{"id":15288,"date":"2025-12-23T12:24:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/?p=15288"},"modified":"2025-12-23T15:19:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:19:04","slug":"collaboration-with-henkel-japan-volunteer-activities-at-a-childrens-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/archive\/15288","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration with Henkel Japan: Volunteer Activities at a Children\u2019s Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 29, at <em>Kodomo no Sono<\/em> children\u2019<span>s home in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Habitat Japan carried out volunteer activities together with employee volunteers from Henkel Japan at the newly completed <\/span>\u201c<span>Forest Stage,<\/span>\u201d<span> part of Phase II of the Playground Project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Playground Project utilizes the wooded hillside behind the facility to create spaces that foster children\u2019<span>s healthy growth. In this activity, Henkel Japan volunteers helped produce a large wooden <em>kamishibai<\/em> (picture-story show) frame for the Forest Stage, designed to nurture children<\/span>\u2019<span>s creativity and emotional development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers assembled the pre-designed frame and decorated it with natural materials such as fallen leaves, acorns, pinecones, and small branches, sparking lively conversations: <em>\u201c<span>This combination will surely delight the children!<\/span>\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201c<span>How can we make the frame even more exciting?<\/span>\u201d<\/em> The finished frame became a warm, nature-themed piece full of expressive character.<\/p>\n<p><span><div class=\"c-photo\">\n<ul class=\"c-photo-body c-photo-body--row2\">\n<li class=\"c-photo-item\">\n<p class=\"c-photo-item__img\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251129-4-468x336.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-photo-item\">\n<p class=\"c-photo-item__img\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251129-31-468x336.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition, volunteers cleared parts of the facility grounds and transformed them into flowerbeds. Participants shared their reflections: <em>\u201c<span>It was wonderful to collaborate with colleagues from other departments and build new connections,<\/span>\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201c<span>Through this activity, I truly felt how our efforts can support children<\/span>\u2019<span>s futures and be passed on to the next generation.<\/span>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span><div class=\"c-photo\">\n<ul class=\"c-photo-body c-photo-body--row2\">\n<li class=\"c-photo-item\">\n<p class=\"c-photo-item__img\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251129-10-468x336.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-photo-item\">\n<p class=\"c-photo-item__img\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251129-22-468x336.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By visiting the children\u2019<span>s home and imagining the growth of the children who live there, volunteers experienced firsthand the significance of their support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We extend our heartfelt thanks to Henkel Japan for their cooperation in building the <em>kamishibai<\/em> frame, providing adhesives, and assisting with land improvement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teaser_KB3_6959.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teaser_KB3_6959-304x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"538\" class=\" wp-image-15293 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teaser_KB3_6959-304x203.jpg 304w, https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teaser_KB3_6959-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teaser_KB3_6959-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teaser_KB3_6959-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teaser_KB3_6959-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teaser_KB3_6959-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teaser_KB3_6959-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Teaser_KB3_6959-171x114.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On November 29, at Kodomo no Sono children\u2019s home in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Habitat Japan carrie [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,47,49,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity-reports","category-japan","category-corporate","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15294,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15288\/revisions\/15294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatjp.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}