Michael Clemons Michael Clemons

Einstein's Dreams

There was a fiction book I read many years ago called “Einstein’s dreams”  As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds.

In one chapter at 5pm a bell rings in the town and all people get up from their desks with two pieces of paper; a shopping list and a map to the market then to their home. They go to the market and buy everything on the list and follow the map home. They knock at the door of their home and their spouse opens the door and lets them in. They eat dinner together as a family but do not languish at the table talking about the children or work but rather run upstairs to their bedroom.

For in this world, there is no memory.

In cafes outside people feverishly are writing in their diaries so they will remember what they did the day before. At certain ages the diaries are too big for the elderly to read in their entirety and so they just focus on certain periods of their youth.

“I used to be a ballerina!” exclaims on customer, “Hey, I used to be a marine!” retorts another. With the same excitement as if they are reading about this for the first time.

Perhaps routine breeds boredom.

We see the same excitement in the homes with the kids when we introduce them to new things. Today we have 5 year olds learning colors and numbers and animals online. A month ago we left them on lesson 1 and a month later some have reached Lesson 18 on their own.

The Junior high school kids, some of whom do not attend school due to various reasons, took their career assessment tests and rather than not having memories, their excitement was seeing a possible future. “HEY, I can be a teacher!” “WOW, it says I could be a banker!” It is this light in the future of planning their own possibilities that makes the work worth doing.

We finished with setting their SMART goals, 3 months; 6 months; one year and three years with the homework of telling us how they will achieve those goals next time.

On the horizon; speed typing, English lessons, keyboard practice and learning about the MacBooks they have received by visiting APPLE for a Field Trip.

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Planning futures

Endless possibilities

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Michael Clemons Michael Clemons

A big Thank you to COLT

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We want to thank you for your incredible continued support of our NPO. You helped us launch and your support in both 2018 and 2019 has really helped us soar! We received over 3,800,000 JPY for the 2019 Bike ride for our program. Kindest regards, …

We want to thank you for your incredible continued support of our NPO. You helped us launch and your support in both 2018 and 2019 has really helped us soar! We received over 3,800,000 JPY for the 2019 Bike ride for our program.


Kindest regards,

YouMeWe NPO

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Michael Clemons Michael Clemons

Thanks to you, 719 children are receiving gifts this year. Thank you.

#GivingTuesday became #GivingDecember and with everyone’s help, each child will receive their own gift this year from YouMeWe. In the case of Nagoya, this was done in collaboration with Santa & Friends. Many people went online and purchased and sent to the homes directly through the Amazon Wishlists.

At the end of the day, everyone wants to feel that they exist and that they matter. You can enjoy your holidays knowing that 719 children will know they were remembered. Happy Holidays from the entire team at YouMeWe NPO and we look forward to a very prosperous New Year.

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Michael Clemons Michael Clemons

Finally started in Nagoya

We have officially started in Nagoya with our partner Santa & Friends. This has been years in the making. Surprisingly the Encho-Sensei let us give the 6 MacBooks directly to the kids to use as their own. Normally they are shared at the home but a device for each child is ideal.

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Thank you Brits at Lunch raised over 320,000 JPY at the annual Christmas lunch

At the Brits at lunch annual Christmas lunch, which was a fundraiser for YouMeWe NPO, there were over 100 people who joined and helped raise funds through raffle prizes, auction and sponsorship. It was a wonderful lunch that may have stretched to dinner... Thank you all very much and very Happy Holidays.

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Michael Clemons Michael Clemons

A big thank you to our intern Jessica

We were extremely fortunate to have had Jessica Kirton-Luxford join us as an intern this past month. She immediately dove in and helped with the presentation at IGNITE SENDAI and then moved on to the 53 Stations of Connectivity aka 2020:600 our campaign to put a computer in all 600 children homes in 2020. She mapped out all homes along the 53 stations to start with, organized the letters to the homes, survey and envelopes. She loaded Amazon wishlists with all the presents to be bought for the kids for this holiday season. She worked tirelessly on #GivingTuesday and the enhanced the career assessment test follow up and worksheets. Volunteering at St.Francis and St. Josephs weekly while she was here.

Studying for Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Arts (PPE). Passionate to ensure all children are on as level a playing field as possible.

We look forward to staying in touch with her as she makes it back to home and school in New Zealand today.

Thank you very much!

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Touch is life

We introduced the kids at Matsubaen to Touchy the human camera. We then spent the evening soldering and making their own Touchy Picture frames.

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#GivingDecember 児童養護施設向けアマゾンショッピングのリンク集

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#GivingDecember Amazon WishList links.
#GivingDecember アマゾンのウィッシュリスト(ほしい物リスト) リンク集

If you click on the link, it will take you to the wishlists of the homes and you can purchase directly and have them shipped directly to the home.
各リンクをクリックしていただければ、施設ごとのウィッシュリスト(ほしい物リスト)をご覧いただけます。また、リンク先より直接購入が可能で、商品は各施設に直接配送が行われます。

仙台天使園 (Sendai): http://amzn.asia/fv3pvdU -100% purchased

大洋学園 (Taiyo Gakueun): http://amzn.asia/0Jeb5Xs -100% purchased

清瀬子供の家 (Kiyose): http://amzn.asia/ciYNeUH - 100% purchased

駒方寮 (Komogata Ryo): http://amzn.asia/egBHgMI -100% purchased

若松寮 (Nagoya Wakamatsu Ryo): http://amzn.asia/0wpKlGK -100% purchased

白河学園 (Shirakawa Gakuen): http://amzn.asia/7EWcYos -100% purchased

聖フランシス子供寮 (St.Francis): http://amzn.asia/d5gemmA-100% purchased

まつば園 (Matsubaen): http://amzn.asia/dZV0Hqw-100% purchased

ポート金が谷 (Port Kanegaya): http://amzn.asia/6IXPEeM -100% purchased

聖ヨセフホーム (St.Joseph's): http://amzn.asia/0GE3v6v-100% purchased

青葉学園 (Aoba Gakuen): http://amzn.asia/cKWodQ7 -100% purchased


福島愛育園 (Fukushima Aiikuen): http://amzn.asia/iP6QW3t -100% purchased

Tokyo Katei Gakko-100% purchased

Saitama Ikujin-100% purchased

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#GivingTuesday Amazon Shopping links for the homes

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#GivingTuesday Amazon WishList links.
#GivingTuesday アマゾンのウィッシュリスト(ほしい物リスト) リンク集

If you click on the link, it will take you to the wishlists of the homes and you can purchase directly and have them shipped directly to the home.
各リンクをクリックしていただければ、施設ごとのウィッシュリスト(ほしい物リスト)をご覧いただけます。また、リンク先より直接購入が可能で、商品は各施設に直接配送が行われます。

仙台天使園 (Sendai): http://amzn.asia/fv3pvdU

大洋学園 (Taiyo Gakueun): http://amzn.asia/0Jeb5Xs

清瀬子供の家 (Kiyose): http://amzn.asia/ciYNeUH

駒方寮 (Komogata Ryo): http://amzn.asia/egBHgMI

若松寮 (Nagoya Wakamatsu Ryo): http://amzn.asia/0wpKlGK

白河学園 (Shirakawa Gakuen): http://amzn.asia/7EWcYos

聖フランシス子供寮 (St.Francis): http://amzn.asia/d5gemmA

まつば園 (Matsubaen): http://amzn.asia/dZV0Hqw

ポート金が谷 (Port Kanegaya): http://amzn.asia/6IXPEeM

聖ヨセフホーム (St.Joseph's): http://amzn.asia/0GE3v6v

青葉学園 (Aoba Gakuen): http://amzn.asia/cKWodQ7

福島愛育園 (Fukushima Aiikuen): http://amzn.asia/iP6QW3t

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