 Think Tech Hawaii, Civil Engagement Lives Here. Welcome and konnichiwa to Think Tech Hawaii, Japanese series, Konnichiwa Hawaii, and all Japanese broadcast, streaming live from downtown Honolulu and available on YouTube. I'm your host, Yukari Kunisue, and joining me today in the studio is Mr. Hiro Ito, Kids Heart to Hawaii. Konnichiwa, I'm your host, Yukari Kunisue, from downtown Honolulu and available on YouTube. Today's fourth broadcast is called Kids Heart to Hawaii, and I'm the founder of the program director, Mr. Hiro Ito in the studio. I'd like to talk about the activities of children's trauma, discrimination, and discrimination in the Japanese community. Hiro, thank you for your time today. Thank you. Hiro, you are a social worker. First of all, Kids Heart to Hawaii. So, you are a child, right? Can you tell us about the activities that were focused on children? Yes. I was a child's teacher in a university in Japan. My mother died when she was two years old when she was two years old. I was 15 years old, and my brother was 18 years old. At that time, I had children without parents. I had been living with them all my life. My friends and friends, including me, had a very difficult life. I think they had a hard time. I was very lucky because I was very good at sports. I went to middle school, high school, and smooth. I didn't even go to smooth. You went to the doctor's office because you were a child's teacher. My brother went to the doctor's office because he was a child's teacher. I went to the doctor's office. When I decided to die, I wanted to go to the U.S. I graduated from university. At that time, I had no idea about the care of the children. I was given the opportunity to do that. I was taught to take care of the children. First of all, I was taught to take care of the children's mental health and trauma. When you were two years old, your mother passed away. You grew up in a facility until you were 15 years old. Yes, I grew up in two facilities. After that, I was taken to the hospital. You were taken to the hospital. Yes, I was taken to the hospital. Did you think about the care of the children at that time? Yes, I didn't think much about it. Did you wake up after you decided to die in the U.S.? Yes, I woke up. I thought about what to do next. When I decided to die, I thought about social welfare and psychology. I thought that something like that might be possible. I was given the opportunity to take care of the children. I was taught to take care of the children at that time. Did you take care of the children at that time? Yes, I was taught to take care of the children at that time. I didn't take care of the children at that time. I took care of the children at that time. I took care of the children at that time. I see. I think it's interesting that the name Kitzha-2 Hawaii is very popular. Is this the name of a child? Originally, it was the name of Outreach for Grieving Youth Alliance. In 2008, I was in a branding session. I was called by children. When we have events, we always ask for children. It's a group for children, so we ask for children's opinions. At that time, when we decide on a name, what kind of name is good? In that, there is Kitzha-2 Hawaii. Kitzha-2 was made in Hawaii later. What is Kitzha-2? It's hard to say in Japanese, but how do you translate it? Children are also hurt. Children are also hurt. For example, adults go to therapy or counseling in the United States. There are a lot of places like that. They come to drink alcohol and drink alcohol. You can do that. If adults don't provide a safe place for children, they can't share or process such a safe place. For example, children's trauma, the way they are healed, or the way they are treated, is different from adults? Yes. Of course, there are some similarities. How is that different? First of all, adults use the word communication. But there are a lot of words, so you can express your feelings. The main communication between children is that they talk to each other, but especially when they are small, they express their emotions through actions. For example, they play basketball, or they play basketball with their dead mother. For example, they play music, or they play music with their father. They draw pictures, or they play basketball with their dead mother. I see. They express their emotions through actions. For example, when we are in Hawaii, and we are in a group, we set up a safe place for children. We don't want to talk to children. First of all, we set up a context setting and a distribution setting for children. The children who gather today will be separated from their parents, their families, and their families. Through that, they will be able to gather together and support each other. That's a simple switch, a grief switch. I see. But before they come, the children will come to the kids' house. I see. The grief, the grief, the grief, the grief, the grief will be the energy in their bodies. Energy. So we will first make that energy a safe environment and a safe facility. It's a facility. We will need to train for four days to volunteer at the kids' house. After that, if the training is over, we will have a facility. I see. You will also have a facility? I will. I will supervise. What do you feel when you talk to the kids? I don't know. I ask questions, but the answer is not to ask for energy, but to activate the energy. To activate the energy. Does the hurtful heart feel like it's generating energy? I do. I do. That's why we call it after-out. We call it after-out, right? Yes. We call it after-out, right? After-out. Yes. We don't know where the energy goes. So kids can play outside in a ballroom or in music. They can play basketball. But kids with big energy or kids with big energy can sit down and draw pictures or play music. We don't have enough energy. I see. A ballroom. A ballroom. It's like playing a game. That's right. It's a big deal. With that kind of energy, you can use your big muscles outside of your body and use your big muscles to release the energy out of your body. You have to kick a ball or hit something. You have to push it. The way of suffering depends on the child. If you don't support them, they might suffer a lot. I see. You can go to a ballroom and use your big muscles to release the energy out of your body. Yes, big muscles. That's sports. But if you don't have a safe place or you don't have the energy to go to school, for example, when you go to school, there's a kid who died with his father. The other kids take their father with them. When they see that, they get energy. I see. They think, why don't you have a kid? They think about their father. When they're in school, they don't have the energy to process their own experiences. They don't have the energy to process their own experiences. They say, listen to me, I can't do that. But that kind of gives you the energy to release the energy. I see. For example, what about your father? What about your father? He has a father. Yes, he has a father. At that time, there are no cases like that. So, children like us are always in trouble. So, as an activity, do you have any modern sports, or music? When I played them, we don't play. We don't play with the leg used like this. In the opening circle, first, we play what's called our own name, age, for example, where we go to school. Also, if you are a group with Stefano Well, tomorrow is the day, right? Today is the day, right? Who died? How did you die? But there is a rule, there is an I-pass rule. I-pass rule? For example, even if I am an adult, even if I am a mother, even if I am a mother, even if I am an adult, even if I am an adult, even if I am an adult, even if I am an adult, even if I am an adult, even though I am an underage, even after so manyANTOO maybe I am an adult, So we're going to take a little break here, and we'll be right back with Hiro Ito, His Heart to Hawaii. I'm Ethan Allen, your host on Pacific Partnerships in Education here on Fink Tech, Hawaii. Every other week, Tuesdays at 3pm, we have guests on and talk about the fascinating, interesting, and unique partnerships in education that occur across the Pacific Islands. With Hawaii, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Guam, all these places have really rich local education programs going on, and the exchange among and between these programs is a wealth of great information, helping the islands all learn how to survive and thrive in our ever-changing world. I hope you'll join us on Pacific Partnerships in Education. Hi, my name is Bill Sharpe, host of Asian Review, coming to you from Honolulu, Hawaii, right here in the center of the Pacific Ocean. Asian Review is the oldest of the 35 or so shows broadcast by Fink Tech, Hawaii. We've been in production since 2009. Our goal is to provide you, the viewer, with information, breaking information about events in Asia, Asia being anything from Hawaii west to Pakistan, from the Russian Far East south to Australia and New Zealand. We hope to see you every Monday afternoon at 5pm. We're back and we are live. I am your host, Rikari Kunisue, and this is Konnichiwa, Hawaii, talking with Hiro Ito, Program Director of Kids Heart to Hawaii. Hi, I'm Rikari Kunisue, and this is Konnichiwa, Hawaii, in the center of the Pacific Ocean. Today, we're here with Hiro Ito, Program Director of Kids Heart to Hawaii, and we'd like to continue our conversation with Hiro Ito, Program Director of Kids Heart to Hawaii. We'll start by talking about the future of the East Asian community. Are you confident that you'll be active in the East Asian community? Yes, I've been active for about 6 or 7 years. I've been there for about 2 months. Hiro Ito, Program Director of Kids Heart to Hawaii. Hiro Ito, Program Director of Kids Heart to Hawaii. I think it's a bit difficult to do in Hawaii. Is there any difference between the way you do it in Hawaii and the way you do it in the center of the Pacific Ocean and the way you do it in Japan? The center of the Pacific Ocean is where we had our child's individual experience. The place where you started working. The place where you started working. The place where you started working. Kids Heart to Hawaii is under the new ED, Michael Moore. It's in Hawaii now. The center is in Yogo City. It's a foster care center. Other than individual experiences, for example, there's the Revest, DiCon, and foster care. The care for the children is amazing. The care for the children is amazing. I've been with the kids for a long time. When I started working, I immediately supported the kids. That's a big difference. You were also working in Japan. In Japan, there were many different places. The activities were very important. First of all, the grief, the trauma, I understood that first. Before the group started, the adults were traumatized. They had their own experiences. They had their own trauma experience. So, little by little, they were able to go on a regular basis. The first five years were on a regular basis. Luckily, I was able to work with Asahi Shinbun-san and Sponsor-san. Are you focusing on Hawaii now? I'm focusing on Hawaii now. The way you work on Hawaii is a little bit of music. Is there something unique about Hawaii? The unique thing about Hawaii is that it's 365 days a day. Other than a separate group, I'm working on a mentoring program, such as a circuit event, a stand-up event, a taro event, a taro event, a child event. I'm working on a skin color that I've often done. I'm working on a skin color event, a skin color event, I'm working on a skin color event, I'm working on a skin color event, I'm working on a skin color event, you said you were trained for making a doggie therapy. These things made Hawaii unique. Are you working on a unique technology? Yes. I heard latest advertisement, a new executive director from ED, and he is working on a specific event, so I am cl cualquier other. Women and me, I'm doing it with a man now, but I'm getting more and more tired. But it's kind of nice. For those of you who are watching this, even if you are not your own family, you have a relative or a neighbor, you have a teacher or a child, and you have a child who has experienced that. I think there are a lot of people who are worried about how to hurry. The first step is very difficult. Especially, for example, the husband is American, the wife is Japanese, there are a lot of patterns. For example, divorce and D.B. It's a matter of the mind, especially D.B. When there is a trauma, you have to intervene immediately. I think it's a matter of the mind. If you don't make a safe place for the child to process, you can't do that when you try to do it later. What should you do specifically? First of all, I will contact the kids. Even if they have experienced that, there are children who support their family, but if they don't have that kind of support, it's the most difficult thing to do. So, if you don't want to do that, try to participate once or twice, and think that you are a child of the future. I see. And also, to prevent the child from being complicated. If you lose your family, for example, if you lose your husband, your wife is also very injured. And the child is also very injured. And the child can't even look at the child. No, the way of the grief is different. That's right. So, in that case, there are people like Mr. Hiro. And there are the facilities at home. Everyone is taking training. Everyone has peer support, and the children who have experienced the same thing are in charge of that. So, the children become bigger and become facilities. Yes, there are children like that. How old are you? When I was 16 years old, I participated in the group. When I was 16 years old, I was accepted by the facilitator training. From high school? Yes, from high school. After four days of training, I came back as a facilitator. So, when I was a child, I participated in the group of teenagers. Then, I was accepted by the training and became a facilitator. Yes, for children, they are not like the old ladies, but like the older ladies. What about Japanese? There are Japanese facilitators. Yes, there are. But, for the adult group, we want to be able to speak English. So, we are parallel with the children's group. For the adult group, the children's mental stability is supported by the adult. So, the children's mental stability is very low. For example, the parents are very disappointed. It is a very difficult case. So, the children become like that. Yes, they become like that. It is impossible for them to do their best. By participating in the group of children and participating in the parent group, they can support each other. So, not only the children, but also the parents can do it together? Yes, the parents can do it together. What about the rest? For example, we have to train for 4 days. We have to train for 4 days. It is very intensive. If you want to volunteer, what would you like to do? If you contact me, I can understand Japanese. I have made a Japanese text. Is that so? Please bring a lot of things here. Yes. Under Kid's Hat to Hawaii, the previous executive director, Mr. Patria, I worked with them. Under Kid's Hat to Hawaii, the previous executive director, Mr. Patria, I worked with them. I was in the drop-in center. I went to a shop. There is a store. Under Kid's Hat to Hawaii, there is a store called High Rising in Hawaii. It is a real boutique. I received a lot of support. So, from Japan, for example, if you are a tourist, you can come straight from Waikiki. You can come straight from Waikiki. You can always come to the back of the car. If you are in China Town, you can come. There is also a hat. There is also a drink. What is the hat? High Rising. Is this Kid's Hat to Hawaii? No. Kid's Hat to Hawaii. This is a boutique. I was 19 years old. When I was building, I started drawing by myself. The design is really cool. It is really cool. So, I decided to give it a try. I see. What is the design? This is the name of the store. I brought it here. In Japan, when I was at the Grief Sports Center, when I was performing, there are a lot of pictures of me in Japanese. My story, and the reason why I was sitting alone was because I was in Hawaii. I was able to do this as a Grief Worker in the US. And the second half, with my wife, the second half of Kid's Hat, the second half of Sincere, is about how the grief and trauma works. It is written in Japanese and English. It is written in bilingual. It is a really good book. How was it? It was really great. I was able to tell you my story. And I thought the people who read it would make me really happy. Hiro-san I was really surprised. Your mother is from Indonesia. Yes, she is from Indonesia. Her father is from Japan. Her mother was from Indonesia. Yes. She is a very young child. She has been through a lot. But she is so energetic. Yes. She is really supportive. When I was training with the children, I went to the Dagi Center to support the children. I was healed. I see. She is a very good peer support. I understand. She has been working for Kids Heart 2 for 17 years. Yes, 17 years. There will be a lot of needs from now on. I have introduced you in this program. I hope that you can speak Japanese as well. Yes. As long as Hiro-san is there, I think Japanese is important. I will continue to do so. I would appreciate it if you could support us. High-rise shopping. Thank you very much. Today's guest, Kids Heart 2 Hawaii, is Hiro Ito-san. Thank you very much. Next time, we will talk about the veteran realtor Kumiko Burns. This is the end of today's interview. Thank you very much, Hiro Ito. I am Yukari Kunisue. This is Konnichiwa, Hawaii on Think Tech, Hawaii. Talking with Hiro Ito, Kids Heart 2 Hawaii. Thank you for all watching and stay tuned for the next show. I am going to invite Kumiko Burns, veteran realtor in Hawaii and we are going to hear about Hawaii real estate business and industry. Thank you very much for watching.