Rain or Shine We Play! Despite a rainy start on both Saturday and Sunday, PoH had a wonderful time together with our sponsor, J.P. Morgan and Kodomonoie Children’s Home! On Saturday, we put together a brand new play set at the park near the local children’s center. And Sunday, we prepared delicious sandwiches (planned by […]
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The Mashikimachi daycare building was destroyed in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. The daycare reopened in a prefabricated building near the Mashikimachi Sogo Kaikukan and will be located there for the next 1.5 years. Local official and staff requested that we help develop the schools play area. They needed a fence around the school building as
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Together with our amazing sponsors from NPO Nadia and IVG, Playground of Hope along with the children from Koyama Home children’s facility in Chiba worked to install the first play set in Ogatsucho, a small fishing village in Ishinomaki devastated by the 3.11 tsunami. Not only we were able to connect with a beautiful town
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In August 2016, four months after the Kumamoto earthquake, there were still over 400 people living in an evacuation center set up in the local Mashikimachi gymnasium. The local YMCA created an indoor play space for the 70 children living in the gymnasium. There were books and small toys that had been donated. It seemed
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Takata Hoikusho was completely destroyed by the 3/11 tsunami and the lives of the families and caregivers were forever changed. It took nearly 4 years to rebuild the school which is now, yet another step forward, a very real part of the rebuilding process that continues to this day. And will continue for years to
This is a Playground of Hope first! While in the past Playground of Hope has worked with city hall, public schools, as well as children’s homes. Thanks to the support of our sponsor, Hilton Tokyo Bay, we were able to bring Isumi City together with Koyama Home children’s home and build a play set for
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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 10 years ago. Kazusanosato has a cheerful atmosphere, and all the staff are warm
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During the 3/11 disaster, the Ushiami Hoikusho building was damaged beyond repair. As such, Higashi Matsushima City had to rebuild the building. Instead of rebuilding it at the same location, the school was moved more inland, and it was finished and opened in April 2016. A few months after the school reopened, Playground of Hope
Kamakura Jidou Home is part of the Seionkai Social Welfare group, which also runs two senior care facilities in Kanagawa Prefecture. The home was first established in 1896, and renovated in 2003. Currently there are 73 children at the home, making it one of the larger children’s homes in Japan. Previously the home only had
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Like so many of the daycares that we have worked with in Fukushima, the initial weeks after the disaster were extremely trying on parents and caregivers of the young students. Their dedication to the children’s safety and well-being was simply heroic. It is such an honor for us to be able to keep supporting these
