The world of Tzu Chi August 2020 (Vol.125)

Tzu Chi Indonesia, working with the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, raised enough money to buy a million Covid-19 test kits, which they then donated to government and medical agencies. Sugianto Kusuma, deputy CEO of Tzu Chi Indonesia, said that the price of the test kits in March was prohibitive, but since they were racing against time tofight the disease, they decided tomake the purchase anyway. Saving lives should take priority over everything else. [Photograph by Arimami Suryo Asmoro] On June 10, 2020, more than 800 needy families in Prek Pnov received a month’s supply of rice, cooking oil and salt from Tzu Chi. As garbage salvagers, plasterers and bricklayers, or street vendors, their income had diminished as a result of the pandemic. Even so, they donated what little money they could spare during the distribution to help others. They wanted to pay forward the love they had received from kind-hearted donors around the world. [Photograph courtesy of Tzu Chi Cambodia] 8 1 2 4 12 10 13 15 14 16 19 18 20 21 23 22 17 5 3 7 9 6 11 Jakarta, Indonesia Phnom Penh, Cambodia The Tzu Chi Foundation has provided anti- coronavirus supplies to the following countries and regions in Asia and Oceania: 1. Korea 2. Japan 3. Taiwan 4. Hong Kong 5. The Philippines 6. Brunei 7. Indonesia 8. Australia 9. American Samoa 10. New Zealand 11. China 12. Vietnam 13. Laos 14. Cambodia 15. Thailand 16. Malaysia 17. Singapore 18. Myanmar 19. Nepal 20. India 21. Sri Lanka 22. Jordan 23. Saipan TZU CHI 125 27