KEEP brochure by Shayna and Mina

KIYOSATO EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT PROJECT (KEEP)

Made by Shayna and Mina

KEEP In 1938, Paul Rusch founded KEEP. It was

K E E P

made for communal learning and development.

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KIYOSATO EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT PROJECT (KEEP)

Primary Business Address

〒 407-0301 3545, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture

Phone: 91-55-231-2722 Fax: 91-55-231-2722 E-mail: http://www.keep.or.jp/ja/

PHONE:81-55-231-2722

ABOUT PAUL RUSCH Paul Rusch was born in 1897 in Fair-

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maunt, Indiana. He grew up in Louis-

When Paul Rusch returned to Japan after

ville, Kentucky. Paul Rusch agreed

WWII, he found the people of Kiyosato

because he was very curious. His deci-

eating potatoes and grains reserved for the

sion as a result destined the rest of his

animals, as the high altitude of the Yat-

life, but there was no way at that time

sugatake Highlands makes growing rice

that he could know about his own destiny. He was 27 years old then and this was the beginning of his relation with Japan. In May 1925 he arrived in Japan and what he first saw was the Yokohama harbor in devastation due

impossible. KEEP introduced dairy farm-

ing with imported Jersey cattle from American donors. The milk produced on the farm was distributed free of charge to local schools as part of KEEP's outreach to the region.

to the earthquake. He made up his mind to leave Japan when the reconstruction of YMCA Halls was on it’s way in 1926, but he continued to stay in Japan as a teaching missionary for Rikkyo University after he was persuaded strongly by his students.

KIYOSATO EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT PROJECT (KEEP)

Primary Business Address 〒 407-0301 3545, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture Kiyosato Takanechō

Phone: 91-55-231-2722 Fax: 91-55-231-2722 E-mail: http://www.keep.or.jp/ja/