Asian Rural InstituteClass of 20162016 年度アジア学院学生 / 研究科生

Rural Leaders Training Program

農村指導者研修プログラム

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Paul

Mr. Paul Daina
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
the Central African Republic
Director of AVPE, a food-security
program

I train beneficiaries on cultivation techniques
including choice of land, method of preparation of
the soil, scheduling different activities, and management of revenues after the sale of agriculture
products. I want to attend ARI to benefit fromthe experiences of others in different countries
to improve my work in rural areas.

BHUTAN
SangayKarma

National Organic Programme

National Organic Programme

Senior Extension Supervisor III,Department of Agriculture

Senior Extension Supervisor,
Department of Agriculture

Mr. Sangay Wangdi

I work with small, local farmers in a remote partof Bhutan to help them grow food in a sustainable
and organic way, including training them on newtechnology used in farming. I hope to learn more
about integrated agricultural methods, organic
farming and sustainability while at ARI.

Ms. Karma Chuki

I work closely with small, local farmers in an
ethnically diverse region of Bhutan to increase
overall agricultural development and organic
crop growing. I hope to gain new knowledge andskills in implementing the various aspects of anorganic farming program, servant leadership andsustainable agriculture while at ARI.

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-sufficient, 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 of
the 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.

INDONESIA
MatildaHieronBr. Hieronymus Martyadin Ngampu

Rev. Paskaria ImanuelPerangin-angin

Batak Protestant Christian Church(HKBP) Samosir

Independent Delegation of
Claretian Missionaries

Karo Batak Protestant Church Rural Development Institution

Ms. Matilda Nainggolan

Brother, Coordinator of Rice Fields
and Animal CareHKBP Deaconess

My parents were teachers and had a kitchen garden.
My love of teaching and nature comes from them.
I work with HIV/AIDS patients and want to help
them have more healthy food and life. I also believe
we need to educate and motivate youth to choose
village life over urban life by teaching them to raise
healthy food for themselves and for market. ARI
can help me accomplish this goal.

I am the Coordinator of Rice Fields and Animal Careat the Agriculture Center of Claretian Missionaries,in Bena-Linamutu villages, West Timor (Indonesia). I
distribute various kinds of crop seeds to farmers. I
work to mobilize and empower farmers to improvesoil quality, agricultural yields, and self-reliance. I
want to increase farmers knowledge and help otheragriculture centers in our ministry.

ZAMBIA

MALAWI
BelvinImanuelPastorI have been a pastor in a remote area of Indonesia
for 15 years. Since a large volcanic eruption
disrupted people's ability to farm, I have beenworking to demonstrate new organic methods.
Following ARI, I wish to train congregations withthe knowledge and techniques they need to rebuild
healthy and sustainable communities.

ToweraCecilia

Mr. Belvin Kapembwa Pamba

Ms. Towera Mtambo

Ms. Cecilia Mpinga

Village Water Zambia

Chingale Recovery andDevelopment Program (CHINRAD)

Hygiene Village Project

Training Coordinator

Psychosocial Officer

I work with Heifer International and Village Water
Zambia to train farmers in integrated agriculture
and to regularly monitor and evaluate project
performance. I hope the ARI training will broaden
my mind and enhance the knowledge I have in
integrated agriculture to enable me to contribute
effectively to rural development.

In my work as a psychosocial officer with CHINRAD,
I develop community-run childcare groups for 3-5
year-olds that prepare children to enter primaryeducation. I serve where I am needed in thecommunity. My work also involves food security- sustainable agriculture – which includes using
locally-available materials instead of buying inputs
from outside the community.

GHANA

Field Officer

I work with low-income and rural residents fromall faiths who live outside the formal monetary
economy. Our organization implements sanitationand hygiene projects. At ARI, I want to learn more
about servant leadership and practical organic
farming methods that can be put to use in mycommunity.

PHILIPPINES
Paulo

AbrahamJoe

Mr. Paul Yao Kpai

Mr. Abraham Brese

Mr. Joe Balisbisan Jimenez

Environmental Development
Youth Movement (EDYM)

Osramanae Beekeepeers
Association (OBA)

Sacred Heart Institute forTransformation (SHIFT)

Executive Director

I am the co-founder and Executive Director of theEnvironmental Development Youth Movement, inthe Have Volta region of Ghana. My focus is toteach the next generation how to care for theenvironment through sustainable practices andalternative livelihoods, such as nurseries and foodcrop cultivation for food security leading to self
sufficiency.

FarmerI live in Osramanae, Ghana, and have been a
successful farmer, working on my family farm withmy wife and children. Our beekeeping group has
140 hives and I help care for and market the honey.
I hope to learn to reduce poverty and increase
employment, creating a model for other communities with my sweet skills of beekeeping andagriculture.

Farm Production Officer

At my organization’s farm, I manage vegetableproduction and assist with training and marketing.
We want to provide leadership to promote
province-wide organic farming methods. A 2013
visit to ARI impressed me with the staff’s attitude
and knowledge. ARI can provide the training for me
to be effective and credible.

MYANMAR
Suia

A SungYaw Ling

Rev. Sui Lian Thang

Rev. Thla Sung

Rev. Yaw Ling

Hualngo Land Development
Organization (HLDO)MCUM Hakha, Methodist Church
Upper Myanmar

MCUM Mindat, Methodist Church
Upper Myanmar

Pastor

Pastor

PastorOnly when the earth is healthy, the citizens will behealthy too. I am a pastor and also work the landwith HLDO to improve the lives of my people. WhenI return to Myanmar from ARI, I plan to continue
developing a model farm with 2014 ARI graduate Ni
San in the hope that it will encourage neighboring
farmers to shift from chemical to organic farming.

I live in rural Myanmar where we have poor roads,
high altitude and travel great distances to attend
training programs. I meet many villagers and help
with spiritual matters and want to help theirlivelihood. Part of my work includes helping local
farmers make natural fertilizer. After ARI I willtrain farmers in many areas the new techniqueslearned.

The people in my community practice shifting agriculture, and we need to change to something moresustainable. We need knowledge of the sustainableagriculture methods I will learn at ARI to make thechange. As an ethnic minority, I want to develop
more leadership skills so I can help my people unite
and work together to improve our community.

KENYA

SRI LANKA
Yeherome

Saman

Mr. Saman Rathnasiri Bandara

Sr. Consolata Amisi Khakaali

Methodist Church Sri Lanka

Visura Development Foundation

Pastor

Rural Services Officer

Society of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus

Rev. Yeherome Michael
Wanniyabandara

I am a Methodist pastor assigned to a circuit of fivechurches in Thummodara, Sri Lanka, where I also
manage the Methodist Girls’ Home. I am involved in
the environment movement and human rights workand give instruction and guidance to farmers. On
my return from ARI, I want to introduce organic
techniques to my district and set up a training
center.

I am a Rural Services Officer and volunteer with the
Visura Development Foundation to teach organic
farming, cultivate multi-religious dialogue, andadvocate for womens’ food sovereignty. With theskills gained at ARI, I hope to spread knowledge,
motivate local youth to work in agriculture, andbetter serve my community.

INDIA

TANZANIA

Conso

Teacher and Agriculture Coordinator

I am a teacher and care for the Society farm withthe local farmers. Through ARI, I am seeking toincrease my knowledge of greenhouse growing,
vegetable production and the business aspects ofrunning a farm. That increased knowledge will inturn bring additional funds to sustain and expand
the ministries of the Society of the Sacred Heartof Jesus.

Aton

Mwita

Heavenlight

Action of Women in Development(AWID)

United Methodist Church,
Mara District
Our Father’s House at theEmmanuel Center

Farming Partnership Initiatives(FPI)

Ms. Aton Shaiza

Assistant Coordinator

As a staff member of the Women in Governanceproject of Action of Women in Development(AWID) in Manipur, India, I organize workshops
to help women increase their advocacy andleadership skills. I look forward to learning more
about sustainable agriculture, leadership, anddevelopment issues at ARI.

Mr. Mwita Baita Matele

Mr. Heavenlight Morice Luoga

Project Manager

Agriculture Instructor, Project
Coordinator

I work in our street children ministry and also carefor the church garden with the community people. I
have a clear plan of what I want to achieve. Althoughpoor, my community has great resources. In my view,
ARI shares the spirit of communality that I want todevelop in my region, as well as providing practicaltraining to help farmers understand and work withthe riches they have around them.

As the co-founder of Farming Partnerships
Initiatives (FPI), I am responsible for improving
agricultural productivity, food security, and rural
livelihoods through small loans and training. I hope
to share the leadership and farm management skills
acquired at ARI with FPI and other organizations in
the Kagera region.

CAMEROON
Enock

StellaPius

Belo Rural Development
Association (BERUDA)

Associated Rehabilitation for
the Handicapped (ARCH)

Community Initiative for
Sustainable Environment andGender Development (CISEGD)

Mr. Chiambah Enock Ntam

Agriculture Coordinator

I work with a tribal community across several
villages in an undeveloped and remote area,
where shifting and slash-burn farming results inlower productivity and contributes to poverty.
I train people in income generation, community
development, and gender awareness. On return,I hope to establish a rural development center in
my community.

Ms. Kumbong Stella Kang

Mr. Fonsah Pius Chick

FarmerI am a farmer and help serve my organization andcommunity by cultivating food crops to feed thepatients, workers, and community. I hope to learn
more about improving crop yields and sustainableagricultural practices while at ARI.

Rural Development Coordinator

Currently, I train women and low-income families insound financial management. At ARI, I will focus onleadership and community building, as well as
learning organic and sustainable farming
techniques. I want my people to stop relying on
chemical agricultural methods, so their families
and the environment will be healthier.

JAPAN
Yuto

Mr. Yuto Yazawa

Advanced Training Course

A Japanese graduate of ARI is eligible to apply
to be a GI. The internship is twelve months long,starting in April immediately after graduationfrom the previous training year.
The intern focuses on one section of the farm inwhich he/she wishes to gain deeper understanding
and more extensive experience. The GI also takes
part in all other aspects of ARI life as an actively
contributing community member.

After participating in 2015 ARI training program,
I am happy to be returning as a graduate intern sothat I may obtain more organic agricultural skills
and knowledge and a greater ability to understandcultural differences and communication for myfuture when I continue my involvement in ruraldevelopment.

INDIA

THE PHILIPPINES

MALAWI

RenttaAnn

Macdonald

Liangmai Baptist Association

WAND Foundation, (Water,
Agro-forestry, Nutrition andDevelopment Foundation)

Anglican Diocese of Upper Shire

Ms. Annie Jane Lagawan

Mr. Rentta Ngulie

Mission Director, Pastor

After returning from ARI training in 1997, I becamea pastor and helped start an NGO - Comprehensive
Rural Economic Development Society, which deals
with issues related to agriculture. I also foundedfarmers’ clubs to strengthen the knowledge andcooperation of rural farmers in Nagaland. Recently,
the church and government have co-establishedinformal village schools which are now attended by
80% of the local children.
(1997 Graduate)

Rev. Fr. Macdonald Njala Banda

Executive Director,
Chilema Ecumenical Training Center

Sanitation Logistic Supervisor

As a livelihood manager, I help rural people understand organic farming by first encouraging thosewilling to try something new. After neighbors
see and believe, they trust and try. Recently I
facilitated building 11,000 latrines in villages
flooded by Typhoon Haiyan. At ARI I want to learn
more about community development. In addition,
discover ways to integrate proper nutrition withmy work in hygiene and sanitation. (2010 Graduate)

I work primarily in a church-sponsored Lay Training
Centre, which among other programs is women
economic empowerment. As a TA, I will focus on
gaining more skills in Graduate Outreach. When I
return home I want to include women graduatesfrom the existing training centre to build andexpand empowerment programs at a local and small
community level.
(2010 Graduate)

Advanced Training Course

ARI Graduates who have worked in their countries
for five or more years may apply to be a TA.
Those applicants who have demonstrated leadershipand accomplishment in their communities are invited tocome to ARI to assist in the training of the participants.

After graduating from the ARI training program many Rural Leaders focus on sustainableagriculture in order to revive their communities, but that’s not all. Graduates engage in a broad
range of causes, such as conservation of the environment, children’s education and microfinance.
Others dedicate their lives to attain rights for women and tribal people, or organize aid forrefugees. Responding thus, to the needs of grassroots people as Servant Leaders, they spread
ARI’s spirit of “Living Together” across the world.

1,334 Graduates from 56 countries
Theological Seminary for Rural Mission / Tsurukawa Rural Institute・South-East Asia Course (1960-72): 116 graduates, 17 countries

Asian Rural Institute, Rural Leaders Training Center (from 1973 on)・Rural Leaders Training Course: 1,135 graduates, 56 countries
・Advanced Training Course: 83 graduates

The costs needed for Rural Leaders to participate in our training are mainly financed by donations.
Tuition and board amount to US$ 17,840, and the average airfare is US$ 2,300.
We are looking for supporters who will offer financial assistance for these leaders to take part.
It is an investment in people who will bring about lasting community change.
For detailed information, please visit our website or call our office.

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That We May Live Together

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