Nozominomon Kazusanosato is a children’s home in Chiba and has a strong role in the local community. There are currently 35 children living at the home. The facility used to be a public school and was remodeled to a children’s facility 9 years ago. Kazusanosato has a cheerful atmosphere, and all the staff are warm […]
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Our second visit to Koyama Home in 2015 was a follow-up to the RLLC earlier in the year. The younger children in the home also hoped for a see-saw, soccer nets and a picnic table. Together with our sponsor, Blackstone, PoH went to the home to provide more play equipment for the children. It was
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During the initial weeks of the 3/11 disaster this beautiful park and adjacent Japanese shrine had served as an evacuation center. Before that time, local children, families and several kindergartens had use this park to play in for decades due to its central location and natural beauty. Unfortunately, for young children who had to evacuate
PoH established a strong relationship with Koyama Home, having built a play set and painting the facilities in December of 2013. We returned to the location to improve the grounds at the home and work with the children with the RLLC. Every day the home went through many banadages as the children’s natural desire to
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Aisenryou Children’s Home is part of the Ainoizumi Social Welfare group, which runs several facilities, including a kindergarten of 140 children, after-school care, and senior housing. There are about 88 children between the ages of 2-18. This was Playground of Hope’s first project with Aisenryou, and the first location to be involved with our new
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We’re back at Kodomo no Ie continuing the project of a major renewal of the outdoor play area. It is being done in conjunction with a major interior renewal of children’s living quarters later in spring 2015. As part of this volunteer activity, we installed sports equipment including a basketball hoop and tetherball for junior
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There are approximately 40 children age 3 to 19 years old living at Kodomo no Ie. The facility is currently transitioning from a dormitory style to a group-home type accommodation. In 2015, the A, B, and C residential buildings will undergo major interior restorations. In conjunction with these interior restorations, Playground of Hope worked on
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Although PoH remains committed to help bring play back to Tohoku, in 2013 we began to reach out to orphanages in need of play equipment. Home to over 60 children, the Koyama Home grounds were in serious need of repair. Thanks to a very generous donation from GILT Japan plus 106 of their volunteer staff
