japan,Ltd.,
Village Cellars, VIDA inc., Ms. Janica Sims, Jorge Diaz Band,Ms. Tomoko Murakami, Ms. Atsuko Sugiyama★ Charity Christmas Card 2006
This yearʼs Christmas cards have been made! The project of the pictures drawn by the children in the KIDS EARTH HOME No.1 which would be theChristmas cardʼs design is coming four times this year. At last, by Smile Heart Clubʼs* joint effort, we started selling the Christmas cards. The sales of these
Christmas cards will be used for supporting activities not only for the children in former Yugoslavia but also this year, for the children in the disaster area dueto the Pakistan earthquake. You can buy charity cards from the advertisement. (* A social action program by the employees of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group)

We have many unique cards

Children drawing Christmas card's design eagerly★ Collaboration of a NY Artist and Children - Shu Uemura
A portion of the proceeds of Shu Uemuraʼs Cleansing Oil Limited Edition 2006, “Shu Project by J.T” will be donated to KIDS EARTH FUND. On June 17th,
KIDS EARTH Gallery was honored to have the artist himself who facilitated creating the bottles for Shu Uemuraʼs limited edition, John Trembley, from NY.
At the gallery, in his attempt to experience optical arts with children, he proposed children to create some “potato stamps” - stamps crafted by curving slices
potatoes. The children and John were utterly content with their success in crafting their potato stamps.
Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil Limited Edition is available on September 8th, 2006 at Shu Uemura boutiques.

HorsesSteven Waijaya HalimIndonesia

Children remark of John, "He is so kind!"Children's art works will be displayed at Shu Uemura's exhibition

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TopicRestoration aid toSri Lanka where a【Letʼs show how long we wait for full restorationin school】【Children's Comments】

Tsunami struck in 2004

“Describe your friendsʼ faces”succeeded to children

From 17 to 23/Jun, Takahashi and Murai, KIDS

Croatia, where it took place in June, and from

EARTH FUND (KEF) secretaries, went tochildren in Vietnam, where it was done in February.

Hambantota in Sri Lanka, the disaster-affected

The basic rules are unchanged except one thing;area of the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, wheremodels on the canvas hold hands with each other.

・I was glad that I had many friends abroad.

they performed workshops with children. They

The rules are simple, models lie down on the canvas

were conducted in cooperation with NPO JEN, withand choose their poses and others outline his/her

support of Smile Heart Club. (* A social action program

silhouette, and then paint them. They painted 5

by the employees of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group)

pictures with a message “We lost something by the【Current issues in the Tsunami Stricken areas】
In December 2004, a Sumatra earthquake
occurred and a big tsunami struck. Many people
were affected by them. Hambantota is one of
the most disastrous areas. Lots of people inHambantota lost their houses and household
goods in the Tsunami. Some lost their families.
Fishermen lost their means of living. Restoration
is currently in progress. We saw destroyedin Sri Lanka, which was passed from children intsunami, but we keep the friendship and help eachother for good and all.”Behind the models, they painted lots of animals,
such as peacocks and elephants, and colorfulflowers; those are very familiar to them. It would
remind you of the scenery in Sri Lanka. Thosepaintings are displayed at the schools, wherechildren go, in order to be seen by their families andother children.

・I enjoyed painting very much and I think
my drawing looks good!!
・We understood each other more throughgroup work communication.

year passed since the disaster. We canʼt find157 children gathered from 14 villages, to help

Children whose lives are surrounded by wonderfulnature individually drew paintings on a white canvas【Delivering heartwarming messages】

with their favorite themes, selected out of ʻFlowerʼʻGarden and NatureʼʻFruitsʼʻFriendsʼʻAnimalsʼʻSportsʼ

To cheer up the sufferers, children in Japan andandʻFestivalsʼ. Flowers and gardens became very

Croatia made arts, bracelets and an energetic

popular themes and illustrated many post card

picture. Japanese children created pairs of good luck

designs, and the benefits from the sales of the post

charms made of colorful strings. One is kept by him/cards are going to be used for children all overherself and the other is connected to others to form athe world. Those children in Sri Lanka who werelong friends' chain. Children in Croatia KIDS EARTH

cheered up by their friendsʼ messages from around

HOME No.1 painted an energetic picture on a large

the world will at this time support other children inpaper. Messages are written on the paper suchdifferent countries. We just had one more friendshipas “friend”, “love” etc. Children in Sri Lanka wore

chain of the Kids Helping Kids.

uniforms as well. Children designed and painted theiruniforms using plain T-shirts and paint. Each uniform has,child. Some heartfelt designs included animals, food, andfriendship through art using soccer as a theme.

soccer ball that also looks like a globe.

・This time you brought our friends'
messages from Japan to us, so please
send our messages next time.

project in Japan are from Shisei Gakuen Children's Home and・I really want to continue this kind ofcultural exchange.

children in both Japan and Croatia modeled themselves toThose comments above are only a fewof them. So many children gave us“Soccer Art Match”

The children who participated in the project inThis is an artwork depicting a soccer game, and painted by

Japan are from：Ainoie Family Home, Nippon

children in both Japan and Croatia. This project was titled

Medical School Hospital“Soccer Art Match”. The children who participated in thisThe children who participated in the project inCroatia are from：KIDS EARTH HOME No.1

Nippon Medical School Hospital. In Croatia, children from theKIDS EARTH HOME No.1 participated in the project. TheseKIDS EARTH FUND is dedicating to build a bridge
between children in Japan and in Croatia.

capture life-size players to paint on the canvas as large asSponsors：Goldman Sachs Japan Co.,Ltd.

more than 1×5 meters in size. Although the children fromTurner Color Works, Ltd.

Shisei Gakuen Children's Home were astonished by the sizeof players already painted by the children in Croatia, they too
painted players competitively, looking strong and tenacious.
Just like an actual soccer game in the field, the finishedpainting, “Soccer Match”, challenges us to name the winingteam. The project such as this one entailed combined effortsof children from two different countries, and the fact that they

NEW MEMBERS
There are KIDS EARTH FUND's newmembers since June 1until August 31(in alphabet order)

complimented each other's artwork. The great artwork wasOn the trip to Sri Lanka this time we brought ten

born, given that the portion of the painting already done by theJapanese xylophones to children, which werechildren in Croatia was honored and cherished by those insponsored by BORNELUND INC. We donated two

Japan who completed the painting.

xylophones each to five different schools. It was the【Look at those special post cards with ourdrawings!!】

players do, children had an opportunity to exchange their

KIDS EARTH Soccer World Cup
Japan vs. Croatia

・Even if you are in very difficult situations
in your life, don't forget you are notalone, my friends!!!(in Croatia andJapan)I"ll be there for you when you arein trouble, because we are united by ourfriends' chain.

【Japanese xylophones traveling to Sri Lanka】

them ease their trauma.

after a game by tradition. Just as professional soccer

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

on the chest, a logo that is uniquely designed by eachcomments like this.

the incidents. We held art workshops 5 times forProfessional soccer players exchange their uniforms

children in Japan and Croatia began deepening theirlooked very mature when they madeworks to express how deeply they suffer from“Exchange of Uniforms”

This year, in the midst of a World Cup sensation,

sweet heart-warming messages taking
care of others. Those young children

houses and fallen trees, even though over aKIDS EARTH
CAR Project

first time not only for the children but also for theirteachers to see a xylophone in their life. They told
us that there is a very similar instrument of many

Individual Membership
Ms. Akiko Kondo / Mr. Aroon Maben /Ms. Hiroko Nakae / Mr. Hiroshi Matsuo /Ms. Izuho Sotani / Ms. Kazuko Kondo /Ms. Kyoko Suzuki / Ms. Masako Kiyohara /Ms. Michiko Kasai / Ms. Reiko Shinohara /Mr. Shunji Ohashi
Corperate Membership
Princess House Co.

containers with different amounts of water to create
diverse sounds. One of the teachers happily said

Big Family Members
Ms. Kyoko Suzuki / Ms. Masako Kiyohara /Ms. Reiko Shinohara / Mr. Shunji Ohashi /Ms. Taiko Nakazawa / 1 anonymousthey would introduce these xylophones into theirmusic classes. Probably you can now hear beautiful
sounds of the xylophones in Sri Lanka.

Exhibition● SAITAMA・Kawaguchi-shi● TOKYO・Minato-ku

Sat, 10/21 - Sun, 11/19
Kawaguchi Art Gallery ATLIA

Fri, 9/22
Mori Art Museum

friends' chain of their favorite color on their arms.
And they received their heartwarming messages.

● TOKYO・Setagaya-ku● TOKYO・Minato-ku
Thu, 9/7- Thu, 9/14
Embassy of Spain

Wed, 11/15 - Mon, 12/25
Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C● YOKOHAMA・Aoba-ku「Yokohama Civic Gallery Azamino」(ART FORUM AZAMINO)

Wed, 8/23 - Sat, 9/9
Yokohama Civic Gallery Azamino