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Educational & disaster relief.

Draw the insight from the
acts of generosity of Tzu Chi
Foundation that reflect the
core teaching of Mahayana
Buddhism.
 The Acts of
Generosity of Tzu Chi
Foundation
The famous Tzu Chi Foundation
stands for the Buddhist
Compassion Relief Tzu Chi
Foundation, Republic of China.
Literally "Compassionate Relief", Tzu
Chi is an international humanitarian
organization and a non-
governmental organization (NGO)
with an international network of
volunteers and employees. Tzu Chi
Foundation has been awarded a
special consultative status at the
United Nations Economic and Social
Council.
Tzu Chi Foundation has many
sub-organizations such as the
Tzu Chi International Medical
Association (TIMA) and also
the Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth
Association (Tzu Ching).
Buddhist nun Master Cheng Yen on May
14, 1966 established The Tzu Chi
Foundation as a charity organization
with Buddhist origins in Hualien, Taiwan.
She was inspired by her master and
mentor, the late Venerable Master Yin
Shun (Yìn Shùn dǎoshī) a proponent of
Humanistic Buddhism, who encouraged
her to "work for Buddhism and for all
sentient beings".
The organization thus started
with a motto of "instructing the
rich and saving the poor" as a
group of thirty housewives who
donated a small amount of
money each day to care for needy
families.
Tzu Chi Foundation has grown to become a
significant actor in civil society, with
approximately 10 million members, and
chapters in 47 countries.
Tzu Chi has grown to become not only the
largest Buddhist organization in Taiwan,[7]
but also Taiwan's largest owner of private
land.
The 4 major causes of the Tzu Chi Foundation are
Charity, Medicine, Education, & Humanity, as
emphasized by the official motto, or concept of
"Four endeavors, eight footprints".
The eight footprints are charity causes, medical
contributions, education development,
humanities, international disaster assistance,
bone-marrow donation, community volunteerism,
and environmental protection.
 Tzu Chi Foundation’s variety of causes include
case management, medical, educational &
disaster relief. The organization builds &
operates many hospitals and schools, w/
outreach efforts that range from visits to
nursing homes to providing bone marrow
surgery, as well as offering items such as
washing machines to struggling single mothers.
 The television "Da Ai" network operates
with its own news and television
programming. Chinese schools have also
been established abroad, such as in
Australia and the United States, which apart
from teaching Chinese and sign language
also guides students in ways of compassion
and community service.
 A remarkable segment of funds raised by
Tzu Chi revolves around environmentally
friendly goals in encouraging the recycling
of items such as water bottles as well as
using reusable items or reusing items to
reduce waste. The foundation operates
over 4,500 recycling stations throughout
Taiwan.
 One of the foundation's projects is
the recycling of polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles
for textiles. The project, which was
started in 2006, collects PET plastic
bottles and recycles them into cloth.
 It is claimed that as of September 2008, some
11,856,000 bottles were used to make more
than 152,000 polyester blankets, many of which
have been distributed as part of Tzu Chi's
disaster relief programs. Other items made with
the recycled resins include thermal underwear,
T-shirts, hospital bed sheets, medical gowns and
uniforms for Tzu Chi volunteers.
 On November 18, 2012, in the
aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the
organization announced a donation of
$10 million in the form of $300 and
$600 Visa debit cards to those
affected in the New York and New
Jersey area.
Tzu Chi Foundation is distributed in 47 countries
and regions including USA, Canada, Australia,
Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and
various locations in Asia, Europe and Africa.
In the Philippines, the Tzu Chi donated 30
million pesos for the rehabilitation of Tacloban’s
Sto. Nino Church after the super typhoon
Yolanda devastatingly struck the land. 
Tzu Chi missions are a network of universal love.
Tzu Chi works in the missions of charity,
medicine, education and humanitarian with the
spirit of sincerity, integrity, trust and honesty.
They believe in the equality of all beings and the
Buddha-nature latent in every person. Through
charity, the rich can obtain blessings and joy
while the poor can receive security and peace.
 With love, compassion, joy and selfless giving,
Tzu Chi members strive to bring about the pure
world of Tzu Chi through helping the needy,
giving joy and eliminating suffering. They invite
all people of goodwill to join in purifying minds,
pacifying the society & working towards a
disaster-free world. They should respect all life
equally. They provide humanitarian assistance
wherever disasters occur.
What have you learned
from Tzu Chi
Foundation?