Our Mission
Our primary mission is to help teenagers growing up in institutionalized homes prepare for life outside the home once they reach the age of 18. We offer support programs that increase a child's opportunity to become a productive and financially independent young adult in their community. This means helping kids develop and hone critical skills such as language, writing, digital literacy, etc., and ultimately increasing confidence levels that can lead to new opportunities and choices in the future. Providing tutoring, internship opportunities, and academic transfer counseling will offer children another critical layer of support as they begin to formulate their plans for their future. Developed skill sets, solid communication abilities, and a thorough understanding of their options will help set kids on the right path toward successful independence.
This is no easy task for any child, but it can prove especially challenging for kids without continual 1:1 attention. We hope that by providing educational and mentoring-based support, we will improve their overall chances.
Our Approach
For the past decade, we have been working closely with many children's homes in the Tokyo area to better understand each home's needs, unique environments, and the interests of their kids. Further, we continue to learn about the various challenges each home faces and try to determine how we can best work together to develop support solutions. It is important to note that without first understanding the dynamic of each home and getting to know the staff and children, we would not be able to create effective and lasting support programs. The other element to achieving our mission is engaging the local community - through volunteering their expertise and time - as well as specific financial donations across the different programs.
Our main areas of focus fall under Digital Literacy, Communications Development, and Mentoring.
“100 years later, nobody will care how much money I have and how big of a house I lived in. But if you help one child today, it will last for generations .
100年経てば、誰がどれだけのお金を稼いだとか、大きな家に住んだかということは忘れ去られるでしょう。しかし、もし今日1人の子供が助けられれば、それは何世代も続くものとなるのです。”
— Jerry Lewis ジェリー・ルイス
“Children don’t ask to be born, when they are they deserve everything life has to offer.
子供たちは自らの意思で生まれたわけではない。
だが生まれたからには、人生のすべてを満喫できるべきだ。”
— Karen Sullivan カレン・サリヴァン