AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ASIAN RURAL INS
PO BOX 70, KAWKAWLIN, MI 486310070

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF AFARI IS TO BROADEN AND DEEPEN SUPPORT IN NORTH AMERICA, AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, FOR THE WORK OF THE ASIAN INSTITUTE IN JAPAN. TO CARRY OUT THIS MISSION AFARI RAISES DIRECT SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT AND ASSISTS ARI IN ITS EDUCATION EFFORTS. AFARI ALSO COORDINATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARI VIA THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH THROUGH ITS ADVANCE SPECIAL PROGRAM AND IS INSTRUMENTAL IN SIGNIFICANT CHURCH DENOMINATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARI.

SCHOLARSHIPS: EACH YEAR AFARI PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 3 TO 6 PARTICIPANTS IN ARI'S TRAINING PROGRAM IN RURAL JAPAN. THESE RURAL LEADERS, BOTH WOMEN AND MEN, FROM ASIA, AFRICA, AND THE PACIFIC, WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE MARGINALIZED GROUPS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

INDIRECT AND COOPERATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS: IN ADDITION TO ITS DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARI, AFARI FACILITATES ADDITIONAL INDIRECT AND COOPERATIVE CASH CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARI. CONTRIBUTIONS FACILITATED BY AFARI INCLUDED 344,896 FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS REMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE ASIAN RURAL INSTITUTE AND AN ADDITIONAL 3,543 REMITTED THROUGH THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

PRINTING, MAILING, STAFF TIME AND OTHER SUPPORT: AFARI SUPPORTS ARI'S MISSION OF EDUCATING SOCIETY ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF TRAINING RURAL LEADERS AS AN INNOVATIVE RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY BY DISTRIBUTING ARI'S EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS IN NORTH AMERICA.

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