Christchurch Earthquake Appeal in SENDAI (CEA in SENDAI)
クライストチャーチ地震支援in仙台
7/29（日）にブース出展した「せんだい地球フェスタ2012」についてレポートします。
地球フェスタには今年で2回目の参加。
東日本大震災から復興に向かう今年，フェスタのテーマは「Hope，Step，Jump！」。主催者発表では約4,200人が来場しました。
ＣＥＡのブースは昨年同様2階に設置。
鈴木リーダーを中心に，昨年も協力してくれたヘルプスタッフのFさん，Kさん，そしてボランティアスタッフのＩさんが頑張ってくれました。
ＮＺを代表するキウィとひつじの塗り絵や，マオリヘッドバンド作りには，子どもたちが参加。30名近くが楽しみました。ＮＺに関するクイズには、２０名ほどが挑戦し、キャンディーをゲット。キウィバードの着ぐるみ（クライストチャーチ出身のアーティスト ミラベル・オリバーさん作）試着は，暑い日だったためか少し少なめだったようです。
去年好評だった「ケイレブをさがせ」。会場内にいるケイレブを探して「Ｋｉａ ｏｒａ」（キヨォラ）と挨拶するとプレゼントをもらえる企画です。これは今年も人気。当日フェスタのインフォメーション担当だったケイレブを，子どもたちが探していました。
パネルブースには，フェスタ直前に帰国したケイレブが撮影したクライストチャーチの復興の様子を展示。少しづつですが前へ進む現地の様子を報告しました。
ブースに設置した募金箱には，14名の方から計3,825円が集まりました。今年度もまとまった額になりましたら，現地の児童養護施設チャムリーに届けたいと思います。
ブースに遊びに来てくれた皆様、募金いただいた皆様、ありがとうございました！
On July 29, the 2012 Sendai World Festa was held. This is the second World Festa that has taken place this year. The theme of this year’s Festa is “Hope, Step, Jump”, which was chosen to reflect this year’s focus on recovering from the March 11th Great East Japan Earthquake. The CEA booth will be in the same location as last year, on the second floor. Under the direction of Mr. Suzuki and other volunteer staff members, who worked hard this year and last year to put this event together.
Almost 30 children had fun making Maori headbands and painting pictures of the two animals that New Zealand is famous for: the kiwi and the sheep. 20 people took part in a quiz about New Zealand and received candy as a prize. People also had the chance to try on a kiwi bird costume made by Christchurch artist and former Sendai resident Mirabel Oliver, but perhaps people were reluctant to suit up due to the day’s hot weather. The game “Find Kaleb” proved to be as popular an activity this year as it was last year. People who found Kaleb and greeted him with “Kia ora” got a prize. Many kids could be seen searching for Kaleb, who was also acting as the Director of Information on the day of the Festa.
There was also a display of photos of Christchurch that Kaleb took when on a recent trip home. Even though progress is still a bit slow, the pictures really showed how the reconstruction is moving forward. We were happy to have received 3,825yen in donations from the collection boxes set up at the festival. We will add this to the other donations we have collected throughout the year and send all of the money to the Cholmondeley Children’s Residential Care Facility in Christchurch. We’d like to give a big thanks to everyone who came out to the festival, with an extra big thanks to those who were able to give contributions. Thank you so much!
