Each year people in Taiwan throw away 1.8 million metric tones of food – enough to feed 5.5 million starving people in Haiti for one year or provide a nutritious lunch for 230,000 children of low-income families for 20 years? This astonishing figure was revealed at a meeting attended by more than 200 people at the Jing Si Hall, Hualien, on February 18; it wa […]
Rapid action by the Tzu Chi Foundation saved the lives of thousands of patients in Thailand suffering from renal failure after devastating floods closed the factories which make the solution they need. It provided the medication and tools for the dialysis treatment they require.
Tzu Chi volunteers in the central American state of Honduras provided food to 500 relatives of inmates killed in a devastating fire. They helped at a temporary kitchen and provided instant rice sufficient for four to five days.
[ Master's Teachings]Editor's note: The following is Master's teaching given during the Chinese New Year. Despite this, the teaching can be meaningful every day of our life.During Chinese New Year, people wish each other well when they meet. The atmosphere is filled with festivity and joy, and everyone is very happy. Yet, we only celebrate the […]
In a ceremony of gratitude, the Tzu Chi University medical school dedicates another group of donated cadavers to its medical training program. Ceremony program in hand, a donor’s family member remembers a loved one.