ARI Rural Leaders’ Campus Environmental Project has reached its goal of 3 million yen.

Thank you for watching over us and supporting us until the end.

Thank you to those who have supported ARI and recognize our social contribution and value.
Those who have newly found ARI and have come to meet us.
Those who always support ARI’s activities.
Thank you very much.

With your support, ARI’s Rural Leaders Campus Environment Project “# We want rural leaders to learn in a better environment. Please support us to improve our educational environment.” We have reached our goal of 3 million yen.

The donation will be used to improve our training environment.
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In response to your support, we will apply your kindness to the needs of grassroots leaders in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific who will change the world starting from rural villages.

Thank you for watching over us and joining our crowdfunding journey to the end.
Your passionate support makes us gratefully feel the magnitude of the task we have undertaken.
If you found this crowdfunding campaign, but missed the opportunity this time.
Please join those who have already participated and lend a hand, and connect with ARI’s “Living Together”.

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(I don’t accurately know the context or the way you want to use this, but my recommendation is below.
However, the above is also okay, so if you prefer to use the above that’s also okay. )

In response to your support, we will apply your kindness to the needs of grassroots leaders in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific who will change the world starting from rural villages. Truly, we are grateful.
To those who watched over us and joined our crowdfunding journey to the end.
Your passionate support makes us gratefully feel the magnitude of the task we have undertaken.
To those who found this crowdfunding campaign but missed the opportunity this time.
You can join hands with those who participated and continue to support ARI’s mission  of “Living Together”
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From where everyone’s stomach is full.

From where everyone’s stomach is full.
From those who are close to the soil and yet are in a weak position.
ARI works to enhance “peace from the soil,” a vision of world peace.
We will nurture servant leaders who will make it happen.
Please continue to support us.
We will announce information about gifts for donations received, online bring-your-own meals, campus tours, and lectures by January.

This sentence structure or flow is very Japanese… but I can’t currently figure out the English equivalent.

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lease pray for this year’s participants who will graduate in December and return home.
The participants will learn in Osaka and Minamata as part of the Western Japan Study Tour in November, and will complete their 9-month leadership training at ARI with a final oral presentation by early December.

They will graduate on December 9 (Sat) and return home on December 15 (Fri) and 16 (Sat) to face social issues from the field as rural leaders in their own communities in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific.

Osaka and Minamata (Shizuoka, Mie, Hiroshima also…)
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This year’s participants returning home

Participation in online final oral presentations

Donors will have the opportunity to participate in the participants’ final oral presentations online.
There will be no Japanese translation. However, this is a great opportunity to hear their vision formed by their own words.
We hope you will listen to their presentations in English, and take in their thoughts on how they are changing the world from the grassroots.
Final oral presentations: Thursday, November 30 – Wednesday, December 6, 13:30-15:30
*Five days, excluding Saturdays and Sundays. Details will be provided separately.

Eat Together, Learn Together, Rejoice Together: ARI Circle

Rural leaders change the world.
Servant Leaders” create self-sustaining communities and seek world peace through the practice of “Peace from the Soil”..
ARI’s network of 1,399 graduates from more than 800 sending bodies and communities in 62 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific, cultivated over 50 years, will change the world from the grassroots.
Join ARI’s circle to eat together, learn together, and rejoice together.

“That We May Live Together”

Men's Dormitory & Guest House

Participants and volunteers live in separate dormitories for men and women. The dormitory includes shared lounges, kitchens, showers, and laundry facilities. Wi-Fi is not available.

Poultry House

The poultry facilities include free-range chicken coops and a brooding house. More than 400 chickens are raised, producing over 80,000 eggs and approximately one ton of chicken meat each year.

Pig Pen

Participants learn a variety of pig farming techniques through hands-on practice. Both deep-litter and concrete-floor systems are used, and manure is recycled into biogas and fertilizer.

Goat House

Goat milk (over 200 liters annually) and meat are used for food, while manure is used as fertilizer. During the day, the goats roam freely in the pasture.

Forest

The forests surrounding the campus are managed through selective thinning for firewood and charcoal production. Leaves and other organic materials are collected for use in agriculture.

Fields

On 2.5 hectares of farmland, approximately 100 varieties of vegetables and crops are grown without chemical fertilizers or pesticides. The entire community helps manage the fields as part of its commitment to learning and self-sufficiency.

Rice Paddies

Rice is cultivated in paddies both on and off campus. Various organic rice-growing methods are studied and practiced, including weed control and fertilization using ducks.

Workshop

The workshop is a space for repair and recycling activities. It contains machinery, welding equipment, woodworking tools, and a variety of materials.

Feed Mixing Room

Livestock feed is produced here using both manual and mechanical methods. Continuous efforts are made to improve feed quality and sustainability.

Administration Building

The first floor houses the reception area and administrative offices, while the second floor contains staff offices and the Director’s office. The Farm Shop (Agricultural Training Room) is located adjacent to the building.

ARI Shop

The shop offers ARI-grown produce, processed foods, books, and handicrafts from the home countries of ARI graduates.

Farm Shop (Agricultural Training Room)

The facility serves as the hub of agricultural activities at ARI. It includes classrooms, storage for tools and farming materials, and facilities for drying and storing crops.

Oikos Chapel

Originally a 100-year-old traditional farmhouse, the chapel has been renovated into a place of worship. Daily morning gatherings are held here, along with meditation, dialogue sessions, gospel choir practice, and other community activities. Oikos is a Greek word meaning “home.”

Manna House (Food Processing Room)

This facility is used for producing and storing processed foods such as cookies and jam. The ground floor also contains a poultry processing facility.

Fish Ponds

Fish are raised for both food and agricultural purposes.

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