5.  How is Kyodogakusha operated?

 The basic principle of Kyodogakusha is self-reliance.
We, therefore, try to satisfy our own need of food, clothing
and residence by ourselves, considering that these three
features represent "living".  Since we value independence,
our ideal is to support ourselves.  It, however ,takes many
years to become economically independent, even though we do
try to exclude luxury and try to work hard.

  We,therefore, call upon people who agree  with our
ideas and ask them to be supporting members.  The organaization
is operated on a membership system. The supporting members
not only support the organaization financially but also work
together to extend the movement of establishing a society
without any discrimination. The membership fee for a supporting
member is 1,000Yen  a share annually.  Supporting members
can apply for any number of shares and can choose a most
convinient way to pay that fee:  once a year; once in six month;
or once a month.
 
    In addition to the ordinary membership fee, we have
stared to raise an educational and medical treatment fund
since 1979 for the education of the children of the members
residing in any of the Kyodogakusha  houses and for their
medical treatment.  We would be very glad and greateful to
receive contributions for these funds as well as contributions
for other purposes.

   We publish a Kyodogakusha report every three months,
In the Hokkaido region , which holds the most members , a
Neiraku-Shintoku report is published several times a year
in addition.

  We  also hold a meeting in April every year, in Tokyo
for the Shinshu and Kyushu regions and either in Neiraku,Shintoku
 or Sapporo for the Hokkaido region, where most
of our members attend to report the life in each group,as well
as to sell the handicrafts and agricultural prodaucts.


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