On December 24, 2016: Buddhist monks and nuns from Bình Định Province, representatives of the Tu Bi Foundation, presented 600 gifts to flood-affected farmers who damaged the rice fields. Total expenditure $6000 U.S.
1. Hoài Ân district, Ân Mỹ and Ân Tín communes. Ân Hào Đông commune, 100 gifts at Binh Son Temple – Venerable Quảng Nhuận.
2. Tuy Phước – Phước Hòa: 150 gifts at Kim Thanh Temple – Bhikkhunī Đồng Phụng. 150 gifts at Luật Bình Temple, Venerable Thích Hữu Thông.
Dear Benefactors;
Tu Bi Foundation is sincerely grateful to our benefactors Concept Solutions, friends from Norway and Vietnam for their help in the gifting project for Lunar New Year in Vinh Long and Binh Duong Province possible. Our purpose is not only provide New Year gift, but to give the association an opportunity persuade parents to not let their children drop out of school. Special for this trip we have sister Phong from Norway tending to the project in person.
In addition to rice, noodles, fish, cucumber, … we also give them prayer beads to encourage them to pray to any religion. In extreme suffering, everyone has dreams …
The association also gave milk for children, slippers, clothes, and mattresses for children to sleep on instead of the floor. The last time when visited, a family asked for a mattress because the new husband just had surgery. We bought a new bed for our family. We feel that this immediate help is practical and is urgent need of the poor. We also visited the children who were escaped from the life gathering trash and are now in care at the temple so they can go to school.
Thankfully Venerable Thich Thien Hue has promised every year that he will bring New Year gift to poor households living near the landfill in Vinh Long.
Video clips of poor people living near the landfill.
Sincerely,
Tu Bi Foundation
Dear Benefactors,
When we hear stories about the lives of those who live using the rubbish we emit daily, we want to do one something to help but we do not know of a practical way to be of assistance.
On 23/12/2015, Lieu Duyen and her friend from Norway visited some families living on the island at Vinh Long that survive by picking up nylon bags from the garbage that we emit daily. At the same time we went to the garbage dump with the workers and gather nylon garbage bags.
Surrounded by pollution, it is difficult to imagine that anyone can survive in such environment. But here there are hundreds of families from parents to children gathering trash. LD only worked with them for 30 minutes and became dizzy with headache. Her hands were swollen from using borrowing their gloves. This direct interaction gave LD an understanding of their difficult life and wish to find a way to help them.
Tu Bi Foundation
Peaceful Pure Water Well, 3/29/2015 – Remembrance and Appreciation
Dear Benefactors;
Below are some pictures of the 15 wells in Cà Mâu and 7 wells in India to commemorate in appreciation to the late Venerable Thích Trí Tịnh.
Lieu Duyen has been involved in charitable activities in Vietnam many times, but she usually travel from September to December. Traveling in March is not as easy because of the susceptibility to ‘heat stroke’ since the temperature range from 100-103′ F. For 2 days in a row we were outdoor the entire day – riding a motorbike, taxi, boat, and working with the locals in U Minh province. So by the time we return to Saigon, we needed an entire day of rest, we discovered our skin was burned because we didn’t have experience doing charity during the hot season (next time we will apply many layers of sun protection).
Lieu Duyen and Ms. Nghia represent Tu Bi Foundation, traveling via Phuong Trang Guest Car from Saigon to Ca Mau over night. By the time we reach Ca Mau, we only have time to change our clothes, eat breakfast, and proceed directly to inaugurate the bridge at U Minh. At Ca Mau, the elders in the Buddhist charity group were incredible, enthusiastic and hard working. The joy of doing charity work in remote areas is that the local authorities are very concern for the people and are grateful for the gifts that we built for their region. People are happy, their happiness is clearly visible on their faces. In their house they have grown bananas and papayas which they present freshly picked for the delegation.
The Peaceful Pure Water Project was very meaningful to us as it is a program that Buddhist groups in Virginia, California, and Maryland have contributed to commemorate in gratitude to the late Venerable Thích Trí Tịnh. Thanks to his translation and compilation, many generations have access to sutras to study and chanting.
Tu Bi Foundation has built seven wells in India on the 49th day of the venerable passing. On the 1 year anniversary, the Peaceful Pure Water Well Project have completed construction of 15 wells in U Minh and Ca Mau province – our sincere appreciation and remembrance.
In India, Venerable Tánh Tuệ dedication and continuous effort to go from one village to another to build water well accessible to more than 50 families. We would like to thank you for your hard work in our programs to benefit all sentient beings.
U Minh province is an agricultural area, mostly forest with no roads – it is only accessible by boat. The distance between homes is very remote so choosing a location that is accessible for many families to share was not an easy task. It took the entire day for the delegation to travel to all 15 water wells. Without these wells, the families will have to bathe and wash their clothes in water ponds nearby and use rainwater to drink.
Most of the families who receive water wells are ethnic minority living in remote region; hence, their understanding is limited so we need to go to each well to examine the odor and check for alum. We also remind them to get/use the water regularly to maintain it’s quality.
In the past, there was a family that receive a well water but didn’t know how to use it, instead of pumping water from the well they took water from a nearby pond and poured it into the well. So the well water became red with alum. Since then LD has asked local officials to explain clearly to people on how to use the water well when construction is done.
After finishing the work, we boarded Phuong Trang guest car to travel overnight back to Saigon and Lieu Duyen return to the United States.
Much appreciation to Buddhist donors in VA, CA and MD
Tu Bi Foundation
Gift for the Blind at Q7 SGN
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CTD Association of Quảng Ngãi Province in cooperation with Tu Bi Foundation, USA
Helping the poor affected by recent flood
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Quảng Ngãi Province
Tịnh Ấn Đông
2014-01-25
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