KEEP

Phone: 91-55-231-2722

Fax: 91-55-231-2722

E-mail: http://www.keep.or.jp/ja/

Primary Business Address

〒 407-0301 3545, Hokuto

City, Yamanashi Prefecture

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In 1938, Paul Rusch founded KEEP. It was

made for communal learning and develop-

ment.

K E E P

K I Y O S A T O E D U C A T I O N A L

E X P E R I M E N T P R O J E C T ( K E E P )

Made by Shayna and Mina

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Paul Rusch was born in 1897 in Fair-

maunt, Indiana. He grew up in Louis-

ville, Kentucky. Paul Rusch agreed

because he was very curious. His deci-

sion as a result destined the rest of his

life, but there was no way at that time

that he could know about his own des-

tiny. He was 27 years old then and this

was the beginning of his relation with

Japan. In May 1925 he arrived in Ja-

pan and what he first saw was the

Yokohama harbor in devastation due

to the earthquake. He made up his

mind to leave Japan when the recon-

struction 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 per-

suaded strongly by his students.

ABOUT PAUL

RUSCH

C A B I N S F O O D

When Paul Rusch returned to Japan after

WWII, he found the people of Kiyosato

eating potatoes and grains reserved for the

animals, as the high altitude of the Yat-

sugatake Highlands makes growing rice

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.

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/

K I Y O S A T O

E D U C A T I O N A L

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( K E E P )