Tzu Chi Foundation

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This happen in the first month or so of my stay in Taiwan. Lily found a volunteer organization which turned out to be HUGE and importnat; not just in Taiwan but globally as well. I will elaborate later....I always say that, but I have a ton of papers and plans to finish! Quick thing to note in that Tzu Chi is a Buddhist organization and has done a lot of things from education, volunteer and aid work, and health and wellness. They have their own hospital and college! When we visited, there were only a small group of us that went, it was the 20 twentieth anniversary of the Foreign Language Program. We were given a tour and fed. Enjoy the pictures.

Also, this is quite important and interesting, the Tzu Chi Foundation was one of three aid organizations allowed on Ground Zero after 9/11. THe other two were the Red Cross and Salvation Army.

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Photos

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Lily

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We had to take off our shoes when we entered. They gave us socks with little grippies on the bottom.

Translators
The little round things are coffee covered Mochi and the half eaten thing is tofu.