2018年11月9日金曜日

Annual General Meeting was held on 3 NOV

We had the annual general meeting of Smile with Kids on 3 NOV.

Junko, the treasurer of Smile with Kids reported the income and expenditure & the audit table. 


There are always a lot of support & help from everybody so that we can continue this non-profit organisation.


Thank you Junko, thank you everyone!


Then we discussed the updated objects of association and the Japan Day of Hope which will be held on 9 March, 2019.


Thanking the support of everyone, we can have this 9th event next year.

We would like to create the next one as well with a lot of people thinking of Japan & Fukushima Kids.

The next Cairns Refresh Camp will be held from 20 July to 1 August in 2019.

We will welcome 8 Fukushima kids during those days.



Even from outside Cairns, such as Atherton, Innisfail and Malanda, our precious members joined this meeting.  Thank you for the nice discussion!

Here is one of the mottos of Smile with Kids;
You should place an importance on your own happiness, life, family and friends first.
When you have time
If you can do
Whatever you can do
For the smile of kids



We are wanting the volunteer workers for the event in March.

If you have time, please join us with whatever you could do.
We are sure you will have a great opportunity to meet new people and to have a wonderful experience!

Also we are wanting a lot of Cairns Kids to involve this event.
If you get any nice ideas for this event from your child, please advise us!


smilewithkids8@gmail.com

0403-112-116

**We are also waiting for your help for the volunteer host family in the Cairns Refresh Camp from 20 July to 1 August in 2019.


Thank you very much!!




Japan Day of Hope 2019

Next Japan Day of Hope will be held on 9 March, 2019 11:00-16:00 
@Edge Hill State School.

We will never forget that day.

We will do whatever we can do from Cairns!

Next one will be the 9th annual charity event since we started it with the Japanese community in Cairns holding the motto above.




We are creating this event with everyone who will be involving it.
Please let us know if you have any nice ideas & opinions.

We are wanting the volunteer staff who can enjoy the preparation & event day together with us.

Whatever & whenever you want to do will be the best help for us. Works can be done in many different ways.  If you are interested in the volunteer opportunities, please let us know.

Thank you in advance!


smilewithkids8@gmail.com

0403-112-116


Thank you for your continuous support.











Visited Fukushina Kids -Report-

Maki went to Japan and visited Fukushima Kids who joined our refresh camps before.

Since 11/03/2011, we have thought a lot of potential opportunities to support Japan from Cairns in the way such as the events of Japan Day of Hope etc.  Through many of the chances and the connections, we started Smile with Kids with a concept that the Kids who are restricted to play outside in Fukushima can have a great time in the nature in Cairns.

After 7 years from the March 11, there are a lot of different thoughts and situations in Fukushima nowadays.  Also in Smile with Kids, we are placing important on sharing the real voices and real situations of Fukushima with the kids and Cairns people.  Now, what is the most important thing to do in our activities?  What do they want us to do?  We never know that only thinking here in Cairns.

KIDS KNOW THE BEST WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR THE PEACE IS.

Here is the report from hearing of Fukushima Kids who came to Cairns before and also who are going to join the next project.

Photo: 3 new children who are going to join the next year project.  Thank you for sharing your feelings right now.  They are cute!


They were restricted to go outside and had to watch the fireworks from inside the rooms.
It was hard to find the programs which older kids such as over Year 7 could join, that's why they were so glad to find this Cairns Project.

Next:
The kids who already joined the project before shared their experiences.

















Their mums shared their voices as well.

All the kids who joined 2018 March project told their parents that

Everything has various aspects.
You have to see things from the different points of view and learn then think yourself.
You have to tell your own opinions.
Even after we came back home from Cairns, we have been thinking this is very important.



After the 2 hour talk session, we had a little chatting time over the Australian sweets.

Everyone who joined the Refresh Camp is doing their best now keeping what they learnt in Cairns in their mind.  They encourage us!





2016 Refresh Camp students; Maho, Kokoro, Tomomi (mum) & Minako (mum) 





















Kokoro is studying hard and playing tennis hard.  She is displaying the awards from Smile with Kids together with her other awards.  Thank you!

Maho was selected as a member of the Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Messengers and had a speech at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland!  She encouraged us as well sharing her experiences and her opinion about the nuclear.

Kids power is unlimited!




Thank you for organising, Kodama san, Deniz (came from Germany for volunteer works of Earth Walkers) and everyone who joined this meeting.

Actually 1 week before this meeting, I had another chance to visit Aizu-Wakamatsu City to meet other 3 boys and parents. Koki, Heaun & Riku!

Even after 2 years, they still remember about their experiences in Cairns it warms up their hearts, they shared.




Thank you everyone!


-From the voices of the parents-

After the disaster, we could not let them touch the nature and we were getting down seriously.
However, we did not want to make our little kids worry.  We wanted to give them a normal life.
That is why we naturally avoided talking about the disaster and the radiation.

It was a very good chance for us to discuss it with our children through the preparation of speech
in the Cairns Project.

After the project, boys are really enjoying their lives.
Also we learned that there are a lot of people in a distance who are thinking about Fukushima and supporting Fukushima.
We are encouraged by that and appreciating all the supporters.



Thank you for sharing!
















                                                                                                                          


There are a lot of different situations and ideas.
None of them are wrong.

We want to keep the stage where people can share their real voices
and hope love & peace will be spread from there.

If the Cairns Refresh Camp could be the stage for it, it would be great.

Never forget the March 11.
We will do whatever we can do from Cairns.

Even though it is little by little, we will continue it as much as possible.


Maho reminded us with the words she got though the Peace Messenger activities,
We might not have so big power but we are not powerless.





This phrase empowered me and I realised that we were learning a lot from the kids.
Maho's Message can be checked from this page.
There are some other people voices as well that we would like to share.
Please check it out.


https://www.facebook.com/smilewithkids/videos/2140191469536211/



Thank you very much!