Thank you very much Clifford Chance
We want to give a very special thank you to Clifford Chance for generously sponsoring the KIWL Bike Ride 2020 that will be happening in June.
Clifford Chance is a law firm dedicated to becoming one of the leading firms of choice for the business of today and tomorrow. In fact, they already enjoy this position working in collaboration with their clients and wider stakeholders to secure their long-term, sustainable success.
Going Stir Crazy？ 100日間で地球を歩き回ってみませんか？
Going Stir Crazy？ 100日間で地球を歩き回ってみませんか？
Virtuous Spiral 5年計画の一部には、健康とテクノロジーが含まれています。 つながりがあればあるほど、他の人のモチベーションを高めることができます。 あなた自身とあなたの幸福を改善する方法について学ぶことができます。
私たちは、7人のメンバーからなる7つのチームの1つに参加して1日1万歩歩き、オンラインシステムにまとめて入力して、どのように進んでいるかを知らせ地球を基にし距離を測っていきながら家庭とのグローバルチャレンジに取り組みます。英語と日本語の両方を使い毎日、子供たちはその日に着陸した場所の地理と歴史について学ぶことができます。
10月のKIWLインペリアルパレスウォークまたは11月のKIWLゴーゴーランに至るまでの100日間にわたって、ホームファミリーは、目標を達成して体調を維持することができる。そしてオフィスチームメンバーはリモートで作業ができる。
興味がある場合は、2020年3月31日までに登録する必要があるため、お知らせください。 メールアドレス：[email protected]
Going Stir Crazy? Why not walk around the earth in 100 days?
Part of our Virtuous Spiral 5 year plan includes health and technology. The more you are connected, the more you can be motivated by others. You can learn about ways to improve yourself and your well being.
We are working on a GLOBAL CHALLENGE with the homes to gauge interest of being part of one of the 7 teams of 7 members to walk 10,000 steps a day and then collectively input the steps to an online system which will let you know how have you have a walked towards the distance around the earth. With every day’s entries in both English and Japanese the kids can learn about the geography and history of the place you have landed for the day.
Good for office team members working remotely, stay at home families and staying in shape with a goal over the 100 days leading up to the KIWL Imperial Palace Walk in October or even the KIWL Go-Go run in November.
If interested, please let us know as we need to register by March 31,2020. Email us at: [email protected]
Welcoming our intern Joseph
Joseph Bray is from the city of London, and obtained a Psychology Bachelors and Masters from the University of Leicester and Edinburgh respectively. During his spare time, he enjoys writing, listening to music, and bouldering. His career goals include working for the Civil Service in his home country, while his aspirations are to be able to open his own NPO to aid families that have loved ones who are suffering from terminal illness. While in Edinburgh, when he wasn't working in bars and pubs, he was volunteering at his local church to help feed the homeless. Joseph has always had a fondness for Japanese culture and is relishing the opportunity to be able to explore Tokyo and work for a compassionate organisation like YouMeWe. He is throwing himself headfirst into the current projects, and hopes to aid YouMeWe further down the line with their future endeavours. Cheers YouMeWe!
IGNITE Sendai
Hey Entrepreneurs and Innovators!
Just wanted to leave you with some inspiration from last year's IGNITE Sendai Conference. This jewel from author, speaker, social innovator, Michael-Clemons, will not disappoint. To check out the full interview, follow us on YouTube at IGNITE Sendai Startups https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn_-3YyA8ChrnJYCeDBuWiw, and visit our website at www.ignitesendai.com.
Welcoming our Intern Evalina
Hello! My name is Evalina Chinn I am a recent college graduate of Cal State LA where I received my degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. I am taking some time off my academics to expand my experience in the professional work place. This fall I will attend graduate school where I hope to conduct relevant research in Audiology, specifically cochlear implants in pediatric patients. My hobbies include taking my dogs on walks, going on bike rides, and swimming. When I am not interning for YouMeWe I am coaching swim teams in San Francisco, California. I am having a blast in Tokyo working with the team at YouMeWe! Thank you for this opportunity.
A great kick off with a donation from 76 working with KIWL for the 2020 Bike Ride sponsorship
Introduced through KIWL and sponsors, 76 has come on board to help sponsor many of the activities that KIWL has organized in 2020 to benefit YouMeWe and has sent through their initial donation. We truly appreciate how the connection with KIWL has opened up so many doors for us to continue our program.
Thank you to Microsoft
We had a very enlightening seminar on Change Management held internally by Anew Bednarova and Michal Kolomaznik visiting from the Czech Republic and in Tokyo for meetings. They took time out of their trip to visit YouMeWe.
NightZooKeeper Milestones
We will be presenting children with the certificates of accomplishment for the level of words they have written in their accounts during their high school graduation ceremonies.
KIWL 500 KM Bike Ride
Summary
KIWL is an amateur international group of Japan-based men & women who 'get fit & give back' through sport & social events. Since 2012, KIWL has raised Y66.5 million for disadvantaged children in Japan, in particular those who are in institutional care due to abuse or neglect. Through YouMeWe NPO, KIWL aims to support the Digital Citizens project, transforming the hopes of the children and giving them prospects of a more successful outcome in adult life. www.kiwl.net to Donate, please click HERE
$50,000
total goal
$48,467
remaining
Challenge
The next stage in giving for KIWL in partnership with YouMeWe NPO.Our primary mission is to help children growing up in institutionalized homes prepare for life outside the home once they reach the age of 18. We offer support programs that increase a child's opportunity to become a productive and financially independent young adult in their community. This means helping kids develop and hone critical skills such as language, writing, digital literacy, etc., and ultimately increase confidence.
Solution
OUR APPROACH For the past decade we have been working closely with many children's homes in the Tokyo area to better understand each home's needs, unique environments and the interests of their kids.
Long-Term Impact
Further, we continue to learn about the various challenges each home faces and try to determine how we can best work together to develop support solutions. It is important to note that without first understanding the dynamic of each home and getting to know the staff and children, we would not be able to create effective and lasting support programs. The other element to achieving our mission is engaging the local community - through volunteering their expertise and time.
A big thank you to ACCJ (American Chamber of Commerce in Japan)
2019 ACCJ Total Proceeds
¥14,725,036
Donation recipients include:
Mike Makino Fund
YMCA Ohisama Camp for Challenged Children
Food Bank Kansai
YouMeWe
Good Neighbors Japan
Fair Start Support
Nonohana-no-ie (Wildflower House)
Playground of Hope
Asubi Kodomo Jiritsu no Sato
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.
Planning futures
Endless possibilities
A big Thank you to COLT
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
#GivingDecember 児童養護施設向けアマゾンショッピングのリンク集
#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