The Emerald Ball is proud to announce that we will be donating proceeds from the night to the charity, Support Our Kids, http://support-our-kids.org/about-en/.
What is the Support Our Kids Project?
With the cooperation of embassies of 11 countries (Ireland, USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Republic of San Marino, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Belgium and the Republic of Poland) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Support Our Kids Project assists children from the affected areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake. This project concentrates on children who are still living under stressful circumstances in the aftermath of the disaster. We believe that children will play a big role in the reconstruction of Tohoku and our aim is to nurture these children into becoming future reconstruction leaders, through experience overseas. It is our mission to provide this support and “push“ them to make this happen. We have assisted 375 children to these countries so far. Through this program, these children have gained a wider global view and experienced new, different cultures. This became a great opportunity to think of their own future and home town. Upon seeing the positive effect this had on children, we decided to commit and continue this project for 10 years until year 2020. We would like to help as much children as we can, and we need your continuous support to make this happen.
Homestay overseas – for a better and brighter future
We provide a 2-week home stay program to children in middle to high school, in order to create and nurture them into future reconstruction leaders. The curriculum is designed to build leadership skills through a wide range of activities such as home stay experience, cultural exchange, language study, volunteer work and presentations on their experiences during the disaster. We also include programs they can only experience in that country – such as the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, London Olympics and the Le Mans 24-hour race in France.
For more information please have a look at the following videos.
Support Our Kids introduction video.
https://youtu.be/AiZ7S7IP2BA
SOK Homestay in Ireland 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hnASH9WVcE
What is the Support Our Kids Project?
With the cooperation of embassies of 11 countries (Ireland, USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Republic of San Marino, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Belgium and the Republic of Poland) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Support Our Kids Project assists children from the affected areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake. This project concentrates on children who are still living under stressful circumstances in the aftermath of the disaster. We believe that children will play a big role in the reconstruction of Tohoku and our aim is to nurture these children into becoming future reconstruction leaders, through experience overseas. It is our mission to provide this support and “push“ them to make this happen. We have assisted 375 children to these countries so far. Through this program, these children have gained a wider global view and experienced new, different cultures. This became a great opportunity to think of their own future and home town. Upon seeing the positive effect this had on children, we decided to commit and continue this project for 10 years until year 2020. We would like to help as much children as we can, and we need your continuous support to make this happen.
Homestay overseas – for a better and brighter future
We provide a 2-week home stay program to children in middle to high school, in order to create and nurture them into future reconstruction leaders. The curriculum is designed to build leadership skills through a wide range of activities such as home stay experience, cultural exchange, language study, volunteer work and presentations on their experiences during the disaster. We also include programs they can only experience in that country – such as the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, London Olympics and the Le Mans 24-hour race in France.
For more information please have a look at the following videos.
Support Our Kids introduction video.
https://youtu.be/AiZ7S7IP2BA
SOK Homestay in Ireland 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hnASH9WVcE
