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Totto-chan's Children: A Goodwill Journey to the Children of the World
Editor: Nina Andiana
Totto-chan kini sudah dewasa. Ia sekarang menjadi aktris terkenal dan punya banyak penggemar. Tapi Totto-chan tak pernah melupakan masa kecilnya. Karena itulah Totto-chan langsung setuju ketika UNICEF menawarinya untuk jadi Duta Kemanusiaan.
Sejak itu, Totto-chan berkunjung ke banyak negara dan menemui berbagai macam anak. Di negara-negara yang mengalami kekeringan hebat atau terkena dampak perang, anak-anak yang sebenarnya polos dan tak berdosa selalu jadi korban. Ternyata masih banyak sekali anak-anak dunia yang tidak bisa makan, tidak bisa sekolah, tidak bisa dirawat ketika sakit, bahkan mengalami trauma hebat akibat perang.
Lewat buku ini Totto-chan ingin menceritakan pengalamannya saat bertemu anak-anak manis itu supaya semakin banyak orang bisa membantu anak-anak dunia menggapai masa depan yang lebih baik.
Totto-chan kini sudah dewasa. Ia sekarang menjadi aktris terkenal dan punya banyak penggemar. Tapi Totto-chan tak pernah melupakan masa kecilnya. Karena itulah Totto-chan langsung setuju ketika UNICEF menawarinya untuk jadi Duta Kemanusiaan.
Sejak itu, Totto-chan berkunjung ke banyak negara dan menemui berbagai macam anak. Di negara-negara yang mengalami kekeringan hebat atau terkena dampak perang, anak-anak yang sebenarnya polos dan tak berdosa selalu jadi korban. Ternyata masih banyak sekali anak-anak dunia yang tidak bisa makan, tidak bisa sekolah, tidak bisa dirawat ketika sakit, bahkan mengalami trauma hebat akibat perang.
Lewat buku ini Totto-chan ingin menceritakan pengalamannya saat bertemu anak-anak manis itu supaya semakin banyak orang bisa membantu anak-anak dunia menggapai masa depan yang lebih baik.
328 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
About the author
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
48 books390 followersTetsuko Kuroyanagi (黒柳 徹子) is an internationally famous Japanese actress, a talk show host, a best-selling author of children book.
She founded the Totto Foundation, named for the eponymous and autobiographical protagonist of her book Totto-chan, The Little Girl at the Window. The Foundation professionally trains deaf actors, implementing Kuroyanagi's vision of bringing theater to the deaf.
In 1984, in recognition of her charitable works, Kuroyanagi was appointed to be a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, being the first person from Asia to hold this position. During the late 1980s and the 1990s, she visited many developing countries in Asia and Africa for charitable works and goodwill missions, helping children who had suffered from disasters and war as well as raising international awareness of the situations of children in poor countries. Kuroyanagi has raised more than $20 million for the UNICEF programmes that she has been involved in, through television fund-raising campaigns. She also used the royalties from her bestselling book, Totto-chan, to contribute to UNICEF.
In 1997, Kuroyanagi published the book Totto-chan's Children, which was based on her experience working for as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador from 1984 to 1996. Kuroyanagi is a director of the Japanese branch of the World Wildlife Fund.
Kuroyanagi has twice brought America's National Theater of the Deaf to Japan, acting with them in sign language.
For her involvement in media and television entertainment, Kuroyanagi won the Japanese Cultural Broadcasting Award, which is the highest television honour in Japan. Since then, she has been voted 14 times as Japan’s favourite television personality, for the show Tetsuko’s Room.[3]
In 2000, Kuroyanagi became the first recipient of the Global Leadership for Children Award, which was established by UNICEF in the 10th anniversary of the 1990 World Summit for Children. In May 2003, Kuroyanagi received Order of the Sacred Treasure in recognition of her two decades of service for the world’s children.
She founded the Totto Foundation, named for the eponymous and autobiographical protagonist of her book Totto-chan, The Little Girl at the Window. The Foundation professionally trains deaf actors, implementing Kuroyanagi's vision of bringing theater to the deaf.
In 1984, in recognition of her charitable works, Kuroyanagi was appointed to be a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, being the first person from Asia to hold this position. During the late 1980s and the 1990s, she visited many developing countries in Asia and Africa for charitable works and goodwill missions, helping children who had suffered from disasters and war as well as raising international awareness of the situations of children in poor countries. Kuroyanagi has raised more than $20 million for the UNICEF programmes that she has been involved in, through television fund-raising campaigns. She also used the royalties from her bestselling book, Totto-chan, to contribute to UNICEF.
In 1997, Kuroyanagi published the book Totto-chan's Children, which was based on her experience working for as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador from 1984 to 1996. Kuroyanagi is a director of the Japanese branch of the World Wildlife Fund.
Kuroyanagi has twice brought America's National Theater of the Deaf to Japan, acting with them in sign language.
For her involvement in media and television entertainment, Kuroyanagi won the Japanese Cultural Broadcasting Award, which is the highest television honour in Japan. Since then, she has been voted 14 times as Japan’s favourite television personality, for the show Tetsuko’s Room.[3]
In 2000, Kuroyanagi became the first recipient of the Global Leadership for Children Award, which was established by UNICEF in the 10th anniversary of the 1990 World Summit for Children. In May 2003, Kuroyanagi received Order of the Sacred Treasure in recognition of her two decades of service for the world’s children.
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