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What is KYODOGAKUSHA ?


And in everything,as we　know , the Spirit
co‐operates for good with  those who  love God
and　are called according  to his purpose．
 　　　　　　　　　　　　Roman 8：28

A body is not   one Single organ,but many.
・・・・those organs　of the　body which seem to be
more frail  than others are indispensable，and　
those parts of　the body which we regard as　less
 honourable are　treated  with special  honour．．
・・・so that  there might  be no sense of division  
in  the body，but  that all its organs might…
feel  the same concern for one another．If one 
organ  suffers, they all suffer together. If 
 one f1ourishes，they  all rejoice together．
Now you  are Christ"s body‐and eaoh of you a 
limb or organ of it．
　　　　　　　　　　　　�櫃orinthians 12:14-27
（The New English   Bible）


1．What is Kyodogakusha？・Basic princip1e of the
organization
0ne of the biggest problems of the  Japanese society
today is its competitivness．

 The purposes of life and value judgements are in many 
cases based on this principle of competition．
 Many  people believe  that competition is an essential
factor for progress．

 The goal of education is to train and raise people who will  
value efficiency,profitablity and formality.

　This competitive society naturally separates the losers
from the winners．
 The losers are treated as useless and unimportant．

The Japanese school education system has helped  this 
tendency to develop.  Under such circumstances，slow learners、
unusual or handicapped children have hardly been treated with 
respect,love or care．

 These children may havereceived sympathy from other”normal”
ones due to their recognized as equal deformities,but they have 
never been recognized　human  beings． 

 Since people only make much of efficiency high results,
they have lost the ability to understand and  cooperate with others．

 The members of Kyodogakusha have been deeply disappointed
that today's educational reality is far from what it should be．
We have also been depressed to think that in education might 
lead to social disaster someday‐this distortion

Extreme attacbment to money is the second characteristic of 
this competitive society.  
 In  this materially affluent socciety  where we can satisfy all
our needs without
with our own hands and body，there are few opportunities　for 
children  to develop their creativity. 

People have become automations  in this  contorolled  society  
without  their even noticing  it．

 Furthermore,today's city life has deprived people  of their 
chances to feel the beauty of nature．
 The social welfare system．which is supposed to help
people live a more human life．has not functioned well
either．It has failed to check the increase of psychological
and physical problems which are increasing in direct proportion
to the developement of science,medicine and  technology.

 Moreover ,welfare business itself has been controlled by the
bereaucray and has made the problems even bigger.
 It should not be the human way to discern and segregate the
handicapped from the normal children by merely implementing
an IQ test.  "Welfare" should not mean "safe control" .  Rather,
those who are handicapped should  be sought in the society.

Nobody is perfect. We should accept our incompletenses,or
weakness,make full use of the abilities we have and cooperate
with each ather in order to improve this society. Even thougu
the reality of the Japanese society is far from being ideal,
we hope to create a cooperative society through the  youngsters,
a society in which everybody can fully utilize the
power he or she has.

 We believe that the Japanese society will not be improved
fundamentally unless  we change our inner value judgements.
 We have to prove that a cooperative society is more human
than a competitive society and that the formation of such
a coopertive sosiety  becomes possible only when we believe
that every human being is equal before God. Kyodougakusha is
a group founded with these ideals and it functions as an
educational society and a farming family aiming to be selfreliant.

 2.   Where are the Kyodogakusha groups located and what do we do? (English)