Details of Tzu Chi Charity Foundation

Tzu Chi Charity Foundation was founded by Master Yan Zheng on 1966 in a corner of Hualien in eastern Taiwan Province. At first, 30 housewives saved 50 cents a day and put them in bamboo tubes. Together with five apprentices, each of them added a pair of baby shoes every day. Tzu Chi was founded in the spirit of self-denial, diligence and overcoming difficulties, and began to take pleasure in helping the poor.

On June 5438+1October 65438+April 2008, Tzu Chi Charity Foundation was established with the approval of the State Council. With an initial capital of 1 100 million yuan, it became the first national foundation set up by a non-profit organization in China and managed by the State Bureau of Religious Affairs. 20 10 On August 20th, Suzhou Jingsi College held a listing ceremony.

Chinese name: Tzu Chi Charity Foundation mbth: Tzu Chi Relief Foundation Taiwan Province Province was established in April 2008 1966 (March 24th of the lunar calendar) and the mainland was established in 2008 10/4? Founder: Cheng Yen Type: Introduction to Charitable Organizations, 48 Laws, Charity, Medical Care, Education, Humanities, bone marrow donor, Environmental Protection, Community Volunteers, International Disaster Relief, Global Tzu Chi, Charity Projects, Board of Directors, Members, Date of Board of Directors, Introduction 1966 Master Yan Zheng was founded in a corner of Hualien, Dongtai Bay Province, and was originally composed of 30 housewives. Put it in a bamboo tube, take five apprentices, each with a pair of baby shoes every day, set up Tzu Chi in the spirit of self-denial, thrift and overcoming difficulties, and began to help the poor and pull out the hardships for fun. Tzu Chi's aspirations range from charity to medical care, education and humanities. From remote Hualien to five continents, 47 countries have branches or liaison offices, and so far more than 7 1 countries and regions have received assistance. Tzu Chi volunteers are grateful and sincerely care for and comfort every victim. With the approval of the State Council, Tzu Chi Charity Foundation set up a foundation in Chinese mainland, becoming the first and only national foundation set up by a non-profit organization in Chinese mainland. Its listing ceremony was held in Suzhou Jingsi College on August 20th, 20 10. Although the footprint of compassion has spread all over the world, there are still frequent disasters in the world. The master earnestly urged "too late, too late!" ",call on everyone to speed up the pace, gather the power of kindness and love, practice self-denial together and return to a simple life. Therefore, at the beginning of the forty-first year of Tzu Chi, the master called for "returning to the bamboo tube years" and called on the bodhisattvas on earth to recruit more students, speed up the pace of purifying people's hearts and start a journey to save suffering. Invite all good people in the world to join hands with Fukuda; Diligent pistachio lotus, a club that makes love together. Pray for joint efforts to purify people's hearts, achieve social harmony and save the world from disaster. Tzu Chi volunteers adhere to the inner cultivation of "sincerity, integrity and faithfulness". The layman's concept of "kindness, sadness, happiness and abandonment", with the humanistic feelings of "people hurt me, people suffer and I grieve", transcends the boundaries of race, country, language, skin color and religious belief, and pursues the ambition of entering the WTO with the spirit of being born, which not only makes "great love" a universal value, but also brings the humanistic spirit in China's cultural heritage into full play. Tzu Chi volunteers promote charity, medical care, education and humanities, which are collectively called the "four great ambitions"; In addition, bone marrow donor, environmental protection, community volunteers and overseas disaster relief have also been put into operation, and these eight items have been promoted at the same time, which is called "one step and eight printing methods". The law of charity "lights a lamp in the darkest corner;" Make a fire on the coldest road. Philanthropy ranges from helping vulnerable families to caring for souls, including long-term assistance, emergency assistance, home care and overseas charity. Tzu Chi not only attaches importance to the effectiveness of relief, but also attaches importance to inspiring human nature-"teaching the rich to help the poor", that is, the rich enjoy giving, learn to give love to help the poor and find the meaning of life. "Help the poor and teach the rich to help the poor" inspires the poor with love, lets them walk out of the trough of life, and makes more and more people willing to do their part and grow through giving. Teach the rich to help the poor, and help the poor to teach the charity experience of Taiwan Province Province. Because of its great love, it has drawn 47 countries and 345 contact points around the world, leaving love footprints in 69 countries around the world, war-torn Afghanistan, Kosovo and Luanda; Outer Mongolia and North Korea where people's livelihood is difficult; Turkey, Iran and El Salvador, the hardest hit areas of the earthquake; Tzu Chi volunteers in tsunami-stricken areas in Indonesia, the Philippines, Dominica, South Asia, and even hurricane-stricken areas in the United States and flood-stricken areas in Bolivia have always loved each other regardless of religion or race. Adhering to the gratitude of "teaching the rich to help the poor and helping the poor to teach the rich", it is both sad and wise. Just like Tzu Chi volunteers in South Africa, they have set up more than 500 vocational training courses for local women to teach them skills. These black women later dedicated their love and traveled long distances to take care of AIDS patients in the community. When Hurricane Katrina ravaged the United States, Tzu Chi volunteers tried their best to raise money for disaster relief. In Hongxi River, Indonesia, after the flood, Tzu Chi adopted a five-pronged approach of "cleaning, disinfection, distribution, free clinic and building Aida village", allowing tens of thousands of victims to receive free clinic, and building a brand-new Aida village community, free clinic center, Tzu Chi school and Islamic church. Tzu Chi is grateful, respectful and dedicated, and encourages villagers to help and love each other. Now, the residents of Aida Village have started to do environmental protection and joined the ranks of volunteers. In addition to self-reliance, the Indonesian Muslim Buddhist Institute also provides voluntary services with the long-term assistance of Tzu Chi-50 tons of rice per month, as well as the love and interaction of volunteers. The dean of Xijing Academy even hung the portrait of Master Yan Zheng in the classroom to show his respect and gratitude, which also symbolizes that true selfless love has no distance and transcends all obstacles in the world. At the forefront, until the century flood occurred in 199 1 central and eastern Chinese mainland, Tzu Chi Foundation adhered to the principle of "directness, emphasis, respect, pragmatism and timeliness" and carried out charitable work with the support of leaders at all levels. Tzu Chi volunteers pay their own travel expenses and never stop doing charity work every year, regardless of hardships. In Jiangsu, Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong and other 27 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, various charity work has been carried out, and people in flood, snowstorm and earthquake-stricken areas have been given livelihood materials, new villages, nursing homes, welfare homes and Hope China Primary School have been aided, scholarships for clearing the cold have been provided, water cellars have been built, people have been relocated to villages, and food, clothes and quilts have been distributed in winter. On May 12, 2008, a strong earthquake struck Wenchuan. On May 14, Tzu Chi volunteers rushed to the disaster area. On May 65438+May 5, Tzu Chi volunteers around the world launched the "Tzu Chi Sichuan and Myanmar Suffering, Caring for Kindness, Gathering Happiness" fund-raising activity, which opened up everyone's charity and gathered the resonance of kindness and blessings of love. Tzu Chi set up disaster relief service points to provide hot food supply, free clinic service and psychological care, and encouraged the affected villagers to join volunteers to help them out of their grief. It is gratifying and reassuring to see the villagers encouraging and caring for each other from sadness to smile. Tzu Chi mobilized medical teams to participate in free clinics, visit villagers and protect their lives and health. Tzu Chi's post-earthquake reconstruction in Sichuan will be carried out in three stages in four years, with the spirit of "first step, then step" to help the victims rebuild their homes. In the planning of permanent housing and campus reconstruction, it is necessary to help the disaster-stricken areas to build simple classrooms and temples that can be used for more than three years, and provide a shelter from the wind and rain, cold and summer, so that the victims can settle down temporarily, buffer the learning environment of students, and urge the victims to get out of the haze and regain their vitality. Then Tzu Chi will invest in Project Hope, and a total of 13 schools have started or are under planning. Out of compassionate care, people with strict medical care found that most people were poor because of illness in charity work, so they first set up free clinics for the poor and then established hospitals. More than ten years' experience in poverty alleviation has taught me that "disease is the root of pain and the origin of poverty", and relief work can only treat the symptoms, and "preventing poverty and stopping diseases" is the fundamental way. Therefore, with compassion, I once again shouldered the heavy burden and vowed to build a hospital for the people of Dongtai Bay Province who lack medical facilities, taking patients as the center, promoting the vision of "people-oriented, respecting life" and improving the medical level in East Taiwan Province. 1979, the master initiated the grand dream of building the hospital, and the preparation process was tortuous and difficult. Finally, under the call of "Fukuda invites good people from all over the world, lotus hearts create Tzu Chi for all over the world", both vendors and entrepreneurs gathered a trickle of love and built hospitals. 1In August, 986, the Buddhist Tzu Chi Hospital stood in Hualien, opening a new milestone in Tzu Chi's medical career of "caring for students and caring for love". At present, there are other general hospitals in Taiwan Province Province, such as Hualien Yuli, Taitung Guanshan, Chiayi Dalin, Taipei Xindian and Taichung Tanzi. At the same time, the system of "medical volunteers" is promoted to cooperate with the medical team to achieve "four comprehensive" care for the whole process, the whole family and the whole team and achieve the goal of "integrated care for body, mind and spirit". In addition, from point to line, Tzu Chi Medical Popularization has launched a medical network all over Taiwan Province through free clinics, in rural areas, from urban to rural areas, at the top of the mountain and by the water. Tzu Chi's medical philosophy is patient-centered and community-oriented. The bounden duty of medical staff is to use professional knowledge and skills to send the progress and benefits of modern medicine to people in need in all corners of society. "The patient can't come, we have to walk over! Tzu Chi has expanded its medical network to take care of areas with poor medical conditions, including poor households, street friends, aborigines and elderly people living alone. Volunteers from all over the world, like avalokitesvara, take the initiative to find patients in need and help them seek medical treatment or report home visits. TIMA medical service network protects poor Tzu Chi patients with the concept of life equality, so that the poor can get free medical treatment without medical deposit, and establishes Tzu Chi International Medical Association; At present, there are 58 strongholds and more than 7,000 medical professional volunteers in1/kloc-0 countries around the world, forming an organized and systematic global medical service network. In the Sichuan earthquake, many Tzu Chi volunteers went to the free clinic. They are all medical staff of Tzu Chi Hospital and members of the International People's Medical Association. Volunteers of the People's Medical Association usually take care of poor patients in their places of residence and provide general free clinic services including surgery. If there is an international disaster, they will also cooperate with Tzu Chi's disaster relief operations and carry out medical rescue work. By the end of 65438+February 2008, free clinics have been provided in 39 countries around the world, serving more than1500,000 person-times, providing free clinics for remote and poor medical resources, and also providing large-scale transnational free clinics for poor and sick people overseas. 1999 Since Tzu Chi and Xiamen Medical Association held cross-strait medical exchanges and joint free clinics, they have held free clinics in Fuding, Fujian, Tongling, Anhui, Gushi, Henan, Yongshun, Sangzhi, Hunan, langxi, Anhui, Xuanzhou and Huaxi, Guizhou. In addition, medicine boxes were distributed in Tumd Zuo Qi and Sunite Right Banner in Inner Mongolia, Pingyu County in Henan, Luodian County in Guizhou and fuding city in Fujian. In June 2000, Tzu Chi helped build the ward building of Shanghai Oriental Hepatobiliary Hospital, and in September 2004, Tzu Chi raised money again to build the medical building of Fujian Fuding Municipal Hospital. At the same time, Tzu Chi's Association for the Disabled has performed surgery for cataract patients, hoping that Tzu Chi's medical love can help the suffering patients get better services. Tzu Chi has also established child-friendly centers in Ningxia, Hunan, Henan, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangdong to strengthen care for women and children. Following the footsteps of charitable medical care, Tzu Chi established Tzu Chi Nursing College on 1989 to train medical talents and solve the employment problem of young girls in the eastern province of Taiwan Province, which is the first step for Tzu Chi to move towards education. By July 2000, the "complete education" of kindergarten, primary school, middle school, university and scientific research institute had been completed, which was available at home and abroad. Teach with courtesy and educate with morality. Tzu Chi education is based on "compassion and happiness" and aims at "respecting life and affirming human nature". We aim at "moral education, life education and whole-person education", and attach importance not only to professional education, but also to stimulating people's "good ability". "So, in school, we should not only teach our studies, but also develop our five educations. It is also necessary to strengthen children's life education and moral education, especially with the promotion of Jingsi language teaching, so that children can learn to pay and learn to be grateful. For example, in the experimental primary school affiliated to Tzu Chi University, only excellent students can clean toilets, adhere to the concept of "respecting life and affirming human nature", and cultivate students' warm and polite attitude towards others. In order to cultivate outstanding medical talents, Tzu Chi University, under the impetus of strict medical practitioners, initiated the donation of the remains of "silent teachers", so that medical students can make their professional training more solid with the help of the general feelings of donors, hoping to give back to every patient in the future. This pioneering work also promoted the anatomy and medical humanistic spirit of medical education in Taiwan Province Province. In order to make Tzu Chi's educational concept more practical, it is necessary to promote social and humanistic education around the world. I hope that Tzu Chi's humanities will not only spread in schools, but also blossom and bear fruit in every loving place, and offer humanities promotion courses, intensive classes for children and growth classes for teenagers. In colleges and universities, Tzu Chi YMCA has been organized, and Tzu Chi teachers' associations have been set up in schools at all levels. Thousands of teachers spend their spare time discussing the true meaning of education. What's even more rare is that a group of caring mothers went deep into more than 700 primary schools in Taiwan Province Province, and used their morning self-study time to accompany their children with their "quiet thinking" true love. Education often brings hope to the poor who are affected by disasters or lack charitable relief resources. 65438+1September 2, 19991early morning, a strong earthquake occurred in Taiwan Province Province, which shook the mountains instantly and caused buildings to collapse. Tzu Chi volunteers went to the disaster area in the dark to provide disaster relief and provide all kinds of assistance to the victims. However, the school has become a dangerous building, and the education of children was an urgent problem to be solved at that time. The humanistic cause Tzu Chi's humanistic cause is the rock to protect morality. It integrates Chinese culture and shoulders the mission of "being the living water for spiritual purification, the pillar of a peaceful society, the eyes and ears for hearing pain, and the righteous heart for madness", witnessing the times, writing history for mankind and creating a cycle of love and goodness. Publishing magazines, books, radio, television and internet, based on showing the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature, undertakes the responsibility of "reporting the truth and guiding the right", highlights the great love feelings of mutual care and help among people, and purifies the intangible spiritual space through tangible undertakings, thus enhancing social harmony and beauty. At the same time that Tzu Chi started its charity work on 1966, human nature has been deeply involved, and then medical care, education and other undertakings are closely related to human nature. What is human nature? " "Man" is a model of character, and "Wen" is the heritage of literature and history. Tzu Chi advocates a people-oriented cause, expecting everyone to abide by ethics, respect heaven and earth, cultivate inner morality, maintain proper appearance, and make people happy in words and deeds. For example, the master's Jing is the crystallization of the wisdom of master Zheng's physical and mental practice and his thoughts. Jing Yu Si has been translated into more than 1 1 languages. Because its content is close to life, simple and meaningful, rich and practical, it is widely loved by readers. More than 3.45 million copies have been published, making it a treasure house of modern wisdom. Tzu Chi's footsteps keep advancing and its humanities deepen. Cultural relic meditation, radio, television and internet all take showing the truth, goodness and beauty of human nature as the starting point and taking "reporting and guiding the truth" as their own responsibility, and spread the clean stream of Tzu Chi to all corners, thus enhancing social harmony and beauty. Audio and silent publications

Various music CDs and DVDs published by meditation humanities, as well as Tzu Chi books in English, Japanese, German, simplified Chinese characters and traditional Chinese characters, have circulation offices in branch liaison offices all over the world, as well as meditation bookstores full of books and fragrant tea, providing busy rest places for modern people. The print media, including Tzu Chi monthly, English quarterly, Japanese monthly and classic magazines founded in August 1998, are well received by readers at home and abroad. In order to reduce the use of paper, Tzu Chi monthly and classic magazines have been digitized. Since the broadcast of1985 165438+1October16, the radio and television media Tzu Chi World has always had a wide audience because of its rigorous programming. At present, the listening range has covered Taiwan, Peng, Jinma, North America and other places, and it is broadcast on 16 radio stations and 19 channels, with an average of 10 hours per day. 1998 On New Year's Day, Tzu Chi Aida TV started broadcasting, aiming to show the bright side of human nature and the positive beauty of society. According to many years' media investigation, the positive influence of AIDA TV on society ranks first among all electronic media. The musical sign language drama "Love the sky", which has been performed for more than 100 times all over the world, premiered at Ming Kai Grand Theatre in Suzhou, Chinese mainland on August 20th, 2005, attracted more than 8,000 people in just two days, and was performed again in the Great Hall of the People in Nanjing in 2007. The whole drama takes filial piety as the main axis, explaining the mother's suffering during pregnancy, the parents' desire and loss for Ji Zi's success, and the son's regret that he wants to raise and not kiss, and expounding the truth that "doing good deeds and filial piety can't wait", which is well received. From 65438 to 0996, Tzu Chi held a cross-century cultural exchange of Chinese music in Peking University, and then conducted cross-strait youth exchanges with Nanjing, Suzhou and Jimei University. And in Anhui, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hebei, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other provinces to build more than 40 small China. In addition, in May 2007, we co-organized with Suzhou the "Research on Academic Exchange of New Education across the Taiwan Strait" to convey mutual love and care through book donation and quality education research. In all kinds of exchanges and interactions, teachers and students on both sides of the strait interact sincerely, and young students go to nursing homes and welfare homes to serve the elderly and serve tea and water. From paying, they understand that it is the duty of being a man to honor their parents and respect their teachers, and helping others is the most practical meaning of life. Bone Marrow Donation Tzu Chi volunteers at home and abroad responded to Yan Zheng's call to fight for the right to life for patients with hematological diseases all over the world. 1993 Tzu Chi Foundation bone marrow donor Information Center was established. In 2002, it was transformed into a Tzu Chi bone marrow stem cell center, transplanting umbilical cord blood and peripheral blood stem cells, hoping to bring new prospects to human medical care. With the full advocacy and enthusiastic participation of Tzu Chi volunteers, many well-intentioned people joined the blood test in bone marrow donor. In each case, Tzu Chi volunteers offered advice, donated, accompanied, extracted and extracted bone marrow. The marrow margin of the course shows the high density of love in Taiwan Province Province. These donors with great love have dedicated their pure love. According to the master, this is "clear water love". 1April 997 18, a teenager surnamed Liu in Anhui suffered from leukemia, and a donor was found through the matching of Tzu Chi bone marrow database. Since then, the bone marrow margin of both sides has continued. Based on the concepts of "respecting life" and "not harming one's own life", Tzu Chi's bone marrow database has more than 3 1 10,000 data by the end of 2008, and has completed the matching of 180 1 case, with a success rate of over 80%. The recipients are all over the world in 27 countries and regions, including 748 cases in Chinese mainland. Tzu Chi bone marrow donation opens another window of life for patients with hematological diseases in Chinese mainland. Environmental protection began with 1990. Master Yan Zheng called for "protecting the environment with applause" in a "Happy Life Lecture". Tzu Chi volunteers spare no effort to uphold and promote environmental protection. In order to advocate waste reduction and resource recovery, environmental volunteers, regardless of age and class, are not afraid of chaos and bow their heads to make selfless contributions to the global environment. There are many elderly people with physical disabilities. For example, Qiu, an environmental volunteer in Kaohsiung, overcame the inconvenience of blindness and took care of his family, but he still devoted himself to environmental protection and made a contribution to the earth. Grandma Zhang Linjiao, from Jiaoxi, Yilan, began to do environmental recycling at the age of 90 until 104 died, leading hundreds of environmental volunteers to continue her wishes and wishes. At present, Tzu Chi has more than 4,500 collection points in various township communities in Taiwan Province, over 60,000 people have environmental protection volunteer cards, and over 200,000 people participate in environmental protection. Since 2002, Tzu Chi volunteers have turned the environmental recycling fund into a TV station to protect great love, so that "garbage becomes gold, gold becomes love, love becomes clean water, and clean water flows all over the world". Tzu Chi volunteers in the community are close to each other, practice the Confucian ideal of "benevolence is beauty", make the community a place where everyone lives and has a benevolent demeanor, build a network of mutual help, love and rescue among communities, take care of lonely people around them, and inspire good thoughts in everyone's hearts through mutual help when emergencies come, so as to make the society full of warmth. 1996 after the disaster in Hebo, master Yan Zheng felt the indifference and alienation between people and put forward the appeal of "community volunteers". Focus on the community, reorganize the members, and drive the community people to care about the land and contact the neighbors. Sweep the streets together, adopt parks, regulate streams, recycle resources, take care of the elderly, care for the poor and volunteer in hospitals. And hold various local cultural activities, female growth classes, parent-child growth classes, etc. In order to unite the strength of the community and stop crime. At the same time, set up a "community care and rescue system" to master community resources at ordinary times. Since 199 1 rescued the floods in Bangladesh, international disaster relief has begun, and so far it has assisted 70 countries and regions. Following the principle of "directness, emphasis, respect, pragmatism, gratitude and timeliness", the affected countries not only provide emergency assistance such as food, clothing, seeds and medicines, but also help build houses, develop water sources and provide free clinics; Although the caring projects are different, the concept of "respecting life" is the same. Global Tzu Chi Tzu Chi Charity Foundation covers Asia, America, Europe, Africa and Oceania. It distributes charity projects in winter, and helps the poor in Gansu and Guizhou, and loves the elderly and students. Chairman: Vice Chairman: Secretary-General Wang Zhengduan: List of the second directors of Lin Biyu Tzu Chi Foundation: Bao Shusheng, Zhou Daozhi, Shi, Chen, Shi, Hong Baoyu, etc.

List of the second supervisors of Tzu Chi Foundation: Xu, Tong Ling, Huang Huade,,; List of the first directors of Tzu Chi Foundation: Bao Shusheng, Zhou Daozhi, Shi, Chen Yuchan, Shi, Hong Baoyu, Xie Meiru and Zhong Yizheng; List of the first supervisors of Tzu Chi Foundation: Xu, Wang Jian, Huang Huade and Gao Ming. Date of Board of Directors of Wang Yuxuan 20 1 March 31March 3 Third Meeting of the Second Board of Directors 201June 3/February 2 1 Second Meeting of the Second Board of Directors 201Sixth Meeting of the Second Board of Directors March 20, March 3. On August 27th, 2002, the sixth meeting of the first board of directors 0220 10/103, the fourth meeting of the first board of directors 2065438+ the third meeting of the board of directors 20165438+the second meeting of the first board of directors on February 24th 20.