Seven days have passed!! commemorative crowdfunding campaigns are underway!

ARI has launched two commemorative crowdfunding campaigns.

We are running an international travel support campaign on GlobalGiving https://goto.gg/60943.

In Japan, we are running a campaign to support training and educational content on ReadyFor https://readyfor.jp/projects/ari!

– Summary from GlobalGiving Project –

Donations to this project are eligible for a 50% match as part of the September 2023 Little by Little campaign!  until September 22, 2023, at 23:59:59 EDT

https://goto.gg/60943

Support Rural Leaders in Training Connections

by American Friends of Asian Rural Institute

Transportation is the most significant barrier to attending the Rural Leaders Training Program. Without funds to support travel to the Asian Rural Institute, rural leaders cannot participate and transformation cannot occur. Eight out of ten participants return to become rural leaders implementing sustainable agricultural strategies in their community, impacting hundreds. Travel is the first step in building leadership in sustainable agricultural development, the building block of society.

Please use this as one of the means to walk together in the circle of ARI together!

We look forward to your participation.

September 18-22 — ARI Crowdfunding Matching Campaign!! 🏆🌾

This week, ARI crowdfunding matching campagin will commence. Donations will be matched 50% until September 22!

Since 1973, the Asian Rural Institute has been training leaders from around the world on how to make sustainable impacts in their community. Our graduates build peaceful, resilient societies. They grow local food through organic agriculture, and facilitate community development across diverse cultures.

Our three values of foodlife, servant leadership, and a community of learning are what the world has come to require even more in these times of great uncertainty. This year marks 50 years of triumphs and struggles, and we hope for 50 years of more good work, and another 1,300 graduates of our program. To make this a possibility, your financial support is highly appreciated.

During September 18~22, Global Giving will match 50% of donations to ARI! Each contribution, big or small, that you make this week helps us tremendously! Many thanks to our US partner American Friends of Asian Rural Institute for facilitating this campaign.

Follow this link to our Global Giving page, and please share with your friends!

50th Anniversary Foundation Day! Ceremony live-streaming now! Crowd Funding Started!

The 50th Anniversary Ceremony is now being live-streamed.

・Program：
13:00-13:45　50th Anniversary Worship Service
Preach：Rev Robert Witmer, UC Canada (Former Director of Theological Seminary for Rural Mission）
14:00-15:45　50th Anniversary Commemorial Service
Keynote Speech：Ardhendu Chatterjee (India, 1976 ARI graduate, Founder of  DRCSC), Tomoko Arakawa (Current Director of ARI)

Commemorative crowdfunding has started!

If you would like to support ARI with a small donation and spread the word, we will be collecting donations through the NGO-focused crowdfunding platform GlobalGiving. Funds will be used to support future participants’ travel costs. https://goto.gg/60943.

For those within Japan with Japanese credit cards, the platform ReadyFor is crowdfunding for educational support costs. https://readyfor.jp/projects/ari (Japanese only)

Finally, ARI hosts many commemoritave and collaborative projects on and off campus. If you are interested in collaborating with us, please contact us at [email protected].

Please use this as one of the means to walk together in the circle of ARI! We look forward to your participation.

The 50th anniversary celebration and crowdfunding begins tomorrow at 12:45pm!

After years of ideas and preparation, tomorrow will officially mark the 50th anniversary of ARI.

We have worked together for fifty years with our brothers and sisters, leaders of rural communities around the world, to build a future of peaceful, sustainable rural life. This year, we have imagined this effort under the motto of, “Learning Together for a Rural Future”, divided amongst five broad areas: “Peace from the soil,” “Foodlife,” “Climate justice and climate action,” “Education,” and “Organization”. For this year’s celebration, we have envisioned the future fifty years of ARI, step by step.

Guest speakers and graduates from around the world have arrived, participants this year are hard at work preparing their local dishes to enjoy with our guests, and decorations from regions all over decorate Koinonia, ARI’s dining hall. The whole campus is aflutter with preparations.

While we would love to have the whole ARI community with us on campus, we understand many people come from far away, so we have prepared a live-streaming service for the event. Please join us online with the global ARI community.

https://ari.ac.jp/en/50th-anniv

If you would like to support ARI with a small donation and spread the word, we will be collecting donations through the NGO-focused crowdfunding platform GlobalGiving. Funds will be used to support future participants’ travel costs. https://goto.gg/60943.

For those within Japan with Japanese credit cards, the platform ReadyFor is crowdfunding for educational support costs. https://readyfor.jp/projects/ari (Japanese only)

Finally, ARI hosts many commemoritave and collaborative projects on and off campus. If you are interested in collaborating with us, please contact us at [email protected].

Please use this as one of the means to walk together in the circle of ARI! We look forward to your participation.

Two days to go! Preparations are well underway for the 50th anniversary ceremony and the release of the second crowdfunding campaign!

We are just two days away from our 50th Anniversary Ceremony on Saturday, September 16th.

ARI graduates and their families, 18 in total, have arrived safely at ARI to attend the 50th Anniversary Ceremony!

Their nostalgic visit back is a great opportunity for our past and present to interact on a campus that has changed since they were here.

Please take a look at the live online streaming of the ceremony! Please click the link below to access the site!

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・Program：
13:00-13:45　50th Anniversary Worship Service
Preach：Rev Robert Witmer, UC Canada (Former Director of Theological Seminary for Rural Mission）
14:00-15:45　50th Anniversary Commemorial Service
Keynote Speech：Ardhendu Chatterjee (India, 1976 ARI graduate, Founder of  DRCSC), Tomoko Arakawa (Current Director of ARI)

In conjunction with the 50th Anniversary Celebration, we will also launch a campaign on domestic and international crowdfunding platforms.

In Japan, ReadyFor https://readyfor.jp/projects/ari is a campaign to support training and educational content,

Overseas, GlobalGiving https://goto.gg/60943 will be raising funds through a campaign to support travel expenses. Please join us!

We also have many commemorative and collaborative projects both on and off campus.

If you are interested, please contact us at [email protected].

3 days to go! 50th Anniversary Celebration & Commemorative Crowdfunding #2 – Simultaneous Domestic and International Launch!

ARI Graduates who came to Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary are arriving at the campus one after another.

In conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebration, a campaign will also be launched on domestic and international crowdfunding platforms.

Domestically, the campaign is aiming to support training and educational content on ReadyFor https://readyfor.jp/projects/ari,
Overseas, GlobalGiving https://goto.gg/60943 will be raising funds through a campaign to support travel expenses. Please join us!

The ceremony will also be streamed live online.
https:/ari.ac.jp/en/50th-anniv

・Program：
13:00-13:45　50th Anniversary Worship Service　
Preach：Rev Robert Witmer, UC Canada (Former Director of Theological Seminary for Rural Mission）
14:00-15:45　50th Anniversary Commemorial Service
Keynote Speech：Ardhendu Chatterjee (India, 1976 ARI graduate, Founder of  DRCSC), Tomoko Arakawa (Current Director of ARI)

Many commemorative collaborative projects are ongoing, while more are being planned both on and off campus.

If you are interested, please contact us at [email protected].

ARI’s 50th Anniversary Celebration is only 10 days away!Crowdfunding projects in Japan and abroad are underway!

ARI will hold its 50th anniversary ceremony on Saturday, September 16. The ceremony will be streamed live online. Many commemorative projects and collaborations will be held on and off campus accordingly, including domestic and international crowdfunding projects.

Since our founding in 1973, 1,399 rural leaders from 62 countries have participated in this leadership training. Taking what they learn from Nasushiobara city and giving back to their communities across the world.

Together with our supporters, we have overcome various difficulties to reach our 50th anniversary.
We express our deepest gratitude to all individuals and organizations who have continued to believe in our mission. We hope that you will continue to keep our efforts in your thoughts. Our efforts to nurture dedicated leaders with the skills and wisdom needed to create peace from the soil of rural communities which then spreads out into the world.

To also connect and celebrate with our broad ARI community – graduates active in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific, and those who have supported us in various ways, the 50th anniversary ceremony will be streamed live online.

Online Streaming
Date: Saturday, September 16, 12:45 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
URL: ARI’s 50th anniversary website https://ari.ac.jp/50th-anniv
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Program Contents:
13:00-13:45 50th Anniversary Worship Service
Sermon: Pastor Robert Witmer (Former Director of Theological Seminary of Rural Mission, Missionary sent by the United Church of Canada)
14:00-15:45 50th Anniversary Ceremony
Keynote Speech: Mr. Ardhendu Chatterjee (India, 1976 ARI graduate, Founder, Development Research and Communication Center (DRCSC)), Tomoko Arakawa (Director, ARI)

Crowdfunding Projects
In addition, crowdfunding projects will be launched on September 16 to commemorate the 50th anniversary both domestically and internationally.

In Japan, the crowdfunding platform ReadyFor will be raising funds to create a richer educational environment for students, and overseas, the American crowdfunding platform GlobalGiving will be raising funds for travel expenses for students from developing countries.

Asian Rural Institute 50th Commemorial Service: We are streaming live online!

・Date & Time：September 16th (Sat) 12:45AM～3:45PM
・Where can you watch：ARI 50th Anniversary website

https://ari.ac.jp/50th-anniv

・Program：
13:00-13:45　50th Anniversary Worship Service　
Preach：Rev Robert Witmer, UC Canada (Formal Director of Theological Seminary for Rural Mission）

14:00-15:45　50th Anniversary Commemorial Service
Keynote Speech：Ardhendu Chatterjee (India、1976 ARI graduate, Founder of DRCSC), Tomoko Arakawa (Current Director of ARI)