Asian Rural InstituteClass of 20172017 年度アジア学院学生 / 研究科生

SOUTH AFRICA
Dudu

Ms. Duduzile Princess Nkabinde

Rural Leaders Training Program

Japan International Volunteer
Center / South Africa O�ﬁce

農村指導者研修プログラム

Project Coordinator, Field O�ﬁcer

I have been employed by the Japan International Volunteer
Centre in South Africa for 19 years. I teach Sunday School
and direct a choir. I need to expand my horizons byimproving leadership skills and learning more aboutorganic gardening, which can mean survival for many incommunities where we work.

INDONESIA
RidwanSensa

Mr. Ridwan Agustinus SamosirMs. Vinsensia Dasi

PETRASA Foundation

St. Therese Mbata Parish Church

Head of Farmer's Group Development
Division

Farming Group Supervisor

As the head of division of PETRASA Foundation, I help
farmers in the rural highlands of North Sumatra gain
crucial access to credit, transition from conventional
to organic farming, and improve their food security
through home gardening. At ARI, I hope to gain greater
perspective of rural leadership from participants ofdi�ferent backgrounds, tribes and religions.

I work with mostly women farmers in our area who growrice, using manure with chemicals, in terraces on themountain where we live. I want to learn how to raise ricewith organic manure so the health of the people will
increase, as the average life-span in our community is40-50 years old.

Since 1973, the Asian Rural Institute (ARI ) has been dedicated to training grassroots rural leaders
who live and work in their communities in countries located primarily in Asia, Africa and the Paciﬁc.
Located in Tochigi, Japan, ARI trains rural community leaders regardless of nationality, race, religious beliefs, gender or age.
The aim of the training is to facilitate the self-development of rural people, in order to build a more just and peaceful society.
The training is practically-oriented. Participants learn through classroom lectures, discussions and study tours, then put this learning
into practice by managing their own ﬁelds and rice paddies, raising livestock, leading committees and organizing events.
The ARI community is almost completely self-su�ﬁcient, with more than 90 percent of the food consumed coming from its own campus.
ARI does not have an independent source of funds, but relies on the support of individuals, churches and funding organizations
to operate the training program. Furthermore, since ARI actively seeks out people from the most marginalized areas ofthe world, who have few resources to support themselves for this training, ARI helps them to connect withpotential supporters for scholarship assistance. Thus, ARI’s Rural Leaders Training Programis made possible by supporters' generous contributions.

CAMEROON
VivianYiven

Mr. Aketinimoh Austen Yiven

Ms. Epie Dareen Ntube

Hands of Development International(HADI)

Multi-Green Investment Common Initiative Group (MGI-CIG)

Rural Youth Leadership and Sustainable
Development (RUYOLSUDEV)

Field extension worker

Field Manager

Agricultural Extension WorkerMs. Agem Vivian Anwi

At ARI I look forward to receiving competency-based
training and adaptive techniques which are superior to
my basic human resources as of now. A�ter completing
the ARI training, I hope to improve the agricultural
sustainability of my community in order to help reverse
entrenched and widespread poverty and hunger.

I enjoy interacting with nature, and practicing agricultureis the ideal way to create ﬁnancial stability in ruralcommunities. Working on the farm with my grandmotheras a youth gave me resolve to farm and ﬁnd joy in it. When
we work the land and nurture it, it will nurture us.

CAMEROONBANGLADESH

Nelly Shella

RomeDareen

I work with marginalized women and youth to provide
tools for increasing their access to land, teach them farming methods avoiding destruction of the soil and improve
food output. While at ARI, I hope to increase my skills andknowledge in sustainable techniques for enriching thesoil, cultivating crops and rearing livestock.

MarmaMs. Nelly Shella Tchaptcheut Yonga

Mr. Ruman Barua

Rural Women Development Center(RUWDEC)

Rissho Kosei-kai Bangladesh

Rissho Kosei-kai Bangladesh

Volunteer Project Coordinator

Rural Development Coordinator

Coordinator

As coordinator, I oversee projects geared towards improving the living standards of local communities with a focus
on women, youths and vulnerable children. I look forward
to learning at ARI a holistic approach to food production
and the best agricultural practices which I can share withthe farmers in my community.

I serve the hilly rural area of Bandarban. Most inhabitants
are very poor and have little education, which impedes
their economic development and the quality of health. I
seek to teach by example and participation, but recognizethat much more needs to be done. My dream is to start atraining school.

Mr. U Thoai Nu Marma

As a volunteer for the Rissho Kosei-Kai Bangladesh
in Bandarban, I faciliate agriculture-based livelihood
improvement projects for the marginalized people in myarea. At ARI, I look forward to learning about organizationand farm management and food preservation methods.

EAST TIMORINDIAAsha

WillingRuiMs. Asha Kenchammanahoskote
Jayappa

Mr. Willington Mungrei

Mr. Rui Sarmento Araujo

Coorg Organisation for Rural
Development (CORD)

Self Help Initiative Development
Organization, Runrei Area (SHIDO-RA)

Sacred Heart Institute forTransformation (SHIFT)

Community Organizer

Asst. Secretary and Field Worker

Trainer

I am a community organizer working with the tribal
community I belong to. I educate them on land ownership,
help with community improvement projects involving
youths, and advocate for women's and children's education. I am attending ARI so that I can help the tribal people
go for organic and sustainable agriculture methods.

As a one-time farmer who has used harmful practices, I
want to learn how to farm in a way that is in harmony withnature and to share this knowledge with my community. I
also want to learn how to live in dynamic and meaningfulservant leadership.

As the agriculture specialist at the Uma Ita Nian healthclinic's food production program, I train local farmers
in ways to improve vegetable yields by improving soil
quality and in appropriate animal husbandry methods.
My goal is to learn even more about composting, soils,and small-scale farming technologies at ARI.

PHILIPPINES
MimiFridaPsyche

Ms. Emelinda Cuyang Ongcal

Ms. Frida Domingo Laban

Ms. Psyche Marie Porras

Christians Meeting in Gospel Hall, Inc.
(CMGHI)

AETA Children's Home (ACH)

Holistic Living Center for Community
Devlopment, Inc (HLCCDI)

Teacher

Coordinator

Full Time Volunteer Teacher and Sta�fSupport

My objective in teaching children is to help them learn toread and write as well as experience God's love by making
their learning process fun and caring. A�ter ARI, I want tohelp the farmers in my community practice sustainable
farming, develop leadership skills and self-conﬁdence.

I work as a teacher for the Aeta Children's Home in Zambales, teaching 4th grade children. Along with teaching, I
also help to provide food for the school through managing
its gardening progam and raising goats and pigs. I want toattend ARI so that I can learn more on how God can use me
to help the poor people.

The Holistic Living Center helps people recognize thatwhat we eat and drink, our lifestyle, and how we connect
to the environment a�fect diseases that could be avoided.
We want to engage young children and get them to think
about how they live, how they play, and the impact thishas on the community.

LIBERIA

MYANMAR
Mau

SamuelMr. Samuel

Ms. Jenneh Korlison

Mara Evangelical Church - Service andDevelopment Department (MEC SDD)

Khawnum'zung Rural Development
Organization (KRDO)

Community Women Empowerment
Organization (COWEO)

Program Coordinator,
Finance Coordinator (SDD)

Community Trainer

Women Network Coordinator

Mr. Hrie Mau

JennehMy community practices rotational farming, which has
caused lower yields, chronic food shortages and poverty.
We lack knowledge and skills in sustainable farming tolead us out of this situation. At ARI, I want to learn thesetechniques so I can return to demonstrate them for ourpeople at our planned experimental farm.

I work with socio-economically unsafe, vulnerable, sensitive, religiously disregarded or forgotten and politicallyforgotten and uncounted people. As a community trainer
at KRDO, I work to increase community ﬁnancial literacy
and promote community health. I am eager to becomea better servant leader at ARI, so that I can share thisknowledge with my community.

I work in a multi-religious community where men havetraditionally held decision-making power. We establish,
develop and encourage women's groups by showing them
how to increase agricultural production for their families
as well as to generate income. We educate and encourage
the women to take active part in family and community
decision-making.

GHANA

THAILANDZIMBABWE

SenaJuTa�fy

Evangelical Presbyterian Developmentand Relief Agency (EPDRA)

Original Liberty Mission Foundation
Coordinator

Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care(HCOC)Mr. Augustus Sena Letsukuma

Ms. Thanarat Rinnasak

Program O�ﬁcer,Agricultural Extension Services

I train and teach extension sta�f who in turn train farmers
in soil and water conservation practices and the formationof marketing cooperatives. While at ARI, I want to increase
my knowledge of organic farming practices, improve myleadership skills, and gain from others while living incommunity.

I work as a coordinator of services for the Mission Foundation in central Thailand. I look forward to learning as muchas possible about organic farming, as my organization
wishes me to establish a farm a�ter I return from training
at ARI.

HAITIJAPANNixon

Mr. Nixon Rincher

MakikoMs. Makiko Takei

Ms. Tafadzwa Dorothy Mukondwa

Social Worker

I am a full-time volunteer social worker, taking care of orphans and vulnerable children. My responsibilities include
monitoring the feeding program, supervising kitcken sta�f,and fundraising for our chicken and moringa leaf projects,
which provide healthy sustenance for children. During mytime at ARI, I hope to learn about leadership skills, project
management, and organic farming.

ChigiraMs. Chigira Hasumi

Haiti-no-kai CESLA / CESLA Community
Project (CCP)
English Teacher, General Secretary CCP

I would like to learn more about leadership because asa leader, I think I have to get enough capacity to leadgroups and the community. I hope raising livestock andgrowing vegetables would help my community because
the biggest problem of my community now is food.

Working as a nurse, I had a big question about theadvanced medical technology. For half a year, I studiedin Denmark about the world situation of hunger, poverty
and gaps in society. This year at ARI, I want to study how
to support people's health and life by good food.

I'm taking a year o�f from university this year to learn atARI. At university, I learned the situation of the grass-roots
people su�fering because of development, and this mademe think whether the development is really needed for asustainable society. At ARI, I want to seek what I can do forthe society.

CAMEROON
Oscar
Advanced Training Course

ARI Graduates who have worked in theircountries for ﬁve or more years may apply to bea TA. Those applicants who have demonstrated
leadership and accomplishment in theircommunities are invited to come to ARI toassist in the training of the participants.

Mr. Oscar Nkweche Fortsin

Farmer

In 2006, as an ARI participant, I gained extensive
experience working with pigs and harnessing the use ofpig by-products. As a TA, I hope to grow my leadershipabilities so that I may open an integrated farm school in
Cameroon upon my return. Our plan is to bring together
orphans and vulnerable children to gain knowledge on
how to be self-sustainable.

Over a thousand graduatesA�ter graduating from the ARI training program many Rural Leaders
focus on sustainable agriculture in order to revive their communities,
but that’s not all. Graduates engage in a broad range of causes, such asconservation of the environment, education and microﬁnance. Others
dedicate their lives to attain rights for women and tribal people, ororganize aid for refugees. Responding thus, to the needs of grassroots
people as Servant Leaders, they spread ARI’s spirit of “LivingTogether” across the world.

Tsurukawa Rural Institute , Theological Seminary for Rural Mission (1960 - 1973)
・South-East Asia Course: 116 graduates, 17 countries
Asian Rural Institute, Rural Leaders Training Center (1973 - 2016)
・Rural Leaders Training Course: 1,158 graduates, 57 countries
・Advanced Training Course: 87 graduates

Would you like to invest in the futureof Rural Leaders as a supporter?
The costs needed for Rural Leaders to participate in our training aremainly ﬁnanced by donations. Tuition and board amount to US$
17,840, and the average airfare is US$ 2,300. We are looking forsupporters who will o�fer ﬁnancial assistance for these leaders to takepart. It is an investment in people who will bring about lasting
community change. For detailed information, please visit our website
or call our o�ﬁce.

USACanadaJapan

US citizens may make tax deductible gi�ts to
ARI through the American Friends of ARI (AFARI).
Make out your check to AFARI and send it to:

Canadian citizens can make a tax deductible
donation to the United Church of Canada tosupport ARI. Cheques payable to the UCC
should be sent to:

There are multiple ways of contributing if you
reside in Japan. Please visit our website at
http://www.ari-edu.org/en/support/
to learn more.

American Friends of ARI (AFARI)
c/o J.B. Hoover, Executive Director
1121 N 94th St.
Seattle, WA 98103-3305

United Church of Canada
Partners in Mission Unit
3250 Bloor St. W.
Etobicoke, ON M8X 2Y4
Attn: Pat Elsonor donate online through AFARI at
http://friends-ari.org/(Please designate "ARI" on the cheque)

アジア農村指導者養成専門学校〒 329-2703

That We May Live Together

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