The world of Tzu Chi September-October 2021 (Vol.137)

TZU CHI 137 41 lobal News Report by the Tzu Chi Documenting Team Translated by the Translating Team Photos courtesy of Tzu Chi Taiwan It has been four years since Father Zucchi Olibrice, a Tzu Chi volunteer in Haiti, began providing hot meals five days a week to elderly people who live alone or with disabilities, as well as over 17,000 students. In 2021, Tzu Chi Haiti distributed rice from Taiwan to 500 care recipient families, with each family receiving two 10-kg bags, enough to feed them for two to three months. Volunteers in Honduras have also been providing hot meals to school children. They also distributed rice and shared harvest produce from the Great Love Farm with underprivileged families. Likewise, volunteers in the Dominican Republic organized a large-scale relief distribution to 475 needy families in May this year. Taiwan 02.09.2021 Inaugural Batch of BNT Vaccines Arrives in Taiwan On September 2, 2021 morning, the first batch of 932,000 doses of the Pfizer- BioNTech (BNT) Covid-19 vaccine arrived at Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan. They were the first of 15 million doses purchased through the joint efforts of the Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), and Yong Lin Charity and Education Foundation (YLCEF) of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (HHPIC). Yen Po-Wen, CEO of Tzu Chi Charity Mission, expressed his gratitude to the Government and the two partners for their persistent efforts, as well as the many entrepreneurs and Tzu Chi members for their love and support in safeguarding the health of the locals. Central & South America 08.2021 Love from Taiwan Extends to Central and South America