A MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER
KIDS EARTH FUND started from a small preschool I established in Tokyo for my son.
The philosophy of the preschool was based on my belief that in order to become a responsible member of society and citizen of the earth, all children including adults should share their individual talents and skills with others. Volunteerism was an important aspect of the curriculum. Children participated in trash pickup and joined anti-war demonstrations holding message boards like “Stop the War” and “Make the Earth Beautiful”. After some time, I began to think more broadly in the ways that children's volunteer contributions could be more proactive. I noticed that the artwork children created often promoted a strong message of peaceful coexistence and environmental care. So, I began to collect children's artwork from around the world and use it to encourage compassion for children around the world as well as taking care of our Earth. Which fits our slogan, “Kids Helping Kids”.
Since the establishment in 1988, I have visited more than 40 countries to serve children in need and donated art supplies and necessary products. In addition to communicating a concern for children's well-being, I and other KEF volunteers have provided a wide variety of support, both physical and emotional, for those we have met. The visits with these children around the world has filled my mind with vivid and often painful memories. Blank, lifeless eyes staring at me in Chernobyl after the nuclear power plant accident. The weakly smiling face of a child injured by a bomb blast in Croatia. Nursing a dying child in Cambodia. 5000 corpses piled high in war-ravaged Rwanda. Children, with glowing white eyes, swarming around a food truck arriving deep in the night in Mozambique. These desperate images urge me to continue on our mission at KEF of promoting help to disadvantaged children throughout the world, to help them live in peace with others and develop a sense of responsibility to our Earth, so that one day, all the children in the world can live in a safe environment where they are free to draw and paint and enjoy the wonders of life.
Harumi Torii
Founder of KIDS EARTH FUND
ABOUT KIDS EARTH FUND
About KIDS EARTH FUND
KEF has held exhibitions of children's art in such major centers as Pompidou Center in Paris, GATT Headquarters in Geneva, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow and the World Trade Center in Boston. A selection of children's paintings are reproduced with the assistance of corporate sponsorships to create marketable products such as calendars, wrapping paper, greeting cards, logo stickers and many more. Sponsorship proceeds help facilitate the global communication of KEF's mission statement advocating peace and conservation. Profits are returned to children in need to fulfill our slogan, “Kids Helping Kids”.
ORGANIZATION
1988 Established
2001 Non-profit organization approved
| ORGANAIZATION | NAME | PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION |
|---|---|---|
| FOUNDER | Harumi Torii Sei Shimura | Representative of IST Co., LTD |
| Directors | Lorraine J. Reinbold | (Vice-representative) Professor of Faculty of Education at Hakuoh University and Part-time Lecturer at The University of Tokyo and Keio University, |
| Keiko Hirai | President of Children's art class, | |
| Yu Imaizumi | Event and Client relation consultant | |
| Auditors | Kazumi Shimizu | Tax accountant and Representative of Shimizu accounting and consultancy office |
| Advisor | Akio Fujii | CEO of Exivision Corporation |
| Akira Matsumoto | Chairman of the Board and CEO of Calbee, Inc. | |
| Alexandre James | ||
| Francis Belin | Global Managing Director of Asian Arts at Christies | |
| Hideki Matsubara | President and Representative Director of Miele Japan Corp. | |
| Hiroko Nakanishi | President of BORNELUND INC. | |
| Hironobu Shindo | Chief Executive Officer and Group CEO of amana inc. | |
| Hiroshi Ogawa | Chairman of BACCARAT PACIFIC K.K. | |
| Hiroshi Senju | Japanese-style Painter | |
| Hiroyuki Mitani | Representative of Office Mitani, Former President & CEO of GE Healthcare Technologies | |
| Jungo Kikuma | Chairman and CEO of World Air-Sea Service Co., Ltd. | |
| Juraku Hanayagi | Japanese traditional dancer (Nihon-buyo) | |
| Kazuhiro Fujihara | Education Practitioner, former Principal of Wada Junior High School in Tokyo | |
| Kazushi Ono | Conductor Music Director of Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra and Music Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | |
| Kensuke Shizunaga | President of CN-INTERVOICE INC. | |
| Kiyo Weiss | General Manager Japan of Air Canada | |
| Koumei Sasaki | Lawyer and Senior partner at Sakurada Dori Partners | |
| Masaaki Kanai | Chairman and Representative Director of Ryohin Keikaku Co.,Ltd. | |
| Masatoshi Kurihara | Doctor and Director of Nissan-Kohseikai Institute of Medicine and Director of Institute of pneumothorax at Nissan Tamagawa Hospital | |
| Noelle Colin Asano | President and CEO of N C A Consulting former President and Representative Director of Guerlain K.K. | |
| Noritake Kinashi | Entertainer and Artist | |
| Ren Makabe | Metal Sculptor | |
| Ryo Hatoh | Representative of XEED Co., Ltd. | |
| Shigeaki Saegusa | Composer and Representative Director of May Corporation | |
| Tadahiro Yoshida | Chairman and CEO of YKK CORPORATION, | |
| Takashi Kojima | Representative Director of NICHINOKEN-KANTO Co.,Ltd. | |
| Wakako Sakuyama | Chairman of General incorporated association Japanese tea concierge association, | |
| Yasuo Toyota | Director of Pork Planning Co.,Ltd. and former CEO of Barilla Japan K.K. , | |
| Yujiro Otsuka | Senior Adviser of Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd., | |
| Yukari Inoue | Managing Director for Japan and Korea, Kellogg Company | |
| Yukari Kagami | Representative Director of Dorneuil Japon and Kagami Consulting Office | |
| Yukihiro Akimoto | President of YA&Partners Inc and former President and CEO of Nike Japan | |
| Yumi Okazaki | Pianist | |
| Regional representative | Janica Southwick | Kids Earth Fund representative in Utah, USA |
| Maja Turniški | Kids Earth Fund representative in Croatia |
BANK ACCOUNTS
| BANK | Mitsui Sumitomo Bank | Ebisu Branch | Regular Deposit, 7089436 | "NPO KIDS EARTH FUND" |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Bank | Ebisu Branch | Regular Deposit, 1309705 | "NPO KIDS EARTH FUND" | |
| POSTAL ACCOUNT | 00100-9-62264 | "KIDS EARTH FUND" |
