Children’s Dream Fund
The objectives of the fund are to promote activities organized by groups and organizations engaged in youth education. These activities include children’s experiential and reading activities, contributing to the healthy development of young people.
The Children’s Dream Fund was established through the initiative of the "Parliamentary League to Consider the Future of Children". This League is composed of MPs from various political parties because the role of the private sector, including citizens and companies, is indispensable in the healthy upbringing of children who will shoulder the 21st century.
- Information Service Activities -
- Grant Activities -
Grants for activities to promote children’s experiential activities
- Examples -
- Experiential activities for children
- Activities to experience nature, such as observation of nature, camp activities, etc.
- Activities to experience community service, such as cleaning, nursing care for the elderly, etc.
- Activities to support children’s experiential activities
- Training leaders for these experiential activities, etc.
Grants for activities to promote children’s reading activities.
- Examples -
- Reading activities for children.
- Regular reading group activities, book report contests, etc.
- Activities to support children’s reading.
- Forum on promoting children’s reading activities, etc.
Grants for activities to develop and promote educational softwares for children.
- Examples -
- Activities to develop and promote digital educational materials for the Internet to support and complement children’s experiential activities and reading activities.
- Organizations eligible for grants -
Groups and organizations engaged in youth education programs, such as private corporations and NPO organizations
- Number of applications for grants -
| Fiscal 2003 | Fiscal 2004 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of applications | Number of adoption | Number of applications | Number of adoption | |
| Children s experiential activities | 1,859 | 1,685 | 1,837 | 1,611 |
| Children s reading activities | 352 | 319 | 351 | 317 |
| Activities to develop and promote educational materials | 94 | 27 | 94 | 23 |
| Total | 2,305 | 2,031 | 2,282 | 1,951 |