For the past 2 years, Playground of Hope has been working with youth from children’s homes in Japan to engage them in entrepreneurship activities through our Real Life Learning Curriculum (RLLC). From 2017, we have started working to provide further support to young adults from these homes transitioning into the workforce. On Saturday, May 20th, […]
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Daichinoie is a children’s home under the care of the Shiseigakusha Tachikawa Social Welfare Group, which has a long history of over 100 years. For the past few years, Playground of Hope has been working to find a sponsor to support these children by cleaning up and improving their grounds near the Tama River. We
Playground of Hope first built the playset at Sagamihara Minami Jidou Home in Fall of 2015. At the request of the home, we returned to do maintenance on the playset, as well as have a lunch BBQ with the children at the home. With a variety of volunteers, as well as some youth volunteers from
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Two years ago, Playground of Hope’s first project with Kodomonoie Children’s Home included installing a play set as well as painting the outer walls of the facility to brighten up the area. We have always wanted to go back and complete the inner wall of the facility, and for two days on November 17th and
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After two months of planning and preparing, the committee of children at Children’s Home Kodomonoie in Kiyose City, together with the amazing support of sponsors and mentors from J.P. Morgan held another successful Halloween Party at the home. In it’s third year, Halloween at this home continues to get better and better, thanks to the
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As part of Hilton’s annual Global Month of Service (GMS), Playground of Hope is thrilled to work again with Hilton Worldwide and Elliott Management to improve the lives of children in Japan. This year we visited Hikarinoko Gakuen, a lovely children’s home located in Tateyama, Chiba. Despite the heavy rain the afternoon, over 70 amazing
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On Friday, October 14th, together with the wonderful team from Blackstone, we visited Koyama Home children’s home in Isumi, Chiba. This is the second year for Blackstone to visit the home and help support the wonderful children by renewing their play set, building some benches, replacing a broken basketball hoop and providing new baseball/softball goods.
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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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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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