June 2010
Issue
USA Edition
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Left:
Tzu
Chi
volunteer
talking to local resident while assessing the damages
by Tropical Storm Agatha.
Right: Local volunteers in Leon practice how to show gratitude and respect to aid recipients at relief distributions during a Tzu Chi volunteer training. |
Tropical
Storm
Agatha
caused
severe
damages
in
Guatemala,
as
well
as
in
parts
of
El
Salvador
and
Honduras.
On
June
1,
Tzu
Chi
volunteers
mobilized
to
pack
and deliver clothes, blankets, hot chocolate and food to 32
households (136 people) that were placed in an evacuation shelter. In
Guatemala, after assessing damages, volunteers distributed aid to over
200 households (around 1,000 people). To read the story about the
distribution in El Salvador, please click here.
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From
June
24-27,
Tzu
Chi
volunteers
from
Los
Angeles,
San
Diego
and
Las
Vegas
traveled
to
Mexico City and the City of Leon to distribute aid to
over 300 poverty-stricken families, visit rehabilitation center and
nursing home, and hold new volunteer training. Approximately 70
volunteers from
Mexico City and the City of Leon also joined in to prepare and/or
distribute aid. During the distribution, an aid recipient cried and
said, “I have
suffered so much from starvation… every night I kneel down to pray for
blessings from God, but I can’t believe that the first group of people
to lend a helping hand comes from a Buddhist organization.” To read
more about the story, please click here.
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Left:
Volunteers
from
Haiti
perform the song "One Family"
together with volunteers from different countries.
Right: Attendees at the global training retreat in Taipei, where for the first time volunteers from Haiti are present. |
In
Port-au-Prince, a local volunteer, Jean Denis, has built temporary
classrooms in the open air. The terrible earthquake reduced many
schools to rubble but this has not stopped students and teachers from
standing up again. Love, which Tzu Chi has helped to bring, is sowing
the seeds of kindness, giving and love. To read more about this
story, please click here.
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For
the
first
time,
volunteers
from
Haiti
attended
Tzu
Chi’s
annual
global
training
retreat
in
Taipei.
A
total
of
1,035
volunteers
from
30
countries
in
five
continents took part in the training, which ran from
June 20-24. To read more about the story, please click here.
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Left:
Parents
accompany
the
graduates to attend the graduation ceremony.
Right: Graduates show
gratitude to their parents at the graduation ceremony.
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In
June, graduation ceremonies were held at the Tzu Chi Academies
throughout North America. The academies provide lessons in Chinese and
humanities during weekends. The purpose of Tzu Chi Academies is to
bring good manners and etiquettes into the daily life of students, and
to lead the students toward the right path in life. To read more
about the Tzu Chi Academies and the graduation ceremonies, please click
here.
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2010
Summer
Quarter
of
Tzu
Chi’s
Community
Education
Program
is
coming
up.
For
more
information
about
upcoming
classes outside of the Los Angeles area,
please
contact
your
regional
office. For more
information about upcoming classes in the Los Angeles area, click here.
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More
than
35
episodes
of
US
Tzu
Chi
360 video program are available on
Tzu Chi USA website. US Tzu Chi 360 program features stories of Tzu Chi
and its volunteers in the Americas. To watch the videos, please
click here.
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Tzu
Chi
USA
headquarters
has
several
job openings. To learn more
about the open positions, please
click here
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Living
with
a
sense
of
mission
is
to
go
beyond
just
doing
one's
work
adequately
and
fulfilling
one's
duties.
Of
course,
faithfully
carrying
out
one's
responsibilities
is
laudable, but if we stop at that, our
life will be but a normal, tepid routine. If we can instead seek to do
more---think of ways to improve our work and help make this world a
better place---our life will take on new meaning. In living with a
sense of mission, our true potential unfolds. To read the
full article, please click here.
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About Tzu Chi Tzu
Chi
Foundation
was
established
in
1966
by
Dharma
Master
Cheng
Yen.
Since
then,
Tzu
Chi
has
grown
to
be
an
international
humanitarian
organization
with
over
5
million
members
in
48
countries,
providing
relief
in
70
countries.
The
foundation
dedicates
itself
in
the
fields
of
charity,
medicine,
education,
environmental
protection,
international
relief
work
and
the
establishment
of
the
world's
third
largest
bone marrow donor registry. It also promotes humanistic values
and community volunteerism.
In
1984,
Tzu
Chi
Foundation
in
the
U.S.
was
established
in
California
as
a
non-profit
501(c)(3)
charitable
organization.
Since
then,
85
branch
offices
and
facilities
in
24
states
have
been
established
with
over
100,000
members
in
the
U.S.
working
to
make
a
difference
in
their
local
communities.
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