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Greetings
Kenichi Ôtsu, Chairman of the Board
Tomoko Arakawa, DirectorLooking around us, the power of separation and confrontation seems predominant in many parts of the world, pushing against the direction towards which

we are aiming. However, it is our greatest joy that in 2015 we sent out 26 new graduates from 19 different countries who share the vision of “building an environmentally
healthy, just and peaceful world, in which each person can live to his or her potential”.
We deeply appreciate all the supporters of ARI who continually pray and encourage
the ARI community both physically and spiritually.
2015 was a memorable year in terms of completing the ﬁve years’ Disaster Reconstruction Project that started in 2011. It began with immediate repairs right after theearthquake, and we have now seen the construction of four large buildings and four
staff houses. It was truly the biggest project in our 40 years’ history. We thank God
and all the people who directed us to this stage and made this huge project possible
in ﬁve years. Now we aﬃrm that it is our responsibility and duty to do our best in
conducting a high quality training program for rural leaders of the world utilizing
those new, strong and more energy eﬃcient buildings at the maximum level.
2015 was also a memorable year for us in the completion of the ﬁrst evaluationof the training program by an objective researcher (funded by Fetzer Institute) andpublication of its report in both English and Japanese. (The summary was publishedin the 2014 Annual Report.) In the past we evaluated our training program only byourselves subjectively. However, this research gave objective meaning to our training
program for the ﬁrst time. We feel that we were able to achieve accountability to our
supporters and friends who supported us for a long term. In addition, this research
opened a door to and inﬂuenced another study about the impact of the graduateson their communities. This latter research was conducted during 2014 and 2015 andincluded visits to 229 graduates in 12 countries. Although the results will be reported
in the next year’s Annual Report, the fact that two different objective studies of ourtraining program and its impact were done almost at the same time is very meaningful in terms of exploring next steps that ARI should take after 40 years of operation.
Several changes have already been made after receiving suggestions from thesestudies, but we are planning to go through the results more carefully and deeply
so that we can improve our curriculum and operations to be more appropriate andinﬂuential for rural leaders of the world who shall give light and hope to their people.

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Contents"My area is a conflict area.
Even when I speak about "peace",
the word does not reach to the people.
But I will not give up,
because I have an experience—that I once have beenan ARI participant."
Khaling Toshang (2015 Training Assistant)
India

Greetings

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Training Report

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Rural Communities transformed
through Graduates

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The ARI Farm

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Disaster Reconstruction completed

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Connecting with Supporters

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Financial Report

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Radiation Monitoring

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The 2015 Community

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The Graduates of 2015

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Rural Leaders Training Center2015 Annual Report
April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016

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Training Report
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Rural Leaders Training Program
April 1 to December 12, 2015

“For many years, I struggled about how
to help my farmers. We gave training
and made compost, but the amount was
not nearly enough.

InDecember

of

2015,

28

participants from 19 countries

completed their training at ARI, andI really appreciate all of people who
supported us. During nine months oftraining, they spent 1990 hours learning.
This amount of learning would take twoyears in an ordinal vocational school,
but in ARI they completed it only in 9months. They studied 39 subjects in 218
hours, practiced farming for 573 hours,
and went on a study tour to twelve
prefectures all over Japan. Moreover,they learned about community life at
ARI.

What did they learn in this nine

Harvests decreased year by year. Farmers did nothave enough to eat. I just advised them to buy
chemical fertilizer, but it was too expensive.
Of course we could not give them a subsidy tohelp with the costs. The soil became poorer,
harvests became less. I was at a loss.
But at ARI, I learned the answers. I learned how
to solve this problem. With this knowledge andskills I aquired at ARI, I can help my farmers.
This has brought me great happiness!”
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months? What are they going to bringback to their community? What are their
dreams? And what motivated them?
ARI participants are people who are
working in rural communities of developing countries in Asia, Africa, Paciﬁc andother countries. Before they come to ARI
they are expected to have more than
three years of working experience in arural community.

The average age ofthe 2015 participants is 37.5 years. Someof them have more than twenty years ofwork experience. Most of them were bornand grew up in rural communities, andthey decided to work for people there.
But each one of them has a different

background. Some have worked in thesame NGO for many years. One is theleader of a group of young farmers. One
received a scholarship from an NGO. She
lost her parents when she was small,and as an adult she became part of thevolunteer staff of this NGO.
Ms. Tiliphina is from Tanzania. She
is very quiet, but highly motivated tolearn. Often she stayed in the classroom
to ask more questions of the teacher.
She recorded much information in her
5notebook with a joyful smile. One day, a staff asked her a ques-

We call all work to sustain what we grow and eat “Foodlife

tion. “You are always trying your best to learn... What keeps you

Work.” Every morning and evening, Foodlife work is an important

motivated?” Tears appeared in her eyes. We can only imagine

part of the practical study of farming for participants, and also to

how much she struggled to face her farmers. She could not ﬁndpractice leadership. It is also a fellowship time for staff, volun-

any solution for many years, until she got the opportunity toteers, Training Assistants, Graduate Interns, visitors and partici-

come to ARI. She ﬁnally found “the answer” for her farmers. Thatpants to work together. Of course, it is also the time to produce

is what kept her motivated.

our own food for self-suﬃciency at ARI.

A broad curriculum

ship, they study such subjects as Servant Leadership, PLA

Participants learn various topics as rural leaders. For leader-

The ARI curriculum has three pillars; “Servant Leadership,”(Participatory Learning and Action), Presentation Skills, Facilita-“Foodlife,” and “Community Building.” Including those three, wetion Skills, Religion and Rural Life. For development, they learn

have ten Key Concepts. “Spiritual growth,” “Dignity of labour,” “To

Environment and Development, Nutrition and Development,

Live in harmony with nature,”“Value of rural life,”“To live in

Gender, and about the activities of Tomo no Kai women’s groups.

harmony with people,” “Serving the marginalized” and “Attitude

Through observation trips to the Ashio Copper Mine and thetoward learning.” Those concepts are not just to be studied in a

Western Japan Study Tour, they learn about the negative effects ofclassroom. Participants grow them in themselves. Throughdevelopment, to better understand what kind of development

deepening of these concepts we aim to “Live Together,” and try

should be pursued in their own countries. For training in Sustain-

to practice a life of “Love God, Love the Neighbor, Love the Soil.”able Agriculture they have lectures such as Crops and“Foodlife” is a special word used at ARI to express the reality

Vegetables, Livestock, Danger of Chemical Agriculture, Naturalthat food and life cannot be separated. Food comes from the life

Farming in Tropical Areas, Permaculture, Agroforestry, and aof plants and animals. Our life is also maintained by food. In that

Biogas Workshop as well as the Philosophy of 3-D Farming. A

sense, food and life depend on each other. So we combined

Rural Community Study Tour in Tôhoku and observation trips to“food” and “life,” and created the word “Foodlife.” Human beings

several organic farmers in Kantô helps them consider what acannot survive without food, so we work to sustain life through arural village should be like, and exposes them to technologies forhealthy relationship with nature. At ARI we are making an effort

farming. They learn technologies of organic farming and animal

to create Foodlife in which the soil becomes richer as we produce

husbandry not only through everyday practice, but also practicalfood, and human relationships become more beautiful.

studies such as: Bokashi making, compost making, collection and6use of indigenous micro-organisms, use of local resources,$IBO)VQ.ZBONBScharcoal and wood vinegar making, rice husk charcoal making,seed collection, pig raising (including artiﬁcial insemination,delivery and castration), poultry (brooding, incubation), ﬁshculture, fermented feed, and meat processing (sausage andMy dream for mycommunity is:
Dry land becomes green,
the forest is well preserved
so that pasture and grazing for animals
increases, our dried streams and rivers
provide water sources again,
everyone can do agriculture as theirprofessional career. The soil is restored andproduces better harvests so that every family
has enough food all year round.
It also reduces the number of migrants as
people have a better chance for livelihood.

ham).

Not high tech, but appropriate tech
The study at ARI is quite unique as a school. Of course, participants learn from classes and practice in the farm, but at thesame time we emphasize “learning from the community” and“learning within diversity.” At ARI, learners are not just students
or trainees, but they are active participants in our program.
Participants learn not only from staff and special lecturers, butthey also learn from crops, vegetables and the livestock. Moreover, they learn from other classmates. To answer the problemsof landless farmers in the Philippines, a Brazilian participant may
have a better answer than the Japanese staff. A Sri Lankan
participant and an Indian participant shared the solution for thedamage caused by elephants with a Liberian participant. Participants from Myanmar and those from Ghana worked to ﬁnd
answers together. Instead of sending agricultural experts todeveloping countries, we at ARI invite grassroot leaders who are
working in rural area as participants. We give them training, andAnd the number of out-of-school children
will decline as parents have more income tosupport children’s education. As the result,everyone can access formal education andreduce the illiteracy rate in the long run, and
it is hopeful that the community owns moreeducated people.

send them back to their own community. We do this because webelieve that they can learn from each other, and in doing so they
can ﬁnd better solutions than experts from other countries.

In addition, families become happier andmore peaceful. The community becomes
healthier as we eat a fresh and healthy dietwhich is free from chemicals, and finally,
our community becomes a peaceful,enjoyable and blessed environment forevery family.

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Some people ask us, “ARI participants come from tropical area,
but Japan has a temperate climate. How can they learn about&NNBOVFM$IJJNCB;JNCBCXF

farming in Japan? It might be useless.” For agricultural technology, ARI does not just teach a single recipe, but participants learn
basics that can be applied to their own unique situations. For
example, when we teach about how to make bokashi, we do notjust teach “x% of chicken manure, x% of soil, x% of rice bran. We

My dream is to to makeuse of Servant Leadership
techniques, practicesustainable organic agriculture and toestablish a community where people
respect each other and can live equally.

say, “Rice bran is the food for the micro-organisms. So what isavailable in your area?” Then participants start to share anddiscuss: “We have corn ﬂour.” - “We can use cassava.” - ”Can weuse green mango? We have a lot.” - “Is there any method to use
cacao husk instead of rice husk charcoal?”
We teach not only the best technology, but the best appropriate technology. This is the way of ARI training in the area ofagriculture.
As “Rural Leaders Training Center,” we at ARI put Servant
Leadership as the core of learning. In Servant Leadership,leaders do not give orders from the top, but he/she leads thecommunity through working together with people, listening to
the voices of people, facilitating the discussion, encouraging the
growth of people, sharing the information, and showing thevision. We believe that such a leadership is needed for grassroot
rural leaders. Then how do participants learn about Servant
Leadership?
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and make weekly plans together. “You learn about communication skills in the class and you mention the importance of listening. You may think you know about leadership. But if you cannot
practice the leadership in the farm, you cannot grow even one
tomato.” The real leadership training is not in the class, but in thefarm, the kitchen and in the community. This is ARI leadershiptraining.
For nine months of training, they learned together in theclassroom. They grew 97 kinds of crops and vegetables, mixed
pig feed together and discussed what kinds of local resources
are available in their communities. They struggled to calculate
the egg laying ratio. Group 1 participants discussed with staff
how to build a new goat shed, and ﬁnally they did build an
incredible goat house. Our farm manager said happily, “maybe
even humans can live there”. Sometimes they have conﬂict, often
they discuss and debate, and they spend time with classmates
who are crying, and everything is overcome together. And eachone of the memories bear fruits in them, and adds to the dreams
about their future.
At the end of the training, participants create a presentation
about their dreams. At the same time, all of them know it is noteasy to make their dream come true. They understand the
diﬃculties which are awaiting them in their communities. One
participant who could not talk well in front of people, presented

Learning as a community

with a powerful voice. “In front of us, there is big diﬃculty. It is

ARI is not just a school but a community. We treat each other as

like a big tree. I will face such a big tree. My dream is the tool tocommunity members while we build equal relationships, work

cut down that big tree. It will take ten years or even twenty years.

together, share food, and learn to live together. Participants

I may not be able to remove such a big diﬃculty at the end. But

learn from the diversity of different cultures from more than 20

still I believe that my community will be very different in thirty

countries. They even learn from different religions. They haveyears. It will be great rural community.”

roommates from a different country and they use English as thecommon communication tool even though they cannot understand easily. They discuss, argue, learn, and spend nine months
together, not only with other participants, but also with staff,
volunteers, and visitors. We work together in the farm and in the
kitchen, cooking and cleaning together. We listen to each other,sometimes discuss, sometimes support and help, and share our
feelings. This community life become the source of learning
leadership.
Of course the training program itself is designed for participants to take leadership. For example, in the farm participants
lead the work, not staff. Participants are divided into four groups,
and they take care of the crops and vegetable ﬁelds, paddy ﬁelds,
the livestock and cooking in rotation. Each group has a groupleader, and leadership is done in two week rotations. They have
Field Management Activity once a week to learn necessary
information about agriculture, observe the ﬁeld and animals,
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Our Curriculum
Total instruction hours: 1,965h-FDUVSFT
Leadership
Leadership
Servant Leadership
ARI History and Mission
Participatory Learning and Action
Independent learning
Time Management
Presentation Skill
Facilitation Skill
Project Proposal
Stress Management
Religion and Rural Life
Report Writing
Peace, Sustainability, Government
and People
Development Issues
Environment and Development
Nutrition and Development
Credit Union
Localization
Gender Issues
Human Traﬃcking in Asia
Ashio Copper Mine and Shôzô Tanaka
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Nasu Canal and Rural Development
Activities of Tomo no Kai
Sustainable Agriculture
Concept of Suustainable Agriculture

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Kenichi ÔtsuTomoko Arakawa, Yukiko Ôyanagi
Ken’ichi ÔtsuTomoko Arakawa, Yukiko Ôyanagi
Yukiko Ôyanagi
B. Timothy Appau
Yukiko Ôyanagi
Yukiko Ôyanagi
Yukiko Ôyanagi
Joseph Ozawa*
Jonathan McCurley, B. Timothy AppauDavid McIntosh
Steve Leeper*

Kôa Tasaka* (ARI Board Member)
Zacivolu Rhakho
Hôichi EndôYôji Kamata* (NPO Ancient Futures)
Tomoko Arakawa
Machiko Kaida* (JICRC)
Tatsuo Sakahara* (NPO Shozo Tanaka University)
Kisaku Satô* (Organic farmer)

The aim of PFS is to acquire practical and theoreticalknowledge of organic agriculture, animal husbandry
and food processing
Crops & Vegetables
Emphasis
Bokashi fertilizer
making, Composting,Collection and utilizationof indigenous microorganisms, Fermented
plant juice, Fish aminoacid, Water-soluble
Calcium, Water-soluble
Calcium and Phosphate,
Wood vinegar, Charcoal
making, Rice husk
charcoal, Seed
collection, Seedlingnursing using soil blocks

Livestock Emphasis
Pigs (artiﬁcial insemination, birthing, castration), Chicken (brooding,hatching), Fish(hatching), Livestock
health, Feed formulation, Fermented feed,
Animal raising withfermented ﬂoor
Meat Processing
Sausage and ham
making'JFME.BOBHFNFOU"DUJWJUZ・Group management of crops and vegetables ﬁeld andShûya Tamura*
National Tomo no Kai

livestock・Foodlife work (Foodlife-related activities for
self-suﬃciency)

Ardhendu Chatterjee* (’76 Graduate,

・Group leadership system

Agricultural Adviser, India)

Disease Control (crops and vegetables)
Appropriate Technology
Dangers of Chemical Farming
Natural Farming in Tropical Areas
Permaculture
Agroforestry

Osamu Arakawa
Osamu Arakawa, Mayu Ogasawara
Gilbert Hoggang,Takashi Ôtani,
B. Timothy Appau
Osamu Arakawa, Mayu Ogasawara
Ban HyungWook
Kôa Tasaka* (ARI Board Member)
Shimpei Murakami* (Natural Farmer)
Tôru Sakawa* (Organic farmer)
Masaaki Yamada * (Tokyo University of

Alternative Marketing Systems
Biogas Workshop
Philosophy of 3-D Farming

Reina Tomatsu * (Kinôshi Juku)
Mamoru Kuwahara* (NPO FUDO)
Kinichi Haga* (Tozawa Village International

Organic Agriculture
Crops and Vegetables
Livestock (pig, chicken, ﬁsh)

Agriculture and Technology)"HSJDVMUVSBM5FDIOJRVFT-JWFTUPDL5FDIOJRVFT0UIFST
Community work (Rice transplanting, Rice harvesting, Corn harvest etc.),
Spiritual nurture and guidance (Morning Gathering,
Growth File, Consultation, Reﬂection Day, Reﬂection
Paper), Oral Presentation, Harvest Thanksgiving
Celebration,
International Fellowship Program, Observation
Trips, Rural Community Study Tour, Western Japan
Study Tour, Homestay Programs

Fellowship Association)

Meat Processing

Osamu Arakawa, Mayu Ogasawara
Gilbert Hoggang,Takashi Ôtani,
B. Timothy Appau
Takashi Ôtani, Hideo Koide*

Japanese language and culture

Kyôko Ogura** special lecturers

10Rural Communities
transformed through Graduates
Kathy Froede, Recruitment & Graduate Outreach

MALAWI

Growing Food inTimes of Bad Rain

Catherine Mtambo (ﬁrst from right) andthe CBCC members after harvesting corn

ATHERINE MTAMBO, A 2012 MALAWIAN ARI GRADUATE, works as a project

C officer with the Livingstonia Synod Aids Program.

When Catherine returned home from her ARI training, her Sending Body was
impressed with her newly acquired understanding of sustainable agriculture. Soon
after her arrival, she began providing “conservation farming” training to membersof her community. First, twenty farmers were trained, but because it was something
new, only one farmer succeeded with long-term implementation. He started with agarden of 10m by 15m, but now has one hectare and uses conservation techniquessuch as mulching. He encouraged farmers who nearly gave up and became a trainer
himself.
In 2014, Catherine was an officer of a new project titled “Upscaling Child andYouth Development” in the Hoho community where she introduced twenty Com11

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only practice that can solve problems of hunger since therains are less predictable than in the past.
Catherine observed that rural farmers are key to foodsecurity in the country, as she explains, “Most farmers in therural areas do not harvest enough for their household because
they cannot afford buying chemical fertilizers, but people in
the towns rely heavily on food produced by the rural farmers.
Therefore, I feel that empowering the rural farmers withconservation farming skills works best in food security.
Conservation agriculture is cheaper because it does not
require one to buy chemical fertilizers, and farmers are able
to harvest much and sell the surplus and have money forother household needs while improving the soil at the sametime.”
Donors have taken notice of Catherine’s work, too. “Somedonors have taken great interest in funding the training of
farmers in the face of climate change,” she explains. She saysthat ARI opened her eyes to see beyond and discover resourcesin what people might call waste. The training also sharpened
her mind to see a close relationship between HIV/AIDS andagriculture. People living with or suffering from
HIV/AIDS-related sicknesses rely on nutritious food. This is
why she integrated conservation farming into HIV/AIDS
programs.

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munity Based Child Care Centers (CBCC) to improve nutrition of children under five years of age. She trained twenty
CBCC farmers in conservation farming, as she explains,“With leadership and organic farming knowledge and skills
gained at ARI, I decided to equip the rural farmers withenvironmentally friendly farming skills to promote theirnutritional status, after experience had shown that malnutrition was common in rural areas. Every CBCC has a garden ofsoy beans and maize since the children are given porridge
every morning.” The project phased out, but the CBCCs andfarmers are still continuing to work on their own.
Many farmers Catherine trained voiced their appreciation
for the benefits of conservation farming. Ida Msofi says thatwhen she started after the training, some people were laughing at her saying it was just a waste of time. Later on, when
they saw her success, they realized that it was her first step tosustainable food self-sufficiency and freedom from expensive
chemical fertilizers. Ida says that conservation farming is theright practice of farming in the face of climate change. “Withclimate change these days, conservation agriculture is the way
to go. This year I plan to plant maize on a large area because
I have realized that conservation agriculture is the bestpractice,” said Ida. Another farmer, Sterven Banda, says thatafter implementing conservation farming, her neighbors
admire her maize field because it looks so promising despite
erratic rains. Conservation farming, says Ellen Zgambo, is theVillage women carry corn plants (left); Ida Msoﬁ
who has received training from Catherine (right)

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A challenging year for both
graduates and ARI recruitment

2015 was a year full of joys and sorrows.
The single most challenging event within our community of graduates was thedevastating earthquake in Nepal. We were blessed that our graduates survived although
graduates’ family members, homes, villages and land were affected throughout many
communities. Graduate organizations both within Nepal and outside the country wereable to send relief aid. Two organizations, one from Kolkata, India and the other from thePhilippines mobilized quickly to send staff to evaluate the situation, determine the best
type of aid needed immediately, organize in-country support and send aid. Aid included
thousands of hygiene kits, hundreds of tents and hundreds of simple, and low-cost
latrines (both pour-ﬂush and dry) that do not require water and utilize local resources.

2015 brought recovery from the Ebola

plant at the traditional time and receive

outbreak for three countries in Westno rain to help ensure germination. Or

Africa: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

they may plant with good rains only to be

We are so grateful for our graduates’

followed by drought that does not allow

survival and pray for those who lost

crops to mature. In some cases excessive

family members. Many people in theserains stunt growth and bring

three countries, including graduates, lostrot. A Zambian graduate said,

their livelihoods and experienced hunger“My boss didn’t believe it would

and conﬂict. A graduate who was at ARI

work but on my organization

during the greater part of the outbreak

farm I planted 8kg maize using

said, “Before going home I was afraid ofconservation

what I would ﬁnd. When I went around

17kg using chemicals. During

the community I saw that the women’s

droughtgroup was scattered and lost some ofsurvived. Next year, I will plant

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andconservationback and ready to immediately guidethem in getting their gardens started
again.”

While there are many otherchallenging issues graduates

At ARI we were not discouraged. We be-face, they are encouraged

lieved the best way we could help was tothat ARI’s leaders’ training

continue recruitment in these countries.

program effectively prepares

We received two participants in 2015 whothem to respond to both acutereturned home better equipped to leadand chronic challenges in their

their people through the diﬃcult times

region and even, at times,

and beyond.

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utilize them as opportunities‘Climate change’ is a buzz word thesefor positive change.

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The ARI Farm
Osamu Arakawa, Associate Director & Educational Director & Farm Manager

Enriching Foodlife by crop rotation among rice,wheat and soybeans

T

Furthermore, oil cakes are a very good resource for animal
feed. We had been importing soybean oil cakes which contained

he “Green Oil Project” has focused on planting oil crops

Genetically Modiﬁed Organisms. After we were able to produce

to help decontaminate radioactive substances from the

1600kg of soybeans, we no longer needed to purchase thissoil after the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. We foundimported soybean oil cake. This was one of the greatest achieve-that the actual transmission of radioactive substances from thements for our Foodlife.

soil to the soybean plant was less than 1% which was much lessOil production from soybeans also contributes to foodthan the 10% we expected. So, we began utilizing soybeans, notself-suﬃciency at Koinonia. We now use soybean oil in Koinonia.

for decontaminating soil, but for enriching our Foodlife. As a

Our yearly oil consumption at Koinonia is about 230kg and weresult, we were able to increase production of soybeans fromhave produced 150kg of soybean oil this year. We are not worried

500kg/year to 2295kg/year over these past ﬁve years.

about radiation in the oil because radioactive materials that may

We learned that crop rotation with rice, wheat and soybeans

be in the soil cannot be transferred from oil crops to their oil.

is very effective to control pests and weeds. Also, the rice yield

Soybeans are very useful for food processing, too. We use themhas increased dramatically after soybean cultivation because

to make soy sauce and miso paste for miso soup. A graduate internsoybeans are one of the leguminous plants that add nitrogen

initiated an effort to produce soybean milk, too. This soybean milk

to the soil. It was obvious that more tillers (rice stalks) grew oncompensated for a shortage of goat milk. This was a good learning

the rice plants after soybean cultivation. Usually, 22 to 25 tillers

opportunity for the graduate intern to lead others. Farm volunteers

grow on each rice plant, but after adding soybeans, there werealso mixed soy bean milk with taro to produce ice cream and they

more than 32.

enjoyed it after their hard work in the ﬁeld in summer. Soybeans

Oil cakes from soybeans are very useful for our integrated

are one of the most important protein resources for vegetarians

farming, too. Soybean oil cakes are one of the best fertilizers. They

who are always with us in the ARI community.

contain a lot of protein and are decomposed by microorganisms

After establishing this crop rotation with rice, wheat and soy-very quickly into amino acid. If we apply this oil cake to the paddy

beans, we produced more wheat, too. We produced 4,200kg ofﬁelds, rice plants can develop their tillers very quickly without

wheat this year and we used 3,200kg for animal feed in addition

harming their roots. Organic fertilizers can damage the roots ofto other uses for food processing such as cookies and soy sauce

rice under deep water as is needed to grow rice. Organic acidand for meal service such as cakes and bread. We also were able

which happens in the process of slow decomposition by microor-

to reduce the amount of domestic feed that we bought, such as

ganisms causes rotten roots.

rice powder and wheat.
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This crop rotation enriched our Foodlife and enabled us toprefer to drink it. It promotes their appetite, growth and healthyachieve not only food self-suﬃciency but also feed self-suﬃciency

body. It reduces the smell of meat and the pork becomes morethrough promoting ecologically balanced integrated farming by

tasty.

utilizing local resources.

Construction of goat houses

However we have a challenge, too. We expanded the area ofsoybean cultivation and we depend on volunteers to harvest

We constructed three bamboo goat houses by the initiative

them. After harvesting, we thresh, dry, sort and press them. Thisof our experienced participants. The ﬂoors of the bamboo

work was quite tough for us. We need to consider how to lighten

houses are raised up off the ground and contain slits so the

our excessive work.

manure drops to the ground. Feed boxes are also separated
from the ﬂoors and these houses have good aeration. Floors are

Seeds self-suﬃciency

always kept clean and this helps to avoid disease. Furthermore,

This year we collected seeds from 50 kinds of vegetables

it becomes much easier for us to milk the goats, because there

including indigenous seeds, ﬁxed seeds and F1 (hybrid) seeds

is a place to hold them for milking. We really appreciate thesuch as rice, wheat, white corns, soy beans, green beans, egoma,knowledge shared by these experienced participants. Our goats

tomatoes, eggplants, chilies, bell peppers, cucumbers, pumpkins,

enjoy their life and ARI foodlife becomes more joyful.

bitter gourds, potatoes, and so on. This is the ﬁrst time for us tocollect seeds from potatoes and it was very successful. Before,
we had to buy potato seeds from Hokkaido because their cold
climate reduces contamination of disease.
Volunteers helped build a dry storage unit especially for keeping seeds of white corn. White corn is one of the most important
staple foods for African people.

Pigs like whey
We collect whey from a small cheese factory as one of our local
resources. Whey is an excellent fermented liquid feed and weuse it continuously to feed our pigs. Whey contains living lactic
acid bacteria, lactose milk sugar, minerals and vitamins. Our pigs
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March 2011 to March 2016

Disaster Reconstruction completed
Hôichi Endô, Deputy Chairman of the Board & Recovery Project in chargeIt has been ﬁve years since the Great Earthquake and Disaster of eastern Japanon March 11, 2011. We are most grateful to all the individual and organizational

supporters, in and out of the country, for your spiritual and ﬁnancial assistance. Yourvaluable support enabled us to successfully complete this reconstruction project by theend of March 2016. We humbly report the completion of the Disaster Reconstruction
Project to you here with our sincere thanks for your support during the last ﬁve years.
We have received 1,431 donations (Domestic 95%, Overseas 5%), in the amount of $ 8.27
million (Domestic 15%, Overseas 85% ) in the ﬁve years of the project period, which was
equivalent to almost six years of our operational budget.
Right after the earthquake, it was estimated that several hundred million yen might
be needed for reconstruction of the entire ARI buildings, facilities and infrastructure.
Moreover, we could not have foreseen how the accident of the atomic power plant inFukushima, located only 110 km or 70 miles northeast of our campus, would affectour health and environment. We had no idea how we would be able to complete all
four phases of our reconstruction project. However, we have been supported by somany Christians, churches, church organizations and many more who thought that ARI
should be reconstructed for future rural leaders training programs for the developing
countries.
We are thankful from the bottom of our hearts to our partners who enabled us tocomplete this reconstruction project. There are no words to describe just how much youmean to us and to our work here at ARI. Please be assured that we will keep devoting
ourselves to improve and strengthen the rural leadership training program by fully
utilizing the buildings and facilities given by God. We make the ﬁnal reconstruction
report here with sincere thanks to you all. May God bless you all.

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Main Financial Contributors

Reconstruction Projects in Detail(Donations over 1 mio yen)

Projects were executed according to the following

Domestic Supporters
Japan Lutheran Emergency Relief
Caritas Japan
United Church of Christ in JapanTokyo Union Church
The Rotary Club of Tokyo-SouthInternational Christian University Church
Christian Partners
Tokyo Kasumigaseki Lions Club
Korean Christian Church in Japan
Canossian Daughters of Charity
St. Ignatius Churchprioritized order for the training program:
Phase 1, Fiscal Year 2011
Temporary repairs and reinforcement work of the old main building,repair of the women’s dorm, and rebuilding and extension of theexisting farm-shop into the Administration building.

Phase 2, Fiscal Year 2012
Construction of the new Koinonia dining hall and class roombuilding.

Domestic Individual Supporters
Shigeru Sudô
Akira Niwa
Itsuki Yamashita

Phase 3, Fiscal Year 2013խխ

Construction of the men’s dorm and new pig pens with bio gas
digester.
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Rerooﬁng the women’s dorm, and construction of infrastructure on
campus and the Oikos Chapel.

Overseas Organizational Supporters
United Methodist Committee on Relief
Catholic Relief Services (US)Episcopal Relief & Development (US)Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (US)Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (US)Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (Germany)
American Friends of ARI (North America)
United Church of Canada (Canada)
United Church of Christ (US)Evangelical Mission in Solidarity (Germany)
Korean Methodist Church (South Korea)
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (Taiwan)

Phase 4, Fiscal Year 2015
Remodeling the existing ﬁrst ﬂoor of the Mana food processing
house into a slaughter room, and construction of four staff houses(for seven families) and the multi-function agriculture and storage
building.

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Connecting with Supporters
Kaori Sakuma, General ManagerW

hen we screen applicants for our training program, their ability to pay tuition is
not a criterion. Rather our focus is on how much applicants have poured theirminds and energy into their local community and how they want to serve their people
when they go back home after ﬁnishing the ARI training program. So our income
does not depend on tuition and that is unsual for a school. We also do not receive any
subsidy from the government, neither national nor local. However, we have maintained
our operation until now because there was support from various kinds of scholarshipprograms as well as individual and organizational supporters. Therefore, our work is acooperative effort that enlists ARI and all of its supporters.

ARI activities as crystallization ofyour concerns and love

big ocean, we always think and appreciate the fact that our activity is a
crystallization of your concerns and love towards ARI and the world.
We would like to share with you the realities that many rural

ARI is a lean organization that requires careful ﬁnancial

communities in Asia and Africa face. We hope to do so withstewardship. Your heartfelt contributions to ARI’s Disasteryou not only being in a relationship of those who support andReconstruction Project allowed ARI to construct new buildings

are supported, but as same human beings who hope to growand continue its programming. While grateful for the support

together.

and the opportunity to create an attractive campus we remain
cautious about our ﬁnancial operation and sustainability.

Sales of farm produce

In 2008, we created the Income Generation section, and in2013 it was promoted to the Fundraising and Domestic Programs

In 2015, the total sales of our agricultural products were 1.3%

section. This new section has been focused on thinking and taking(¥ 138,168) higher than that of ﬁscal year 2014. This was primarily

action together with supporters of ARI Supporters Association

due to sales of eggs, which exceeded 2 million yen (about(ARISA) in promotion and fundraising activities.

US$16,264, 126% of last year’s sales). The increase was seemingly

The Fundraising and Domestic Programs section started sev-

the result of renovation of the chicken house and improvement

eral new programs such as “ARI Supporters Gathering” and “ARIof feed. We expect eggs to continue to sell well as they are not

Lunch in Tokyo.” These programs helped building face-to-faceweather-dependent and are popular among customers.

relationships with supporters and participation of the supporters

We also expect continued high sales of pork, which in 2015

in various aspects of ARI activities. In 2015, many people joined

made up more than 10% of total extra income. Extra income isthese programs and we were able to build new relationships andfrom sales of ARI products and was 26 million yen, with pork

ﬁnd many new ideas about fundraising and sending our message.

sales 2.6 million yen.
On the other hand, our carrot harvest made 1,340 bottles

All these things are a big encouragement for us.
“A widow’s mite.” “Send us money on behalf of me because Iof carrot juice, which usually sells well. This number was 3,380

cannot deliver it by myself” — These are the messages that weless than last year, mainly because of heavy rain in September.

ﬁnd on the money transfer sheets from our donors. Everytime weIn order to ﬁll the gap we experimented with selling rhubarb

ﬁnd these messages, we are encouraged and at the same time

directly to a health-conscious natural juice factory in Tokyo,

feel that we must brace ourselves so that we can meet people’s

which supplies Tokyo restaurants. We also sold rhubarb to a

expectations towards our activities. As drops of water make alocal farmers store, Nogi no Sato.
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Connecting Activities
Visitor Programs
Study Camps

Seminar House Beautiﬁcation ProjectIn 2015, both accommodation income and the number ofTogether with Mr. Rari Yoshio, an interior and ﬂower

Study Camp participants increased compared to the previous

designer, we conducted a project to make the Seminar

year. Their degree of satisfaction averaged 4.6 out of 5. The

House more attractive. The entrance, lobby and backyard

program focused on peace and Foodlife. Through a variety ofwere cleaned and redecorated, and guests have enjoyed theexperiences, participants learned what ARI is pursuing andimprovements. At the same time, the entrance and the shop

how important Foodlife is.

were beautiﬁed. The walls of the basement were painted
again and bookshelves were made for the second hand book

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market. Moreover, the ARI exhibition booth was placed in
the passage from the lobby to the hall to let people know
more about ARI.

Working Visitors

International Organizations and Volunteers

Income related to working visitors surpassed that of 2014, a

ARI greatly appreciates the organizations that sent interna-

peak year. Moreover, visitors seemed very satisﬁed, giving

tional volunteers in 2015. The Episcopal Church, US (formerly

the experience an average 4.8 out of 5. Both the number ofUSPG), EMS - Evangelical Mission in Solidarity.

visitors and their satisfaction with the experience have been
increasing even though the cost increased by 50% in 2013.
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English Farm (May 4 - 6)
Participants seemed to be contented with the experience of
farming and cooking in English (degree of satisfaction was 4.8
out of 5 on average). At ﬁrst some of the participants felt thecost was too high, but later they appreciated the fact that themoney would be used for the training at ARI. This program willcontinue, while making sure many English native speakers canhelp with it as volunteers.
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Harvest Thanksgiving Celebration Bazaar

Western Japan Caravan (Nov 5 - 24)

For this year’s HTC event, many supporters joined prepara-

Under the theme of “Why I serve people” the seventh annual

tions from one week prior and took initiative to help organiz-

Caravan tour to west Japan led the two Training Assistants

ing. Continuing last year’s slogan “Your shopping supports

Khaling Toshang and Nicholas Tahuyan to speak about theirrural leaders of the future!” sales at the bazaar topped all

work back home and their role at ARI this year. With more

previous records. The bazaar further served as an occasion tothan 40 venues visited in ten prefectures, the Caravan

showcase photos of scholarship receiver Nicholas Tahuyan’s

created opportunities for ARI staff to connect with many old

community and advertise the ARI network.

and new supporters.

Charity Concert (March 3 - 9)

University OutreachWith the support of the United Church of Christ Japan’s Head

Lectures and introduction of ARI were conducted in six

Oﬃce for Tôhoku Earthquake Relief Measures a classic

universities last year. Also, a camp was planned for university

concert by three performers from the New Japan Philhar-

students which drew more participants than the previous

monic took place in Koinonia Hall. As the event was decided

year. Participating universities included:

upon in January the time for preparation and promotion was

Rikkyô University, Meiji Gakuin , Meiji University, International

limited. Nevertheless, we welcomed 80 visitors and experi-

Christian University, Aoyama Gakuin, and Tokyo University ofenced a very special time.

Agriculture

Used Books Drive (Apr 18 - 26)
In 2015, we organized a single Used Books Drive which lasted

Short-Term Courses

for nine full days (in the past, we had two shorter events).
Among the 223 customers, 66 were new and we found that
repeaters had increased compared to previous years.

JOCV Complementary Technical Training

Every year, ARI receives Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers

trainees for short term training. This May, a meaningful visit to
the JOCV secretariat took place to discuss the evaluation of ourtraining and its future, along with how to obtain a stable
number of participants.

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Connecting with Overseas Supporters
J.B. Hoover, Executive Director of the American Friends of the Asian Rural InstituteI

n 2015, members of AFARI and ARI had important opportu-

his wife Rebecca. They interviewed staff and training assistants

nities to deepen their organizations’ relationship. One

and the time spent together gave the group deeper insights intosuch opportunity was ARI director Tomoko Arakawa‘s visit to

many aspects of ARI’s day to day operations. Furthermore, thethe US in June. She attended the AFARI Annual Board meetingﬁrst ever joint meeting between ARI and AFARI board members

from June 12 to 14. This was the ﬁrst time an ARI director had

took place. For the ﬁrst time in AFARI’s history, all board members

attended this meeting since Dr. Takami was director of ARI.

now have ﬁrst-hand experience of the ARI Campus.

AFARI arranged meetings for Tomoko-san and ARI ecumenical

Even if people do not meet face to face, there are chances

relations staff David McIntosh in New York City, with the Unitedof working together. One such example is AFARI members’

Methodist Church and the Episcopal Church. From there they

assistance in creating publication material for ARI utilizing theirwent to Toronto for meetings with the United Church of Canada.

English writing skills. AFARI Board Member Pam Hasegawa andAll of these are important partners of ARI, and AFARI Director

several others wrote the English version of the Photo Roster and

J.B. Hoover arranged more meetings for her with supporters andBio-Data sheets for each 2015 participant. Along with the newslet-

organizations in Seattle.

ter, “Take My Hand,” (which is made at ARI, but printed in the US)

J.B. himself then took two trips to ARI. The ﬁrst was in Septem-

this roster was sent to all AFARI members. This was an excellent

ber and the second was in March (2016). As in the past, J.B. taught

example of strong coordination and support between AFARI andclasses, had substantial conversations with community members,

ARI‘s Admissions Coordinator Kathy Froede. AFARI members also

and attended various meetings. An important highlight of J.B.’shelped proofread ARI’s English 2014 Annual Report, and a new

September visit was that he accompanied two Native American

AFARI member, St. Olaf Student Caitlin Connell, wrote an article

leaders selected by the United Methodist Church to visit ARI.

for the winter issue of “Take My Hand.“

J.B. had worked for several years for this to ﬁnally happen. They

As one can see from these developments, dedicated persons

had several meaningful meetings with ARI leadership and madeare the key for AFARI’s work, and one important task now is to

two presentations to the ARI community. Natural connections

recruit additional members to serve on the AFARI board and as

arose between them and participants, many of whom are fromcommittee members, who possess a combination of necessary

indigenous people’s groups. ARI staff members gained a newskills, resources and passion for ARI. In ﬁscal 2015, J.B, as well asperspective on Native American indigenous peoples and are open

UMC Missionary to ARI, Jonathan McCurley and his wife Satomi,

to have applicants from this marginalized group apply to attend

went on extensive speaking tours through many parts of the US,

the rural leaders training program.

which not only spread ARI‘s work to new people, but kept strong
the connection with the many organizations and individuals who

During his March visit, J.B. guided two board members to visit

love and support ARI.

ARI for the ﬁrst time. After a lifetime of connection to ARI and
the Takami family, Steve Tarr (Board Member since 2008) came accompanied by Dave Coatsworth (Board Member since 2012) and

AFARI’s Financial Support to ARI 2015

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Financial Report
Kaori Sakuma, General Manager

2015 was an outstanding year in terms of ﬁnalizing

Statement of Financial Position

the ﬁve-years Disaster Reconstruction Project. We

as of 2016/3/31

deeply appreciate your heartfelt contributions and prayers
for our recovery.

AssetsBalance Sheet
In closing the Disaster Reconstruction Project, thebalance of the Disaster Reconstruction donation, $298,327(36,472,199), was appropriated as Reconstruction Project
Reserve. That reserve was added to ﬁxed liabilities, which
increased the total liabilities by $346,343 over last year.
However, we were able to repay about $100,000 of school
bonds and long-term loans. Fixed assets were reduced byabout $40,000 over last year.

Income and Expenditure Statement
Regarding income, scholarship funds from overseasorganizations increased dramatically, which pushed up thetotal amount of Scholarship and Fees by about $121,000
compared to last year. On the other hand, the Earthquake(US $)*
3/31/2015

3/31/2016

Fixed Assets
խProperty
խScholarship endowment
խScholarship fundխBuilding Repair fundխSecurities / shares
խTelephone rights
խRetirement fundխDeposit
Current Assets
խCash & savings
խStock (livestock, rice, etc.)
խAccounts receivable
խSales items
խOther

8,005,437
7,064,054
590,594283,274
0
1,780
1,314
64,082339
1,170,036
499,780
589,195
53,154
14,34813,5608,505,763
7,556,886
591,303
253,010
12,922
1,252
1,314
88,500576
629,866
252,069
315,444
43,40014,987
3,965

Total Assets

9,175,473

9,135,629

Fixed Liabilities
խLong term loans
խSchool bonds
խRetirement fund reserve
խReconstruction project reserve**
Current Liabilities
խShort term loans
խSchool bonds
խAccounts payable
խComsumer tax payable
խOtherTotal Liabilities

904,286
560,299
270,798
73,1890782,602517,687
135,074
9,358
6,689
113,794
1,686,888

1,174,856
546,800
256,160
73,569298,327
858,212517,687
57,00693,0082,777
187,897
2,033,231

Net assets
խDesignated funds
խAccumulated gain & loss
Total Net Assets

8,291,380-802,795
7,488,586

9,005,990-1,903,593
7,102,398

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

9,175,473

9,135,629

Reconstruction Project donations were only $870,000(subsidy for installment of solar heating system), reduced

Liabilities and Net Assets

by about $325,000 from last year.
Regarding expenditures, we appropriated about$714,000 to a designated fund for the newly-built staff
houses and other buildings, and about $300,000 as
depreciation allowance, that eventually made the Ending
Balance of 2015 FY $1,903,593. In 2013 and 2014 funds
were received for the construction of the staff houses andentered as income.

Auditors’ Statement
The above duly audited financial statements have been
prepared by the Fujinuma Tax and Accounting Service, Inc,and approved by the ARI auditors, Mr. Ôkubo and
Mr. Murata. All the documents were properly kept andthere were no irregularities.

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Operating Revenue(US $)
2015 Budget

2015 Actual2016 Budget

Scholarships and Fees (1)խTuitionխEntrance feeխContributions for board
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խDomestic institutional donation
խOverseas institutional donation
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439,129
35,684
4,026
7,172
7,172
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364,723
340,327
0
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394,036
24,152
1,480
6,571
6,571
7,735
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476,095
410,487
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24,306

386,520
8,197
2,318
2,537
2,537
16,926
148,882
205,12389
380,132
349,240
030,892
023,455024,396

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876,318

974,130

814,592

խPersonnel (5)խEducation and ResearchխGeneral and administrativeխխ(Disaster recovery)խխ(Depreciation allowance)
խContingencies
Total operating expenses
խNet operating gain (loss)

581,844
232,004
531,536(117,915)(283,972)
48,792
1,394,176(517,858)

556,545
206,050
500,962(30,248)(294,412)
01,263,557(289,427)

577,073
225,995
522,443(28,462)(319,946)
0
1,325,511(510,920)

Nonoperating revenues (expenses)
Investment Income
խInterest & dividends
խAccomodation user fees
Interest expenses
խInterest expense on loans
խInterest expense on school bonds
Gain (loss) from sale of assets
Reconstruction project reserve
Incorporation into designated fundSales and special services (5)Sales costs
խNet non-operating gain (loss)

6,912
407
6,506
(15,272)(5,733)(9,539)00(813,206)
215,403(39,005)(645,168)

33,824653
33,172(10,005)(5,977)(4,028)0(298,327)(714,610)
211,714(33,968)(513,044)

28,397407
27,991-8,246-6,140-2,1060
0(13,011)
195,549-28,267
174,422(1,163,026)(802,471)

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Budgeted net gain (loss) for 2016
Accumulated gain (loss):խBeginning balance
խEnding balance(336,497)(802,795)(1,965,820)(1,903,593)(802,795)(1,903,593)

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Radiation Monitoring
Takashi Yamashita, ARI Becquerel Center

The ARI Becquerel Center has beenrunning on a deﬁcit budget since

Mr. Yukio Takashima, Volunteer at the Becquerel Center

2013, with the main costs consisting of
the usage fee of the venue. However,I retired from an electric company in 2010 after working there
for a long time and was thinking to have a relaxed requirement
life with my family. However, soon after that, the huge earthquake happened on March 11, 2011. It then caused the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the form of explosions at the plants and releaseof radiation. After five years, we are still suffering from the problem.
There are still a lot of inedible chestnuts, bamboo shoots, mountain vegetables
and many kinds of mushroom. Radiation is invisible, has no shape and nosmell, but it contaminated our land without doubt. I thought what I can dofor the people in this locality and children who live the next generation, anddecided to save my retirement life and devote myself to work as a volunteer
at ARI Becquerel Center.
We measure food and non-food items, input the data, organize it and give
explanations to clients. We do hope that our data collection and analysis will
be useful in the future.
I believe that it is the adults’ responsibility to protect our children by doing
this activity, so that in the future they can say “I am happy to know that
nothing terrible happens now,” with smiles. This belief motivates me to cometo ABC every day.

thanks to a donation from the German
EMS (Evangelical Mission in Solidarity) inamount of ¥ 100,000 this year, we wereable to compensate the deﬁcit.
Out of a total of 185 specimens tested,
including 149 kinds of food, three kinds offood (bamboo shoots, shiitake mushroom
and dry tea leaves) showed radiation
above the standard ARI limit of (37bq/kg).
Additionally, it is still not possible touse Japanese cedar leaves, which makeexcellent compost, nor wood ash, which isgood as fertilizer.
On the other hand, the radiation levelsof 44 specimens in 2015 were comparedwith those in 2012 and it was determinedthat radiation in food had decreased
with the half-life of Cs134 and cultivationof the ﬁelds. Information about thedata measured can be found on the ARI
website.

(continued from the Financial Report)

Efforts to be self-suﬃcient
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BoardBoard Chair
Kenichi ÔtsuFormer Director, Asian Rural InstituteVice Chair
Hôichi Endô

ARI Finance Comittee

Board of Directors
Hideharu Kadowaki

Tomoko Arakawa

Special Advisor and Senior Fellow,
The Japan Research Institute, Ltd
Pastor, UCCJ Matsuzaki Church
Nasu Tomo no Kai
Press Editor, The Yomiuri Shinbun
Professor Emeritus, International
Christian University
General Manager, Kagawa Nutrition
University
Director, Asian Rural Institute

Auditors
Tomohiro Ôkubo
Sakae Murata

Fujii Industries Inc., Operating Oﬃcer
Nasu Wise Mens Club

Masaoki Hoshino
Junko Iinuma
Noriaki SatôKôa Tasaka
Masahiko Yamane

The 2015
Community
Staff
Honorary President and FounderRev. Dr. Toshihiro Takami
Full Time
Tomoko Arakawa
Yukiko Ôyanagi
Osamu Arakawa
Kaori Sakuma
David McIntosh
Mayu Ogasawara
Masanobu Sakurai
Takashi Ôtani
Gilbert Hoggang
Zacivolu Rhakho
Kathy Froede
Jonathan McCurley
Bernard Timothy Appau
Hiromi SatôTakashi Yamashita

Board of Councilors
Osamu Arakawa
Yukiko Ôyanagi
Kaori Sakuma
Kiyoshi Nagashima
Michiru Yoneda
Rev. Ban HyungWookRyûsuke Fukuda
Satoru Kuze
Rev. Isao Kikuchi
Kazue Yamaguchi
Mitsuo Fukumoto
Sooboo Lee
Sarajean Rossitto
Hikari Kokai
Yoshiyuki Nagata
Shinobu Kuritani

Staff of ARI
Staff of ARI
Staff of ARIFormer staff of ARISuperior General, The Sisters of the Visitation
Pastor Nishinasuno Church
Tokyo Union Church Elder (deceased Jan 2016)
Chairman, Meiji Gakuin University
Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata
National Tomo no Kai, Head Quarters
Principal, Nishinasuno Kindergarten
President, Intech Ltd.
NGO/NPO Consultant
Representative Director, Wesley Foundation
Lecturer, University of the Sacred Heart
Lawyer, Cosmos Lawyer’s Oﬃce

Director
Assistant Director, Curriculum Coordinator
Assistant Director, Education Director,
Farm Manager
General Manager, Fundraising,Domestic Business
Ecumenical Relations
Crops & Vegetables
Crops & Vegetables
Livestock
Livestock
Meal Service
Admissions & Graduate OutreachCommunity Life Coordinator
Chaplain, Community Life
Sales, General Affairs, PR
External Programs &Nasu Seminar House Manager

Part Time
Mitsue Kimijima
Kôki Arai
Junko Tanaka
Yumiko Naoi
Masayo Fukushima

Accounting
General Affairs
Library
Meal Service
Food Processing

Contract
Hôichi EndôThomas Itsuo Fujishima

Finance Oﬃcer
Public Relations

Volunteers

Commuting Volunteers
Takashi Fushimi
Jin Onozaki
Takashi Hirayama
Kiyoka Miyamoto
Yukiko Yajima
Tadashi Itô
Shigeaki Kashiwadani
Junko Nishino
Akie Hatazawa
Norie Horiguchi

Ichirô Sahara
Ayako Hayashida
Ban HyungWook
Kazuko Fujimoto
Hitomi Kubo
Vero Ruyipa
Yûko Kimura
Eiji Ueda
Satomi McCurley
Masuo Shimizu

ABC Volunteers
Mineki Nishikawa
Yukio Takashima
Takashi Akutsu
Shôhei Fujimoto
Takayuki Hayasaka

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Long-Term on Campus
Turner Ritchie (US)Joey Anderson (US)Jonathan Wilson (US)Miho Inagaki
Megumi Iguchi
Tomomi Misu
Shingo Hirano
Sanami Ogino
Warren Uesato
Ryôichi Kondô
Leonie M. Wiegand (Ger)Cora Jess (Ger)Manuel Reif (Ger)

Admissions
Farm
Farm
Farm
Meal Service
Farm
Farm
Oﬃce
Farm
Ecumenical Relations
Farm
Admissions
Meal Service, Admissions

The Graduates of 2015
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15

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24

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30

6
27

26

22

14

10

12

3

11

29

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KENYA
LAOS
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5

21

13

9

20

16

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Advanced Training Course

Rural Leaders Training Course
CAMEROON
GHANA
INDIA

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1) Jude Akehmbuom ZenabuinApiculture and Nature Conservation (ANCO)
2) Solomon KoduahJeduako Society of the Methodist Church
3) Kabita Pradhan SarkarIndian Institute for Mother and Child (IIMC)
4) Alemla SamuelChumukedima Self Help Group Federation
5) Agnes Thiolina LumbantobingHKBP Ressort Simarmata
6) Atsuko Yamabe7) Yûto Yazawa8) Joseph Ndirangu GitimuFountain of Life Care Center
9) David Gitari KarokiKenya Anglican Development Services10) Kor ThaoLaos Mission Initiative
11) Dorothy Lewah YeananyUnited Methodist Church Liberia12) Mey Fong HohMalaysian Care
13) MaryCommunity Association for Rural Development (CARD)
14) Saw Chit ChitShwe Gyin Karen Baptist Association
15) Chan HupChin Relief and Develoment Program (CRDP), Thantlang Associationof Baptist Churches

INDIA29) Khaling Toshang Dorcas Noble Fundխ (2007 Graduate)

PHILIPPINES
30) Nicholas Pahanggin Tahuyan
Philippine Association for Intercultural
Development (PAFID)խ (2008 Graduate)

Graduate InternJAPAN31) Motoki Che16) Elizabeth MaRural Development Organization (Hopin)խ (2014 Graduate)17) Gin Suan LianTedim Association of Baptists18) Naw Eh Wah PawHpa-an Mawlamyine Association, Karen Baptist Association
NEPAL19) Bhim Bahadur RaiNational Development Organization Nepal
PHILIPPINES
20) Job LagradaChristians Meeting in Gospel HallSIERRA LEONE 21) Nafoei Miatta Finda M'BriwaAgency for Rural Advancement - Sierra Leone (AFRA-SL)խ
SRI LANKA
22) Mohamed Nawsath Irfana BegamWomen Organization for Development,
Equality, Peace and Temperance (WODEPT)TANZANIAUGANDAVIETNAMZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE

23) Clevina Tibiita KwigizileEvangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, North Western Diocese24) Tiliphina Banenwaki ThomaceAnglican Church of Tanzania Lweru Diocese25) Fred KugonzaSustainable Action for Rural Sector (SARS)
26) Huynh Ngoc DucResearch Center for Rural Development, An Giang University27) Lydia Kaunda ChibweChipembi Farming College
28) Emmanuel ChiimbaUnited Methodist Church Nyadine Mission442-1 Tsukinokizawa, Nasushiobara,
Tochigi, 329-2703 JAPAN

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