Shih Cheng Yen's Blog, page 38
May 13, 2020
Tzu Chi Overcame Lockdown to Deliver Bone Marrow to Singapore
In April 2020, a charter flight from Singapore landed in Hualien, east Taiwan, and left an hour later on the return journey carrying the bone marrow that saved the life of a 40-year-old woman. It was the first time that the Tzu Chi Stems Cell Center has handed over the precious material via an international transit charter flight. This was made possible by the full support of the Hualien airport, the Hualien County and Health Bureau and the Aviation Police.
April 22, 2020
Tzu Chi Reaches Out to Communities
Facing the terrible danger of COVID-19, the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation is helping individuals, communities, hospitals and institutions to fight the disease. Tzu Chi volunteers around the world have mobilized, and are providing protective equipment and other material to many places across 36 countries and regions around the world.
March 18, 2020
Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital Provides Chinese Medicine Drink to Boost Immunity
As coronavirus pandemic continues to escalate globally, prevention and self-care for boosting immunity is very important. This also stands true for Chinese health tradition of spring season that is officially here in the beginning of March. Dr. Chien Souhsin, superintendent of Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital sincerely expressed his gratitude to clinical professionals who are doing their best in preventing this pandemic. On March 6, he personally delivered the Health Boosting Drink, developed by Chinese Medicine Department based on ancient prescription, to clinical staff as a token of appreciation and also for prevention measures. After they took in the hot drink with a bitter sweet aftertaste, they thank the superintendent for his encouragement.
March 6, 2020
Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital Helps the Intl. Airport for Epidemic Prevention
Due to escalation of the new coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19), Taiwan Centers for Disease Control required all passengers entering Taiwan to fill out a health declaration for early detection of suspected cases. Any sign of fever will be reported and the passenger will be hospitalized for further examination. Others with only respiratory symptoms will be checked at the airport. To collaborate with the government prevention program, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital sends doctors to Taoyuan International Airport to staff the frontline of epidemic quarantine. With everyone working together, epidemic prevention can be firmly in place and diligently carried out.
March 3, 2020
Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital Sets up External Negative Pressure Specimen Collection
To strengthen epidemic prevention, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital reengineers diagnostic and specimen collection procedures and traffic flow for patients suspected of having flu or coronavirus to a one-stop service. Also, a one-stop medicine pick-up window is setup for patients with continuous prescription. This pick-up window is another convenient service to protect patients so that they avoid going inside the hospital. On February 24, two external negative pressure rooms are setup for the important job of collecting specimen under protected environment for both visitors and medical personnel. Deputy superintendent Dr. Wu Binan said, “Every hospital serves as an important stronghold during epidemic prevention period. Hospital needs to diligently control infection to prevent the spread of epidemic and to well protect every staff who are precious to the hospital operation.
January 31, 2020
Protect Yourself from the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization*. Here are some simple everyday habits you can adopt to protect yourself and your loved ones.
December 26, 2019
Dharma as Water, Vol. 3
Personal experience led Dharma Master Wu-da, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty, to write the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance so that others might understand the truth of reincarnation and the karmic law of cause and effect.
April 18, 2019
April 17, 2019
Tzu Chi University Presidential Search Announcement
I. Tzu Chi University is inviting nominations and applications for its next president.
April 2, 2019
Bring Love to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi
How many people can you serve from a pot of soup made out of a cup of beans -- a family of four? No, in Mozambique, devastated by Cyclone Idai, the pot of soup was served to 44 people. And that was their only meal of the day. Idai has brought devastated three African countries and people are struggling to survive.Cyclone Idai is one of the worst natural disasters to have affected Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi over the past 20 years. It caused catastrophic damage, flooded over 2,300 square kilometers, left more than 700 people dead and affected over one million people. Upon hearing the news, Tzu Chi volunteers in southern Africa and Taiwan have mobilized, and begun relief work.
Our Route
From Taiwan to Southern Africa: Tzu Chi is sending rice, and preparing emergency relief funds and eco-friendly blankets. At the same time, they need the love and blessings of all of us.
From South Africa to Blantyre, Malawi: distributing corn powder, and building 70 brick houses.
From Zimbabwe’s Harare to Chimanimani: providing bread and clean water; and later giving hot meals, blankets, mosquito nets, and water purification tablets.
From Mozambique’s Maputo to Beira and outlying neighborhoods: providing food, blankets, mosquito nets, medicines and medical services.
Our Action
Emergency food supply: providing rice and corn powder to nearly 10,000 families. Each household needs about NTD$1,000 (US$32.39).- Emergency disease prevention: providing over 10,000 bottles of water purification tablets, and 100,000 mosquito nets.
- Emergency livelihood supplies: provide blankets and emergency livelihood supplies.
- Education program: providing schools supplies, and evaluate how to rebuild damaged school buildings.
- Long term housing: house rebuilding, portable toilets, digging of wells
- Emergency medical support: providing needed medicines.
Reach out
Save a cup of coffee a day for 30 days and you can buy bricks to build permanent homes.
Save a cup of coffee a day for 30 days and you can fill up a livelihood bag for survivors.
Let us reach out to help those affected by Cyclone Idai! Please extend your love!
Note: The mid- to long-term disaster relief plan will be evaluated and planned according to the needs.
