2022 April-May Graduate Program Report
The Leaders in Training Program, a year-long program for high school students was started in 2017
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2022 May Back to Nature: Hiking Report
Date: May 28Location: Mitake, TokyoParticipants: 10 campers, 3 care workers, 5 LITs, 6 Mirai no Mori staff, 14 sponsorsSponsor: Morgan Stanley Program: Under clear skies in May, we were able to hold the long-awaited program with Morgan Stanley
2022 May Back to Nature: KIKORI Report
Date: May 15Location: Takao, TokyoParticipants: 14 campers, 5 care workers, 6 LITs, 8 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 KIKORI partners Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Partner: Morito Odoru Program: We were able to host an activity to build a path at the top of the forest with the energetic campers
-Children are the Treasure of the Nation - Celebrating the release of "My Invincible Compass”
Mirai no Mori Ambassador Matt Miller's film focusing on children in care homes is released! Currently, 27,000 children live in care homes, where they face various obstacles, including after effects of trauma and economic and emotional isolation after leaving the care homes
2022 Winter Back to Nature: Snow Program Report
Date: April 2-3Location: Tsunan, NiigataParticipants: 13 campers, 5 care workers, 5 LITs, 5 Mirai no Mori staff Sponsor: Morgan Stanley Program: We were able to hold a snow program, which had been postponed for many times due to COVID-19
Message from Mirai no Mori: Looking ahead in 2022
We hope this note finds you and your loved ones healthy and safe
2021 December Back to Nature Christmas Program Report
Place: Mitake, TokyoParticipants: 37 campers, 3 LIT’s, 11 Care Workers from 4 homes, and 16 staff/volunteers (+Presents were sent to 2 homes with 70 children who were not able to join the program)Sponsor: Morgan StanleyIn-kind donors: Morgan Stanley (winter cards and craft supplies) / Costco (snacks) / HARIBO (snacks) / EQUIQ
Get to Know Mirai no Mori Series #8 – Achievements, Challenges, and the Future
Through this series, we deliver insights into the institutional care system in Japan, children in it, and Mirai no Mori’s mission
2021 November Back to Nature KIKORI Program Report vol.2&3
Date: November 13 & 14Location: Takao, TokyoParticipants: (13th) 18 campers, 5 care workers, 2 LITs, 7 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 KIKORI partners (14th) 7 campers, 2 care workers, 3 LITs, 5 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 KIKORI partnersSponsor: Morgan Stanley Partner: Morito Odoru Program: We were blessed with great weather for both days, and we were able to experience Kikori under clear autumn skies
2021 November Back to Nature KIKORI Program Report vol.1
Date: November 6Location: Takao, TokyoParticipants: 9 campers, 4 care workers, 3 LITs, 5 Mirai no Mori staff, 2 KIKORI partners, 4 special guestsSponsor: KEEN Partner: Morito Odoru Program: It was a beautiful autumn day in November, and for the first time in a long time, we were able to go on a Kikori program in Takao
Get to Know Mirai no Mori Series #7 – Purpose of Program
Through this series, we deliver insights into the institutional care system in Japan, children in it, and Mirai no Mori’s mission
2021 September-October Back to Nature Program Report
Dates: September 4 (Sat) & 12 (Sun) & October 9 (Sat): RaftingLocation: Ome City, TokyoParticipants: (3 days total) 26 campers, 10 care workers, 3 LITs, 2 program graduates, 18 Mirai-no-Mori staff (total)Sponsor: Morgan StanleyPartner: Mitake Race Rafting ClubDate: Saturday, October 2: HikingLocation: Ome City, TokyoParticipants: 4 campers, 1 care worker, 4 Mirai-no-Mori staffSponsor: Morgan StanleyDate: Saturday, October 16: FarmLocation: Hachioji City, TokyoParticipants: 11 campers, 3 care workers, 3 LITs, 1 program graduate, 6 Mirai-no-Mori staffSponsor: Morgan StanleyPartner: Isonuma Farm Our ongoing conversations with the care workers have given us a glimpse of the serious problems that this prolonged period of self-restraint poses for the children and the care workers