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

1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 17 15 16 10 2 1. Russia 2. Ukraine 3. Sweden 4. Norway 5. The United Kingdom 6. Denmark 7. The Netherlands 8. Germany 9. Belgium 10. France 11. Switzerland 12. Austria 13. Bosnia 14. Italy 15. Spain 16. Portugal 17. The Vatican City The Tzu Chi Foundation has provided anti-coronavirus supplies to the following countries in Europe: The United Kingdom The pandemic peaked in the United Kingdom in April. Tzu Chi’s anti-coronavirus supplies started arriving in the country on April 21, 2020, including 200,000 masks and protective gowns, which were subsequently donated to institutions in London, Cambridge, Oxford, Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Malvern. Medical workers at Homerton University Hospital told volunteers that they had felt completely helpless when they saw their co-workers knocked down one after another by Covid-19, and so were deeply grateful to Tzu Chi for the donation. [Photograph courtesy of Lu Jia-hua] In February, when the coronavirus situation in China was severe, a Tzu Chi volunteer in China, with the help of a friend in Moscow, purchased 6,000 masks from Russia. Later, when the pandemic went out of control in Russia—the number of confirmed cases there hit 500,000 in June—the foundation sent medical supplies to that country to help them fight the infection. [Photograph by Wang Yun-xiu] Russia Let Love Travel During Covid-19 TZU CHI 125 33