2010-2011
ANNUAL REPORT
April 1, 2010 - March 31, 2011

ACHIEVEMENTS OF 201029 New ARI Graduates“The year of positiveness” is how the 2010 training program isbeing described. From beginning to end this group possessed
tremendous energy and motivation. Continuous questions anddiscussions about how to adapt this learning to their own context made it clear their heart was in it for the benefit of theirpeople back home. With great excitement we sent out 29 additional graduates from 16 countries to join with the family of ARI
graduates working worldwide.

Dan Dan no Kai
Local farmers and businesses contribute to ARI in many ways,
such as allowing us to use their land, selling our products, andproviding us with leftover fish and tofu that we use as animal
feed. As a way to show our appreciation, we organized a small
event called a Dan Dan no Kai, where we made traditional Japanese sticky rice and played games.

Pig Raising Project
Brazil, Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe
ARI continuously strives to further our impact rural communities worldwide by extending our training opportunities to new
regions. T hrough cooperation with the Japan Evangelical
Lutheran Assoc., The United Methodist Church, USPG Anglicans
in World Mission, The United Church of Christ and The Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ), we were able to welcome our firstparticipants from these 4 countries.

New Farm Shop
In 2008 it was just a drawing and a dream. Now it is a striking,practical, energy efficient farm facility – well almost. The earthquake has delayed its completion, but progress is still good.

Growth File and Reflection Day
ARI is a place of profound transformation. To help nurture andguide participants through this period of sometimes wrenching
personal growth, the Growth File and Reflection Day were introduced to the curriculum. These were well received and many
participants said they plan to introduce these methods in theircommunity work.

ARIGA - ARI Graduate Association
Once again, graduates organized ARIGA meetings in many partsof the world, coming together to share about their successes andstruggles, to encourage each other and to renew their ARI spirit.
Kenya, August 2010 (first meeting); Sri Lanka, January 2011;
Nepal, February 2011; The Philippines (first nationwide gathering), February 2011; Manipur, India, March 2011

Upon the initiative of several participants, our first completely
student centered pig raising project was carried out. They took
full responsibility for caring for the pigs from the time of weaning
and fed only foods available in their home countries, successfully
bringing them up to full body weight within 6 months.

Selling ARI Pork
Sales of our natural pork meat continued to increase and a consumers group called Buta no Kai (the pork club) was formed. A
newsletter, ARI Farm News, is now delivered with each pork shipment to keep a close relationship with our customers.

FAMSIGThe monthly FAMSIG meeting was resumed after many years inorder to improve communication and collaboration among the staffof the Farm, Meal Service, and the Income Generation section.

Peace Concert
On September 23 the Asian Rural Institute Supporters Association (ARISA) held its second Peace Charity Concert for ARI. Vocalist Shigeko Suzuki and pianist Won Win Tuan provided theiramazing musical talent and the participants also contributed witha rendition of Take My Hand. Over 650 people attended and¥1,388,110 was raised for scholarships.

Rice Target Achieved
Our rice har vest was 7.7 tons, all organic, and more thanenough for our needs for the next year.

GREETINGS

Greetings from the Board Chair / Director
We successfully completed our 38th annual Rural Leaders

We sent out another 29 graduates, this year, to work in andTraining Program and we would like to truly thank you for yourwith their home communities in Asia, Africa, the Pacific, andsupport, encouragement, and particularly for your contribu-

for the first time, South America (Brazil). This number is also

tions to help us rebuild after the March 11th Great East Japan

inclusive of our single Graduate Intern. Additionally, ARI

Disaster. Without your loving support and prayers, ARI simply

graduate meetings were held in Sri Lanka, India, the Philip-

would not exist. Now we are putting our energy into restoringpines, Nepal, and Kenya. The gatherings were organized by thethe campus and tackling the issue of soil contamination due tograduates themselves, who find great importance and inspira-the emission of radiation from the Fukushima Nuclear Powertion in coming together to exchange information and experi-

Plant. However, the full report of these endeavors will not beences. Whenever possible ARI sends staff to hear the voices ofpresented until next year’s Annual Report. This disaster has

our graduates and better understand their work and theirpresented us with seemingly insurmountable challenges, but wechallenges so we may adapt our curriculum accordingly.

are striving to keep moving forward by believing in the words ofRomans chapter 5, that suffering produces perseverance; persever-

As usual we welcomed groups and individuals of all ages who

ance, character; and character, hope.

came and worked with us and experienced the life we call
Foodlife in this international community. We also received

From here I would like to address the 2010 training program

several members of the Cambodian Parliament as well as theand financial report. We continued to work toward improving

Development Minster from South Sudan who were eager to get

our financial health and once again this year, we were able toa better understanding of organic farming training. The reachclose our accounts in the black. We saw an increase in theof ARI’s mission truly is broad. We would like to give ournumber of scholarship sponsors both domestically and interna-

heartfelt appreciation to AFARI and ARISA members and all thetionally and we also further developed our income generation

people who contributed to ARI this year through donations,section through expanding our product sales and short termscholarships, travel grants, providing homestays, receiving

training courses, such as the preparation course for JICA (Japan

speakers, and in so many other ways. And we give a special

International Cooperation Agency) volunteers. From the day

thanks to our volunteers who give so much of themselves

we were established ARI has received no government funding

working along with us each day. Thank you.

and we continue year after year only by your support andprayers. This year, as part of the 40th Anniversary CapitalCampaign, we built a new farm shop. Though completion was
delayed by the earthquake, we proudly held the dedication
ceremony on May 14. Due to this disaster, however, it was
decided to discontinue the 40th Anniversary Campaign in order

Board Chair:

Dr. Akira Niwa

Director:Rev. Kenichi Otsu

to formulate a new campaign focused on disaster recovery. As
such the Farm Shop and an anticipated graduate impact study
will be the only components of the original campaign.

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TRAINING REPORT

Rural Leaders Training Program - Training Report
Yukiko Oyanagi, Curriculum CoordinatorYear of ‘Positiveness’

Dream for their Home Communities

If I try to characterize this year’ s training with one phrase, it

In the last part of the training, the participants shared about

would be "The year of positiveness." The class of 2010 was so

their dreams for their communities. Most of them said, “My

positive and highly motivated in their learning throughout the

dream is to build a sustainable society where we can have envi-

whole year, and it continued up to the last day - the day of theirronmentally healthy and safe food.” Many of them repeatedly

departure. They constantly sought out the meaning and pur-mentioned that organic farming and leadership are steps topose of every activity in the training. They even felt that failure

achieve these dreams. In ARI, we believe that building a ruralor conflict were opportunities for learning. This attitude wascommunity which is sustainable by being self-reliant in foodreflected, not only in their learning here, but also in how they

through the utilization of local resources is the true direction

began to view their home communities. They started to value

for our future rural development. This message was enthusias-

and be concerned about how to use their own local resources,

tically received by our participants.

traditional wisdom, and indigenous culture. They heartily embraced the fact that their learning is not for themselves but for
their people, and they were continually thinking about how to

Growth Fileutilize ARI skills and knowledge for their own communities.

As a new measure in our training this year we introduced a

Moreover, that thinking started to expand from organic farm-

Growth File. All of the participants and also all of the staff were

ing to social welfare, education, peace building, and the envi-

provided with a Growth File, in which we recorded our learningronment. They often had discussions about the direction ofexperiences, in all their different forms. The participants

development in their countries, what is sustainable develop-

shared their Growth File with other participants and staff inment, and what is true development. They began to say things

group consultation, so that they could see the learning taking

like, “I thought my community is poor, but we are rich.” “Iplace at ARI from different perspectives. With this Growth Filethought we have nothing, but we have many things.” “I thoughtsystem, they understood that their learning is not something

my people are illiterate, but I realized they are wonderful people

that happens only in a classroom, and not only from successes,

who know about our traditional wisdom.” When I heard thesebut from all the varied aspects of living in a multi-cultural self-things, I felt that one of the most important purposes of oursustaining community, and even from difficulties or failures.

training was achieved.

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Field Management Activity and Leadership

Servant Leadership

In 2005 we started the system called Field Management Activity.

The ideal leadership style in ARI is called Servant Leadership. The

This system has now become the core of our training on organic

participants often heard this word during classes and observa-

farming and leadership. The participants are divided into fourtion trips. But the place where they practiced this servant leader-groups, and each group takes care of a field (about 0.2 Hectares)

ship was in daily life. In cleaning, in Foodlife work, in dish wash-

and a livestock section (fish and duck, pig and cattle, poultry).

ing, or in group meetings, their traditional view of leadership was

Each group chooses one group leader who serves for two weeks

challenged. Even if they could talk with very beautiful words

and the participants have an opportunity to be leader two

about leadership, it was very difficult to do in action. We twice

times. The group leader must facilitate the group plan and takecarried out sessions in which participants drew a picture of the

responsibility for the animals and field, together with the help

important qualities of rural leaders, once in April and once inof staff. They also take a turn once a week in coordinating theNovember. Some of the participants observed that, “In April, we

cooking of the meals. If there is conflict in the group, the leader

just put ideal and beautiful words from a book. In November, it

will have to take initiative to work through it. If somebody isbecame more practical.” That means real leadership came out

sick, the leader takes concern. The leader conducts meetingsfrom the book and was put into practice.

and carefully observes the fields and animals. These are important characteristics and skills for rural leadership. After two

I want to express my deep thankfulness for God’s abundant bless-weeks, each group leader has a reflection session with staff, toings and guidance on our 2010 Rural Leaders Training Program

look at how they performed and might improve in the future.

at the Asian Rural Institute. I am also grateful that together withthe cooperation and assistance of many friends and supporters,
we were able to successfully complete this year’s program andsend out 29 new graduates of 16 nationalities.

Practical Field Study (PFS)
Learning by Doing“Ideas are not enough. You need to practice until it becomes a habit; how to grow vegetables
until harvest; how to raise chickens until they are mature.”
Siwakorn Odochao - ARI graduate Thailand

Bokashi (quick compost) making

Fish amino acid

Soil blocks for seed germination

Composting

Water soluble calcium

Aigamo duck & rice integrated farming

Indigenous microorganisms

Charcoal and wood vinegar making

Pigs – artificial insemination, delivery, castration

Fermented plant juice making

Seed collection

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TRAINING REPORTNew Approaches in ARI Training – Growth File and Reflection Day
Life and learning at ARI are intense.
Anyone who has been here for evena short time will know this. The
daily schedule is packed from earlymorning. T he people are full ofenergy and utterly diverse in culture and character. The philosophies we live by are challenging on
many levels. And though the training lasts nine months, the days fly
b y. W i t h p a r t i c i p a n t s b e i n g
exposed to so many new experiences and new ideas so quickly, oneof the challenges becomes how they
can absorb or digest their learning.
W he re c a n t he y f i nd a s pace toref lect on their experiences andthose things that have impacted them? How can they break

any teachers or staff, but was purely for their own purpose. As

down their experiences and interpret them within their own

such they could write freely, honestly, messily if they wanted to,understanding, culture, and life experience?

and in their own language (a crucially important point). They
wrote about things such as a new agricultural technique they

These are questions that staff have been asking as we seek ways

learned, a philosophy of an organic farmer they heard during an

to improve our curriculum. We have already created several

observation trip, a conversation with their roommate, theirforums designed to help participants process their learning,feelings about doing dish washing, a talk with a staff member insuch as group discussions and personal consultation. Even

the field, and many more. As time went on they really took thismorning gathering sharing is an excellent place to share per-exercise to heart, seeing it as an important part of their longsonal learning reflections. While these have been successful, we

term learning process and it was amazing to watch their note-

still felt there needed to be something more. So this year webooks grow thick. As this was a new trial, the staff felt it

introduced the practice of keeping a Growth File.

important that they too keep a growth file in order to fully
understand this learning process. Staff files also began to

At the beginning of the year participants were given their own

fatten quickly and they discovered this to be useful not only as

Growth File notebook. In it we encouraged them to simply

a curriculum tool, but for their own personal growth as well.

start recording their learning. They could write at any timeabout anything; not only about classes, lectures, or practical

Additionally we started to hold monthly ref lection days instudy, but about any aspect of ARI life. Learning at ARI is

which we met in small consultation groups to share our growtheverywhere; from the group vegetable fields, to conversations

files. As the contents of the files might be personal, the expec-

in Koinonia, to visits to a neighboring organic farmer. Eventation was to discuss only those topics people wanted to share.

failure or conflict is a learning opportunity. We asked them toWhen the first person started to talk, however, others quickly

be on the lookout for experiences that moved them, interested

joined in. One of the Key Concepts of ARI Training is Learningthem, impacted them, or provoked them and write about these

within Diversity. Both learning and diversity fully came out on

critical moments. The file was not meant to be submitted tothis reflection day as we listened to people’s different (or some-04CLASSES AND OBSERVATION TRIPS

times sur prisingly similar) points of view. To share one
example, one of the groups got to discussing the Rural Community Study Tour in Northern Japan. One participant said flatout that “rural Japan” is not “rural.” Paved roads, electric lines,
and other conveniences would never be found in the rural areas

Community Based Curriculum
Activities – Learning within Diversityof their country. This led to a discussion on "what is rural?" and“My dream became a dream with people and not a dream forthem.”"what is development?" Thoughts and ideas started coming

Daneth Him – ARI graduate Cambodia

from the group members’ learning from obser vation trips,
classroom sessions, experiences in their own communities, anddifferences between Japanese host families they stayed with in
the city and in rural areas. Then the discussion turned toward
the question of what is true development and what direction
toward development should a grassroots rural leader try tofollow.

Practical field study
Morning and evening Foodlife work – daily care for our fields
and livestock and meal preparation
Group field and livestock management activities
Community work days – rice transplanting, rice harvest, forest
management
Spiritual nurturing – morning gathering, consultation, growthfile, and reflection day

The Growth File and Reflection Day greatly helped participants

Oral presentations

discover not only what they were learning, but how they were

School events – Harvest Thanksgiving Celebration, Opening

growing. Many participants have said they intend to take these

Ceremony, Commencement Service

practices back home to utilize in their work and communities.

Community building days – picnics, hikes, sporting events

Though it has only been a one year trial so far, it can already beInternational fellowship and home-stay programs

determined to be a great success which we will continue
develop.

2010 Lecture Agenda
Leadership
Leadership of ARI
Servant Leadership
Non-violent Communication
Presentation Skills
Reflection Paper Writing
Independent Learner
Conflict Resolution
Time Management
Participatory Learning andAction (PLA)
Development
Globalization
Localization
Eco Village Design Education
Development and theEnvironment
The History of Nasu Canal
Ashio Copper Mine Environmental Pollution
Rural Development Theory &Practice & ARI Mission
Credit Union
Nutrition
Gender Issues*guest lecturer
Human Trafficking in Asia

Rev. Kenichi Otsu
Tomoko Arakawa, Osamu Arakawa,
Yukiko Oyanagi
Francis Beausoleil* (Non Violent
Communication Trainer)
Yukiko Oyanagi
Steven Cutting
Steven and Miki Cutting*Akiko Ishihara* (Kumamoto University)
Timothy Appau
Yukiko, Tomoko

Rikkyo University ESD, DEAR, ISDEP*
Yoji Kamata* (NPO Ancient Futures)
Yoji Kamata*Dr. Koa Tasaka* (ARI board member)
Shuya Tamura* and Tomoko Arakawa
Tatsuo Sakahara* (Dir. Shozo Tanaka Univ.)
J. B. Hoover* (Executive Director AFARI)
Hoichi Endo
Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Tomoko Arakawa

A Proposal for Establishing
World Peace
Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable Agriculture Theory
Agriculture in Japan
Crops & Vegetables
Rice Growing
Livestock Management
Livestock Breeding
Poultry Management
Feed Management
Disease and Pest Management
Livestock Disease Management
Agro-Forestry
Permaculture
The Role of the Japan
Agriculture Cooperative (JA)The Dangers of Chemical
FarmingNatural Farming in the Tropics
Appropriate Technology“Teikei” Alternative Marketing
SystemJapanese Language & Culture

Machiko Kaida* (Japan International
Center for Children’s Rights)
Dr. Kazuo Ota* (Prof. Emeritus Rakuno
Gakuin Univ.)

Ardhendu Chatterjee* (Ag. Advisor, India)
Hajime Kikuchi* (former director of ARI)
Osamu Arakawa
Osamu Arakawa
Gilbert Hoggang and Sanae Kabeya
Gilbert Hoggang and Sanae Kabeya
Timothy Appau
Gilbert Hoggang and Timothy Appau
Atsushi Yamaguchi
Gilbert Hoggang
Masaaki Yamada* (Tokyo University ofAgriculture and Technology)
Toru Sakawa* (Organic Farmer)
Naoyuki Tsurudome* (JA Headquarters)
Dr. Koa Tasaka*
Shimpei Murakami* (natural farmer)
Hyung Wook Ban
Tomoko Arakawa

Kyoko Ogura*05

FOODLIFE REPORT

Livestock

year a group of participants took the initiative to raise a litterIn the rural regions that our participants come from you cannot

ment. The project was quite successful. While feeding mostly

find many farmers who raise poultry in pens. Often they will

kitchen leftovers and grass, they closely watched the health andhave four or five chickens running around the house eating

growth rate of the pigs. The staff also observed but took a

insects, weeds, and whatever leftovers the family throws out to“back seat” role. It was quite an achievement that they were

them. These chickens will lay six or seven eggs and then incubate

able to bring the pigs up to full body weight in six months. Par-

them according to the motherly instinct of hens. Until those

ticipants have commented that it usually takes much longer tochicks are hatched, they will not lay anymore eggs. For villagers,

fatten pigs, but this group said they were able to do it because

eggs and chicken meat are a luxury.

they better understood about the nutritional needs of pigs atof pigs using only materials they can find in their local environ-each stage of life, and could provide for those needs using alterIn ARI we manage our livestock in a way that balances each ani-nate kinds of feed. This was a tremendous step toward self-mals’ ability to live according to its natural character with oursufficiency and with big smiles, the group announced at theaim to increase production of meat and eggs for our own con-commencement ceremony that the juicy ham that was being

sumption and for sales purposes. The area that we monitor mostserved during the reception was from their own project.

carefully is the feed. We provide them with plenty of nutritious
food, most of it coming from our own area. Leftover rice fromschool lunches, rice powder from a nearby sake factory, okara

Crops and Vegetablesfrom two local tofu factories, fish parts from the fish market, rice

Seed Self Sufficiency

bran, barley, and soy beans: these ingredients are mixed accord-

Farmers around the world dream about high production anding to the nutritional needs of the livestock and fermented. Fer-high income. Toward this end many of them purchase geneti-

mentation enhances the nutrient value of the ingredients andcally modified seeds. This includes farmers in so-called devel-also allows for long term non-refrigerated storage. By these

oping countries. For example, in the Philippines, farmers pur-methods, our chickens can lay eggs continuously and our pigs canchase genetically modified corn seeds (GM seeds) from compa-

reach 100 kg (220 lbs.) in just six months.

nies called traders. These farmers have no choice but to buy
pesticides from the traders as well because the corn is modified

While these approaches work very well in ARI, the more impor-not only to bear more fruit, but also to withstand strong pesti-tant task is to learn how they can be adapted to the participants’cides. In other words pesticides and GM seeds are a set. Fur-countries, especially knowing that they most likely do not havethermore, these high yield varieties of corn require a lot of

school lunch leftovers or a neighborhood tofu factory. Thischemical fertilizers. GM seeds are expensive and the farmers

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corn require a lot of chemical fertilizers. GM seeds are expensive

by conventional farmers. In an effort to mass produce, it is easy

and the farmers are poor, so they borrow money from the trad-

to forget to consider the consumers’ dining table, which can leaders, who charge a high interest rate. In most cases the farmers’

to overproduction and waste or underproduction and shortage.

produce is purchased by the same trader at a low price. If there isany profit at all, it is very low and sometimes the farmers don’ t

From this year we started a system called Farm/Kitchen Manage-

even break even and fall into a cycle of spiraling debt. To escapement in which a person is designated each week to check the pro-this scenario and to find true independence it is essential forduce in the refrigerator and then walk through the vegetable gar-

farmers themselves to grow and protect their own seeds which

dens to make an efficient harvest plan based on actual need.

match their own climate and soil and are strong against disease.

This system brought about many interesting conversations, suchas, “we have so many tomatoes this year, is there any way to use

In ARI we have a long tradition of collecting seeds from our rice,them up before they spoil?” We exchanged our ideas and decided

wheat, barley, soy beans, red beans, sweet potatoes, garlic, andto make tomato puree. One participant commented, “In the

cayote. This year, our graduate intern decided to see if she could

summer we overproduce tomatoes and throw so many away, yet

add to our seed collection list. Since seeds purchased from seed

we buy imported tomato puree. I will go back and start process-companies usually do not produce good second generation fruit,ing our tomatoes.” This learning came about by thinking about

she decided to approach organic farmers. She was able to findthe connectedness of life. If we are able to buy vegetables which

heritage seeds for egg plants, tomatoes, cucumbers, kabocha

are out of season just because we have money, we miss something(Japanese squash), and many more and sowed them in ARI sovery important. Through Farm/Kitchen Management, we werethat they could continue to not only produce good food for our-reminded of the relationship between growing vegetables, school

selves, but also good seeds for years to come.

meals, processing food, making use of overproduction and experienced Foodlife in yet another unique form

Connectedness of LifeIn Japanese modern society it has become a custom to eat strawberry cake at Christmas. Nobody has a sense that this might be aremarkable thing to be able to do, considering that strawberries

Meal Service

are naturally a summer fruit. But in ARI we cherish the seasonal-

As a part of the training in the kitchen this year, we taught

ity of food and that is a part of our Foodlife. More than just grow-about having a well balanced menu. To help people visualize

ing vegetables, Foodlife encompasses the connectedness of life,

this, we color coded chief food categories into red, green, andfrom enriching our soil, to collecting seeds, to serving hot meals

brown and showed how by combining those colors we can havein the dining hall. This last point is one that may be overlooked

a balance of nutrition. Participants liked this system because it

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was so simple. Also, at the start of each meal preparation we

make the school lunch but a place where we share our food withassigned a participant as kitchen leader, in charge of making thethe community and with visitors from within Japan and over-main dish and also coordinating the other cooks. The leaders

seas. In order to welcome more guests, we increased our dining

would give instructions like, “Today 54 people are eating so we

capacity with the support from kitchen members and other sec-need to set seven tables. I’ m stir frying pork and green veggies.

tions, which I believe is also our important achievement.

We need soup and a side dish. Who can make these and what
will you make?” Being able to manage a complicated cooking procedure within a limited time is good training for leadership.

Solar Dryer for Fish Pellets

Also we worked closely with farm staff to go around the gardens

Compost needs to be turned from time to time to ensureand formulate a good harvest plan. It may seem a matter offermentation throughout the mass by aerobic bacteria. It takes acourse, but to view the weekly harvest through the perspective

lot of work to do this, so ARI constructed a step compostingof the kitchen was a new experience. We also taught how tosystem behind the pigpen. Rather than turning, all that needs

make soap and yogurt. The ARI kitchen is not just a place toto be done is to push the compost onto the next level down.
When it reaches the bottom of the four-step terrace, it is readyfor use and kept there until needed. Unfortunately we once had
an injury when someone slipped, so we discontinued its use.
After sitting for a while, we discovered this structure would be aperfect place to make a solar dryer for drying our homemade
fish pellets. For several years we have been experimenting withproducing our own fish food using locally available materials.
One step in the process is to dry the pellets so they may be preserved longer. We started by painting the whole terrace black.
Then we built a greenhouse over it using bamboo for the frame.
As the air moves up the terrace it gets hotter and so the last step
was to build a drying box at the top with a small air outlet in it.
It is working beautifully.

2010 Harvest Report

Crops and Vegetables
7752kg / 17,054 lbs

Rice(150kg / 330 lbs for miso paste)
1328kg / 2922 lbs

Wheat(330kg / 726 lbs for soy sauce)
Buckwheat

27.7kg / 60.9 lbs

Potatoes*

880kg / 1936 lbs

Sweet potatoes

1012kg / 2226 lbs
1274.5kg / 2804 lbs

Taro

350kg / 770 lbs

Soy beans(330kg / 726 lbs for soy sauce)
180kg / 396 lbs

Black soy beans(150kg / 330 lbs for miso paste)
65kg / 143 lbs

Red beans

4048kg / 8906 lbs

Carrots(1380kg / 3036 lbs for carrot juice)
Kabocha (Japanese pumpkin)

Chicken meat

77,800452kg / 994 lbs

Milk4472 kg / 9838 lbs

Pork

90 Pigs

for ARI

8

sales to ARI consumers

37

sales to general market

45

Food Processing
Egoma oil
Miso paste
Soy sauce
Carrot juice

103 bottles
300kg / 660 lbs
1952 bottles
5048 bottles

455kg / 1001 lbs

Onions

919.5kg / 2023 lbs

Garlic220.6kg / 485 lbs

Egoma

115kg / 253 lbs

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Livestock
Eggs*Due to overly wet conditions most of our potatoes rotted soon after harvesting. But wewere able to make it through the year thanks to the kind-hearted donation of 900kg ofpotatoes from Raymond Epp of the Menno Village Organic Farm in Naganuma,
Hokkaido and Rakuno Gakuen University, who paid to have them shipped to us!

CONNECTING

tsunagaru
Tsunagaru is a Japanese word that carries the meaning
connecting and this year ARI’s Income Generation teamfocused on Tsunagaru with people in our local area. We
held a book market and flea market and also organizedworkshops on coffee roasting and Japanese tea making.
These events attracted many new people who had nevervisited ARI before. The Tsunagaru book market was
especially well received. Supporters from all over Japan
donated their used books and a big crowd showed up the
day of the market. We have decided to make this a yearly
event.

❶ Peace Concert and Peace Art Poster
Exhibition
September 23, 2011 Kuroiso Culture Hall
Once again this year the Asian Rural Institute Supporters
Association (ARISA) organized a Peace Concert to raise money
for an ARI scholarship. Vocalist Shigeko Suzuki and pianist Won
Win Tuan freely gave of their time and talent. Mary Tenneh
Kpaka of Liberia shared about her counseling work with women
victims of the civil war in her country and at the closing, ARI
participants sang a rendition of Take My Hand, with theaudience standing and joining hands (not a usual occurrence inJapan).

Before the concert ARI staff Atsushi Yamaguchidelivered a talk called Living Together with the Farmers of

Won Win Tuan and Shigeko Suzuki performing at the Peace Concert

Afghanistan. Mr. Yamaguchi had worked in Afghanistan with an❷ ARI Pork

organization called Peshawar Kai and has a strong passion to

From autumn of 2009 we began direct sales of ARI pork to

help build peace in that country.

customers on a trial basis. We had such a good response that in2010 we expanded our network by creating a consumers club

Attendees: 650

called ARI Buta no Kai (ARI Pork Club). We advertised member-

Funds raised: ¥ 1,388,110

ship and soon several people joined; each month they received
fresh cuts of our pork. People are attracted to ARI pork because

We also held a peace art poster exhibition in Nasunogahara

they know we raise our pigs naturally, using no growthHarmony Hall. Posters depicting images of peace were createdhormones, no unnecessary antibiotics, and no imported feed andby 100 artists of different nationalities. The exhibit traveled all

they are pleased with the freshness and juiciness of our meat.

around Japan and was shown the day of the Peace Concert.

We are also proud to be able to provide this high quality productto make this a yearly event.

and at the same time improve our financial self-sustainability.

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CAMPAIGN

From left to right: Hiroyasu Kasai of the Kasai Architectural Office,
ARI Chair of the Board Akira Niwa, superintendent Kentoku Masuda

Construction of new Farm Shop

40th Anniversary Capital Campaign
ARI will celebrate its 40th anniversary on September 16, 2013

Since the earthquake caused extensive damage throughout thethe day officially established as our foundation day. From

campus, we have been faced with the task of putting together a

2008, we have been carrying out a capital campaign to raise

major plan for rehabilitation. Therefore the board of directors¥250 million to rebuild the farm shop and main building andofficially decided to end the 40th anniversar y fundraisingalso carry out a survey of the activities of our graduates. Afterinitiative and disband the committee. In its place we havebringing in about 20% of that amount, the ARI Board of Direc-

started an earthquake reconstruction initiative called “Rebuild”

tors altered the target to ¥80 million, eliminating the main

and we are focusing our energies on raising funds for this.

building from the campaign.
We would like to extend our appreciation to Mr. Shijuro Ogata,
The board felt a particular urgency to replace the farm shop due

Mr. Toyo Gyoten, Mr. Hiroshi Rinno and all the other promot-

to its degraded condition and so construction was begun withers for their support for our 40th Anniversary Campaign. And

the aim to have it completed by March of 2011. Due to thefor ALL of you who contributed to this project with your gifts

Great East Japan Disaster, we were unable to finish the building

and donations, we give you a huge “thank you” and invite you

within the fiscal year, but on May 14th we proudly held a dedi-

to please come visit us sometime to see the gorgeous new farmcation ceremony and opened its doors. Having been completedshop.

so soon after the earthquake, it is a great encouragement to allof us at ARI to see this fresh new building rise up amid all thedamage.
Major donors from North America include:

The American Friends of ARIThe Episcopal Church
The United Church of Canada
The United Methodist Church

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VOLUNTEERS

2010 Volunteers and Interns
Internships at ARI

Volunteers
Kevin Desir Canada

meal service

Tomoyo Doi Japanfarm

Frauke Gier Germany

recruitment

through their college or seminary internship programs. Most

Benjamin Goldau Germany

computers

recently we have built a steady relationship with Wellesley Col-

Steven Hart USA

farm

Koki Hata Japan

meal service

lege and Princeton Theological Seminary. Wellesley students

Ho-Yung Chong Korea

farm

are often focused on environmental issues and are attracted to

Jun Ishikawa Japan

farm

ARI’ s commitment to sustainable agriculture. Princeton semi-

Ayumi Itokawa Japan

public relations

Felix Kaiser Germany

farmnarians see this dynamic multicultural, multi-religious setting

Sachiko Kamata Japan

meal service

Yoshihiro Kimijima Japan

income generation

while working intimately with God’ s creation here on the farm.

Pascal LeComte Germany

recruitment

Peter McNicoll Japan

computer

Working closely with internship coordinators and professors we

Itsuyo Monna Japangeneral affairs

Karen Moody USA

meal service

university/seminary program. Recently ARI has made efforts

Keith Moody USA

maintenanceNamiko Motokawa Japan

meal service

to expand our internship opportunities to Japanese Universi-

Tetsuya Mori Japan

farm

Yumiko Naoi Japan

meal service

tional Christian University and have had serious inquiries from

Hisako Oshima Japanfarm

Bob Ray USA

maintenance / computersseveral other universities. Likewise we are ready to open our

Joyce Ray USA

meal service / ecumenical relations

Aya Sasaki Japanfarm

America and Europe, including not only summer, but also

Hami Shimizu Japanfarm

Elizabeth Teague USA

farmsemester long internships.

Yuta Ueki Japan

farm

Kaori Wakuizumi Japan

income generation / ARISAOver the years ARI has received a number of young people

as a good place to cultivate their pastoral and leadership skills

ensure that the ARI experience meets the expectations of theties. We have already begun hosting students from Interna-internship offerings to other educational institutions in North

Commuting Volunteers
Jeen Hae Chunggeneral affairs / community life

Tsutomu Fujita

farmTakashi Fushimi

maintenance

Naoko Hineno

income generation

Norie Horiuchi

farm

Koichi Ishiyama

farm

Tadashi Itofarm

Atsuhiko Kato

maintenance

Satomi McCurleymeal service / food processing

Tamotsu Miyashita

maintenanceMika Nagase

library

Kiyoshi Nagashima

farm / library

Isao Obayashi

computers

Kyoko Ogura

general affairs

Jin Onozaki

farm / maintenance

Ichiro Sahara

general affairs

Sanami Shibamoto

farm / meal service

Yumi Suzuki

database

Hitoshi Taguchi

computers

Overseas Work Camp Groups

Kyoko Takamura

meal service / general affairs“Aloha Team” Harris UMC, Trinity UMC; Hawaii

Naoyuki Takamura

maintenance

Olathe High School, Kansas

Katsuyasu Togawa

maintenance

Boy Scouts of America Troupe 12, San Francisco

Masako Togawa

food processing

Hong Kong Baptist University YMCA

Interns
David Norse – Princeton Theological Seminary
Rachel Smith – Wellesley College

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FINANCIAL REPORTStatement of Financial Activities
April 1, 2010 - March 31, 2011

Notice to Financial Statements* Exchange rate: ARI accounting is officially(US$)*

Operating Revenues
Scholarships and Fees (1)TuitionEntrance fee
Contributions for board
Contributions for lodging
Contributions for transportation
Domestic individual donation
Domestic institutional donation
Overseas individual donation
Overseas institutional donation
Fees for graduation certificate
Donations
General (2)ARI Supporters Association (ARISA)
40th Anniversary Capital Campaign
Special donations(Designated for Disaster recovery)
Grants for special projects
Miscellaneous revenue
Total operating revenue

2010 Budget

2010 Actual2011 Budget

377,209
63,986
4,954
17,745
17,745
17,1870
129,8860125,706
239
843,358
314,145
176,537
284,738
67,938036,21929,043376,069
62,617
4,954
17,73917,73917,4250
129,8860125,708131
1,041,559
330,979
177,180
275,622257,778(224,006)
36,21926,760310,635
27,358
1,891
6,538
6,538
13,246
095,216
0
159,840364
1,921,409
298,405
170,843
56,9481,395,214(1,138950)
38,542
29,043

1,286,068

1,480,738

2,299,993

have been stated in this report for theconvenience of international supporters
according to the 2010 average exchange rate of
US$1 = ¥87.80(1) As ARI seeks to train some of the mostmarginalized people in the world, neither intl’
participants nor their sending bodies are able tohandle the costs of training. These expenses arecovered by scholarships and contributions madeby individuals and organizations. Japaneseparticipants pay their own tuition and fees.
(2) Includes contributions totaling $72,300
received from AFARI(3) Details of operating expenses are listed on
the opposite page(4) Does not include salaries paid for two
missionary staff by their supporting churches(5) Revenue generated from seminars, special
short term training, and sales of farm produce,
processed goods, and handicrafts

Domestic / Overseas Donations &Self-Generated Income

Operating expenses (3)751,787
179,032
342,25401,273,073
12,995745,367
210,332
316,826(20,185)
1,272,525
208,213746,012
182,961
554,498(22,7790)
1,483,471
816,522

22,893
114
22,779(14,977)(11,390)(3,588)265,045(20,558)
0
252,403

25,4401,451
23,990(20,640)(12,397)(8,244)
274,543(7,816)
0271,527

22,893
114
22,779(29,613)(15,945)(13,667)
240,637(27,676)0206,241

Net gain (loss) for 2010

265,398

479,740

1,022,763

Accumulated gain (Loss):
Beginning balanceEnding balance(3,363,132)(3,077,175)(3,363,132)(3,156,643)00Personnel (4)Education and Research
General and administrative(Disaster recovery)
Total operating expenses
Net operating gain (loss)
Nonoperating revenues (expenses)
Investment Income
Interest & dividends
Accommodation user fees
Interest expenses
Interest expense on loans
Interest expense on school bonds
Sales and special services (5)Sales costs
Gain (loss) from sale of assets
Net non-operating gain (loss)

recorded in Japanese yen. Dollar equivalents

A Domestic contributions 54%
a ARISA 10.2%
B Overseas contributions 26.7%
b AFARI 4%
C Self-generated income 19.3%
Donation Categories

Self Sufficiency in ARIThis financial report does not reflect the value of ARI's own farm
goods that were supplied to the kitchen and food processing section
which came to an approximate total of US$165,000 in 2010.

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A Scholarships 20.7%
B General donations 41.2%
C 40 Anniversary Capital Campaign 19.7%
D Special donations 18.4%
d designated for disaster recovery 16%thFINANCIAL REPORTStatement of Financial Position
As at March 31, 2010 and 2011

Notes (continued from left page)(3) Operating expenses in detail:(US$)*

Assets

3/31/2010

Fixed Assets
Property
40th anniv. endowment
Scholarship endowment
Securities / shares
Telephone rights
DepositCurrent Assets
Cash & savings
Stock (livestock, rice, etc.)
Accounts receivable
Sales items
Other4,294,154
3,422,725
99,846
767,521
2,337
1,725
0
232,771
101,098
91,561
8,137

Total Assets

31,975
4,526,925

3/31/2011
4,757,643
3,856,671
75,362821,223
2,494
1,841
0
684,861
573,965
68,583
5,908
12,98823,417
5,442,503

Liabilities and Net Assets
Fixed Liabilities
Long term loans
School bonds
Current Liabilities
Short term loans
School bonds
Accounts payable
Consumer tax payable
Other
Total Liabilities

1,159,586
534,266
625,320
1,273,969
928,311238,151
22,768
5,985
84,7392,433,555

1,120,613
809,224
311,389
1,600,775
859,907
576,764
54,674
5,265
104,165
2,721,388

Net assets
Designated funds
Accumulated gain & loss

5,245,414(3,152,044)

5,877,758(3,156,643)(2010 actual)
Personnel

745,368.23

Faculty

251,717.09

Staff and other personnel

493,651.13

Education and Research

210,332.32

Student Stipends

39,793.73

Study tours

26,261.37

Agricultural training costs

58,502.89

Travel: domestic for students

785.74

Travel: intl students

35,206.72

Course materials

1,544.92

Research

4,436.06

Medical3,356.28

Staff training

439.41

Alumni association support

1,708.43

Project costs

5,078.29

Special lectures

6,555.66

Utilities

5,181.65

Miscellaneous expenditure

5,694.76

Sales cost

15,786.42

Administration

316,826.66

Office supplies

5,795.20

Utilities

34,278.73

Transportation for staff

9,167.57

Fund raising

21,786.60

Vehicle fuel13,234.24

Vehicle maintenance

23,079.47

General maintenance

5,274.60

Communication

6,962.55

General and administrative

25,577.50

Publications

5,083.20

Insurance

2,465.49

Rental expenses

8,700.36

Taxed & public dues

5,595.67

Membership fees

1,855.76

Conferences

2,187.70

Commission fees

12,502.92

Special events

1,036.45

Public relations

1,116.17

Medical185.88

Sales costs

23,602.04

Miscellaneous expenses

28,818.23

including disasterdamage repair

Total Net Assets
Total Liabilities and Net Assets

2,093,370
4,526,925

2,721,115
5,442,503

Depreciation allowance

78,520.30

Total operating expenses

1,272,527

ARI vs. Volatile Food Prices
This week at one supermarket inTokyo, lettuce was selling for $6 a
head. Even by Tokyo standards this isshocking. Of course food prices arealways fluctuating depending on theseason or the size of the harvest. But
these days, as staple crops are treatedas commodities and “food miles”
continue to increase, factors such as
oil and inflation also affect prices.
According to the Global Food Price
Index of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, food costs spikedin 2008 and again 2011. These highprices are particularly difficult forpoor countries that import most of
their food. In some regions families
spend as much as 60-80% of theirincome on food. The only way they
can cope with rising costs is to eat

fewer meals or buy cheaper, lessnutritious food. Furthermore, highfood prices cause unrest, especially incountries that are already experiencing ethnic or economic tensions.

Auditors’ Statement
The above duly audited financial statements
have been prepared by the Fujinuma Tax andAccounting Service, Inc. and approved by the
ARI auditors, Mr. Akira Funitsu and Mr. Toki-At ARI most people are not aware of
the price of a head of lettuce or a boxof eggs. We simply eat what we havein our fields and animal pens. We
essentially cut out the element ofmoney by enriching our soil withcompost rather than fertilizers, by
feeding our livestock with locallyavail a ble mater i als rather th animported feeds, and by collecting ourown seeds. Our biggest investment is
our sweat and labor and our reward isexperienced at each and every meal.
This is the ARI way of realizing foodsecurity.

chika Harada. All the documents were properly
kept and there were no irregularities.
May 10, 2011
Auditor: Akira Funitsu

Auditor: Tokichika Harada

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DONORS LISTARI Individual Overseas Supporters
Mary Abu-Saba
Louis & Josephine Albrecht
Patricia Amtower
Douglas & Maribelle Appleby
Erik Aronesty
Marie & Carl Bade
Verlyn Barker
John & Judith Batzel
Virginia & Richard Bauer
Bill & Mary Beck
Margarete Bergmann
Linda Bilstein
Adelene Blankenship
Daniel & Barbara Bohi
Nelson & Charlotte Bond
Andrea Booth
Susan Boyer
Stephen Brokaw
Stacey Brown
Whitney Buckholz
Judith & Ralph Campbell
Tokiyo Carter
Mary Ellen Chafey
Diana Chapel
Anne & Dennis Chase
Fred Clark
Roy & Marion Clark
Roger & Janet Coffey
Alyson Cook Stage
Michael Cooley
Ben Cope
Donald & Marian Corbitt
Homer & LaRue Cornish
Joy Crelin
Jean Crider
Margaret A. Crowl
David & Elizabeth Cutting
Richard & Alice Dailey
Robert W.Debolt
Carol Decker
Anne DeVries
Twyla Diamond
Marjorie Dickinson
Jordan & Derry Dickinson
Richard & Lillian Dudley
Jane Duggan
Eileen Elliott
Rebecca Feldman & David Stowers
Pauline Feltner
Mary Ferguson
Marie Ferrarin
Karen Festa (in memory of Brian Festa)
Loyd & Marie Fischer
Earl & Masayo French
Carlton & Elsie Freudenberger
Isao Fujimoto
Carol & Ben Fujita
Eric & Carolyn Fure-Slocum
Martha Gale
Kenneth & Joan Gelhaus
Yvonne & Peter GilpatricCharles & Elizabeth Goss
James & Noriko Goto
Mary GourleyPaul & Catherine Gregory
Edwin & Naarah Griswold
Christopher Grundy
Theodore & Norine Haas

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Elizabeth Hale
Hunter & Suzanne Hale
Holly Hallman
Jean Hamlin
Marcia Hampton
Margaret & Harry Hampton
John Reuben Haq
Margaret Hardenbergh
Sarah Harper
Linnea Hasegawa
Ryusuke & Pamela Hasegawa
Nagi Hashiba
Jacqueline Haslett
Debra Havner
Marshall Havner
Mary Hawkes
Ronald & Phyllis Hedberg
John & Stephanie Herlihy
John & Anita Hickey
Walter & Amy Higashi
Clarence & Janice Higgins
Heather Hill
John Hill
Samuel & Gail Hill
David & Sandra Hirano
William & Eleanor Honaman
Dean & Elizabeth Honnen
John & Adeline Hoover
John & Sandra Hoover
John Hoyt
Frederick Ingold
Nancy & Thomas Inui
Joan Ishibashi
Donald & Janet Jackson
Leslie Jackson
Marion Jackson
Vincent JamesFrancis Janes
Annette Jim
Susan Johnson
James Joyce & Leigh Jewell
Virginia JuddKyoko & Hatsuhiko Kageyama
Gabriele Kasper
John & Phyllis Kingsbury
Douglas & Marjorie Kinsey
Stella Klemperer
Roger & Beth Knight
Ann Kohl
Benjamin & Choon Sook Kremenak
Mary Jo Kremer
Jeffrey Kriz
Armin & Evelyn Kroehler
William & Laverne Kroehler
Taku & Monica Kusakabe
Ronald & Elizabeth Kutscher
Richard & Martha Lammers
James & Haru Landes
Janell Landis
Martin & Barbara Lang
Barbara Lemonopoulos
Sarah Libby
Richard & Laraine Linde
Jerry & Janice Livingston
Arthur & Susan Lloyd
Margaret Logan
James & Mary Lyman
Bruce MacKenzie

Pierre & Eleanor Maeder
George & Marjorie Manglitz
Evelyn Manierre
Darwin & Mary Mann
Elizabeth Manners
John Manners
Mary Lea Marshall
Dominic Massetti
Kenneth & Diane Matsuura
Alden Matthews
David McAliley
Jennifer McClure
Michael McConnell
Walter Mead
Barbara Mensendiek
Michael & Donna Miller
Kelly Mogler
Richard & Ina Montelius
Keith & Karen Moody
Eleanor Moore
William Moore
Thomas & Michiko Morgan
Frieda Morris
Rosalind Morris
Susan Morser Klem
John & Hatsumi Moss
Barbara Mueller
Leora Murakami
Sankar & Malathi Narayan
Gerald & Helen Nash
Denise & Jeffrey Nelson
David J. Norse
Robert & Shio Northup
Elizabeth Nystrom
Edith O'Donnell
Kevin O’Toole
Jennifer Oliver
Kimberly Olmstead
Randy Osborne
Douglas Ostrom
William Pallett
Ellen Palmer Marsey
Jirapan Panwang
Hugh & Lois Penney
Alex Perdomo
John & Martha Peterson
Robert Peterson
James Phillips
Chester & Mildred Polk
Jack & Jane Presseau
Sallie Ramirez
Bob & Joyce Ray
J.B. Redding
Robert RegenoldJames Rheingrover
Craig Rice & Ameeta Sony
Alyson Rieke
Martha RoachPatricia Robillard
Robert & Susan RockPatricia & Randall Roeser
Muriel RoethDavid & Priscilla Ruhe
Janet Russell
Thomas & Wendy Ryan
Loren Saito
Kenneth & Constance Sansome
Lisa Schaechter

Kenneth Schmidt
Gerald & Joy Sekimura
Kay & Roger Shanks
Hitoshi & Asae Shichi
Byron Shipley
Ross & Jan Shoger
Hallam & Yasuko Shorrock
Joseph Short
Jim & Margaret Shroyer
Leonard Skov
Jerry Slagle
Bardwell & Charlotte Smith
Rosemary Smith
Janice Stevens
Philip & Valerie Stichter
Virginia Stowe
Jon & Jean Strauss
Fred & Sandra Stroebel
Erva Ellen Sturgess
Lee & Dotha Swan
Donald & Evelyn Sweetser
Thomas SwiftMarie H. Sysel (Trust)
Doris & Steve Tabuchi
Myriam & Mike Takamatsu
Sachiko Taketa
Naho Takimoto
Marjorie Tarr
Stephen Tarr
Elizabeth Teague
Gordon Teague
Hazel & Robert Terhune
Josef & Phyllis Thanner
Richard Thorngren
James & Kathryn Treece
Anne Shaw Turnage
William & Marilyn Turnquist
Deane & Donna Uhl
Glenn & Ruth Van Haitsma
Teresa Vandendolder
Eimert and Eve VanHerwijnen
Harold & Lillian Velasquez
Cathy & David Vestrand
Winifred Vogt
Jeffrey & Alexis Wallace
Vicki Wangmiller
Julia Wenker
Millicent Wetrich
Ben & Carolyn Whitehill
Walden Whitehill
Pallop & Karen Wilairat
Donald & Mary Williams
Alice & William Wimer
Fred Wollerman
Jeanette & Boyd Woodruff
Clyde & Elizabeth Work
Shari & Teruo Yamamoto
Maki Yamane
Mary Lois YegerlehnerMariellen Yoshino
John & Anna Young
Lawrence Young
Wendy Ysasi
Don & Glennys Ziegler

DONORS LISTARI Institutional Supporters
Institutional Supporters
Program Supporters - Contributions from these organizations were
designated for the 2010 ARI Rural Leaders Training Program.
Overseas
American Friends of ARI (AFARI)The Episcopal Church – United Thank Offering
Global Ministries of the United Church of Christ and the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ)
The United Church of Canada
The United Methodist Committee on Relief
The United Methodist Church – General Board for Global Ministries
Berkeley Methodist United Church, CA
Community UMC, Naperville, IL
Cortland United Church, NE
Dunbarton Congregational Church, UCC, NH
Federal Way, UMC, Auburn, WA
The First Church in Oberlin, UCC, OH
First Congregational Church of Wallingford, CT
First UCC, Northfield, MN
First UCC, Women’s Fellowship, Crete, NE
First UMC, Manhattan, KS
Harris UMC, Honolulu, HI
Hoover Investment Properties, Inc.
Iao Congregational Church, Wailuku, HI
Kitchell Memorial Presbyterian Church, East Hanover, NJ
Morgan Park UMC, Chicago, IL
North Congregational Church, UCC, New Hartford, CT
Ocoee Oaks UMC, Ocoee, FL
St. James Episcopal Church, Keene, NH
San Luis Obispo UMC, CA
Shalom UCC, New Haven, CT
St. James Thrift Shop, Keene, NH
Trinity UMC, Pearl City, HI
United Church of Christ, Scribner, NE
United Church of Dorset & East Rupert, VT
United Church of Ludlow, VT
Wesley UMC, San Jose, CA
West Bethel UMC, Cedar, MN
Japan
Asian Rural Institute Supporters' Association (ARISA)
Ajisai no Kai
Anglican Church of Japan (NSKK), Tokyo Diocese
Anglican Church of Japan (NSKK), Provincial Office
Aoyama Gakuin Jr./Sr. High School
Ashigin Intl’ Friendship Foundation
Asian Ladies Friendship Society, Tokyo
Eifukuji Temple
Fujimigaoka Church
Fujisawa Catholic Church
Fujisawa Nazarene Church
Habitat for Humanity, Japan
Hijirigaoka Church
International Christian University Church
International Organic Farming Film Festival
IKE – Architecture &Development Office
JANIC NGO Support FundJapan Baptist Union Women’s Association
Kajigaya Catholic Church
Kibogaoka Church
Kobe Union Church
Kojimachi Catholic Church
Kusanone Net Mugi no Kai
Matsudo Tomo no Kai
Meiji Gakuin Higashimurayama Jr./Sr. High School
Mitsubishi UFJ Intl’ Foundation
Mitsui Chemical

Mitsui Chemical – One Coin Donation
Miyako Transportation Company
Nasu Tomo no Kai
National Christian Council in Japan, Wakachiai Fund
National Christian Council in Japan, Women’s Committee
National Tomo no Kai
National Tomo no Kai, Central Region
National Tomo no Kai Foundation for Relief
Nishinasuno Church
Nishinasuno Kindergarten
Ohisama Kawate Hospital
Rissyo-Kosei-Kai Buddhist Association, Nishinasuno
Samaria Kai
Sankei Supermarket
Satsuki Kindergarten
St. Alban's Anglican Episcopal Church
St. Andrew’s Church
St. Timothy’s Church
Seisanichi Kyokai (Holy Trinity Church)
Shima Network Co. Ltd.
Skole Family Education Association
Sumitomo Foundation
Tokyo Kasumigaseki Lion’s ClubTokyo Minami Rotary ClubTokyo Union Church
Toyo Eiwa Women’s Jr./Sr. High School
United Church of Christ in Japan, Kanto District Office
Utsunomiya Kita High School
Wakachiai Project
Waseda Church
West Tokyo Union Church
World Family Fund
Yokohama Tomo no Kai
Yokohama Union Church
Yoyogi Uehara Church

Scholarship Supporters
Scholarship Supporters - These contributions were designated asacademic scholarships or travel grants.
Overseas
Council for World Mission
Global Ministries of the United Church of Christ and the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ)
The Hartstra Foundation
United Evangelical Mission
The United Methodist Church – General Board for Global Ministries
USPG – Anglicans in World Mission
The World Council of Churches
Aldersgate UMC, Palo Alto, CA
Central Union Church, Honolulu, HI
The Episcopal Church of St. Martin, Davis, CA
Cuttington University
Japan
Asian Rural Welfare Association (ARWA)
American School in Japan Swim Team
Kubota Foundation
Niikura Kai
Japan Evangelical Lutheran Association
JASSO
Osaka Community Foundation
Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Sacred Heart
Tochigi Business Association
Tokyo American Club - Women's Group
United Church of Christ Japan (UCCJ) – Ecumenical Committee

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THE ARI STAFF AND BOARD

Staff

Board

Honorary President and Founder

Board Chair

Rev. Dr. Toshihiro Takami

Dr. Akira Niwa

Full Time Staff

Vice Chair

Professor Emeritus, Dokkyo Medical College,
Chairman, Hitomugi Social Welfare AssociationRev. Kenichi Otsu

Director

Tomoko Arakawa

Assistant Director / General Manager

Osamu Arakawa

Farm Manager

Board of Directors

Rev. Hyung Wook Ban

Chaplain / LivestockRev. Kenichi Otsu

Director, Asian Rural Institute

Steven Cutting

Ecumenical Relations Coordinator

Mr. Hoichi Endo

Chairman, ARI Finance Committee

Yuko Endo

PR and Sales Manager

Rev. Masaoki Hoshino

Pastor, UCCJ Matsuzaki Church

Gilbert Hoggang

Livestock

Dr. Satoru Kuze

President, Meiji Gakuin University

Sanae Kabeya

Livestock

Ms. Teruko Niwa

Lecturer, Toyo Eiwa Women’s College (ret.)

Jonathan McCurleyCommunity Life Coordinator

Dr. Koa Tasaka

Professor Emeritus, International Christian

Akari Nakamura

Admissions and Graduate OutreachMitsuru Nakamura

Nasu Seminar House Manager

Mr. Tadashi Yamada

President, Mitsui Real Estate Co. (ret.)

Yukiko Oyanagi

Curriculum Coordinator

Mr. Noriaki Sato

Press Editor, The Yomiuri Shinbun

Kaori Sakuma

ARISA

Hiromi Sato

General Affairs

Board of Councilors

Kazuhiko Takeuchi

Meal Service Coordinator

Mr. Hoichi Endo

Chairman, ARI Finance Committee

Atsushi Yamaguchi

Crops and Vegetables

Mr. Ryusuke Fukuda

Tokyo Union Church Elder

Mr. Mitsuo Fukumoto

Principal, Nishinasuno Kindergarten

Rev. Masaoki Hoshino

Pastor, UCCJ Matsuzaki Church

Part Time Staff

Mr. Ryusuke Fukuda

Tokyo Union Church Elder

University.

Masayo Fukushima

Food Processing

Mr. Muneo Ishikawa

Shimosato Farm Manager

Mitsue Kimijima

General Affairs - Accounting

Rev. Katsuyuki Kanno

Pastor Nishinasuno Church

Junko Tanaka

LibraryRev. Isao Kikuchi

Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata,Japan

Contract Staff

Dr. Satoru Kuze

President, Meiji Gakuin University

Timothy Appau

Chaplain / Livestock

Mr. Yukio Miyazaki

National Council of YMCAs of Japan

Hoichi Endo

Finance Officer

Mr. Kiyoshi Nagashima

Former staff of The Asian Rural InstituteToshiaki Kusunoki (until May ’10)

General Manager

Dr. Akira Niwa

Professor Emeritus, Dokkyo Medical College,

Zachivolu Rhakho

Graduate Outreach / Meal Service

Chairman, Hitomugi Social Welfare Association
Ms. Sarah Oba

Zai Nippon Interboard Senkyoshi Shadan

Mr. Sooboo Lee

President, Intech Ltd.

Rev. Jintaro Ueda

Bishop, Diocese of Tokyo, Anglican Church ofJapan (ret.)Rev. Taesung Um

Pastor, Songhak Methodist Church, Korea

Mr. Tadashi Yamada

President, Mitsui Real Estate Co. (ret.)Rev. Toshimasa Yamamoto Lecturer, Kwansei Gakuin University
Mr. Masahiko Yamane

General Manager, Kagawa Nutrition University

Ms. Tomoko Arakawa

Assistant Director, Asian Rural Institute

Mr. Osamu Arakawa

Staff, Asian Rural Institute

Mr. Steven Cutting

Staff, Asian Rural Institute

Auditors

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Mr. Akira Funatsu

President, Chairman, Tochigi YMCA

Mr. Tokichika Harada

President, Nasu House Kogyo Co. Ltd.

GRADUATES 20102010 Graduates and Graduate Interns
BRAZILCAMBODIA

D.R. CONGOINDIALucinei Luiz Telles

Daneth Him

John Nday Kyoni

Bongmoingam
Khaling

CHAD - Community

United Methodist

Humanitas Associacao

Health & Agriculture

Church of North

DNF - Dorcas Noble

Filantropica

Development

Katanga

Fund

INDIA

INDONESIAINDONESIAINDONESIA

Muzipolu Nyekha

Kalpin Sembiring

Reinhard Siregar

Saulina Solin

GKPA - ChristianPanti Asuhan Elim

CBCC Chakhesang

YAPIDI - Perhimpunan

Protestant Angkola

Department Diakonia

Missions Society

Pelayanan Pijer Podi

Church

HKBP

JAPAN

JAPAN

JAPAN

KENYA

Hoshino Kusaka

Reina Sakai

Takeru Sugaya

Baya Comullius
KatanaIPD - Institute of Participatory Development

KIRIBATILIBERIA

LIBERIA

MALAWI

Mote Teangoa

Cooper Kaletona
SiakorMary Tenneh Kpaka

Macdonald Francis
Njala Banda

Cuttington University

CAI - Church Aid

Anglican Diocese of

Outreach Program

Incorporated

Upper ShireMYANMAR

MYANMAR

MYANMAR

MYANMAR

Hla Zet Sumlut

Hniang Tial

Ngun Tial

Saw Manar Shay

Naypyitaw YMCA

Hakha Baptist

Association of Baptist

Karen Baptist

Association

Churches

Convention

NEPAL

THE PHILIPPINESTHE PHILIPPINES

Sunita Kumari Rana

Annie Jane Llegunas
LagawanChristopher Denito
Domulot

Kiribati ProtestantChurchTABC - Thantlang

NEPAL

Sandeep Lamsal

WAND - Water,
Agroforestry, Nutrition

LAKAS - Lubos Na Al-

Reliance Social

BASE - Backward

and Development

yansa Ng Mga Katutu-

CentreSociety Education

Foundation, Inc.

bong Ayta Ng Sambales

THE PHILIPPINESSRI LANKASRI LANKAUGANDA

Lester Constantino
Dipit

Nilushini Karunadasa

Sumathi Vithilingam
Shivakumar

Mugwanga David
Hannington Luvumu

UCCP - United

FORUT - Campaign for

Stockholm’s Women

Church of Christ in

Development andDevelopment Sewa

Mukono Diocese - Church

the Philippines

Solidarity

Societyof the Province of Uganda

KSSC - Kalika Self-

ZIMBABWEJAPAN

Melody Gapara

Moe Takenoshita

United Church of
Christ in Zimbabwe(Graduate Intern)American Friends of the

Asian Rural Institute
Rural Leaders Training Center - Japan

c/o J.B. Hoover
1121A N 94th st.
Seattle, WA 98103
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTEDWhen the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck
off the east coast of Japan on March 11,

Rebuilding, however, is an enormous task.

2011, the ARI staff were in the middle of our

Inspectors informed us that our Koinonia

final planning meeting for the upcoming

House (kitchen, dining hall, chapel, and con-training program – a meeting that neverference room) and our Main Building

finished. The ground shook violently and all( c l a ss ro o m , l i b ra r y, a n d a d m i n i s t ra t i o n

we could do was watch as windows broke andoffices) are not stable and we should replacebuildings twisted. We are deeply gratefulthem as soon as possible. Other areas of thethat no one was injured; but our campus

campus were also damaged, and so the Board

suffered extensive damage. The followingof Directors put together a comprehensive

day we began to clean up and repair our life-

reconstruction plan that includes building alines, such as electricity and water systems.

new Koinonia House (kitchen, dining hall), a

The following day we also started to receive aclassroom/library building, a chapel, a pigpen,

flood of phone calls and emails to see if weand agricultural storage facilities. The esti-

were OK. AND from that day people started tomated costs are ¥530,000,000. This is asend funds. No questions asked. Knowing

daunting figure, but ARI has already beenthat it would be needed, they just sent

blessed with enormous support from friends

money.

in Japan and overseas and we are also work-

We estimated that it would take about

ing to solicit funds from the Japanese govern-¥5,000,000 ($62,500) to complete all thement.

emergency repairs and we set a goal to have

Despite all the troubles of this earthquake,

those done by May 31. However, by May 31

we committed to hold our 2011 training pro-

we h a d a l re a d y re ce i ve d ¥ 6 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0gram and welcomed our new participants on($825,000)! This tremendous show of love

May 2. Seeing their faces was a great inspira-and support from all of you really gave ustion and reminder to us of the importance ofhope that we would be able to rebuild andour mission. Working together we will getbring ARI through our most serious challengethrough this crisis.

since our foundation.

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