Love in Action
Formosa
Expenditures
for Charitable and Relief Activities in Formosa
from July to October 2007
Total Amount in Tables 1 and 2 = NT$795,465 (Approx. US$24,308)
Table 1: Details of Expenditures for Charitable Activities
in Formosa
from July to October 2007
Place
|
Date
|
Description of Activities
|
Amount
|
Appendix
|
Taipei
|
2007.07.07
|
Holding a joint
event with United Daily News—“Pure Vegetarian Diet for a
Happier Earth,” healthy vegetarian seminar and a starlight concert to
caution the world about global warming.
|
119,576
|
A
|
Changhua
|
2007.07.22
|
Supporting the
Changhua County Cultural Bureau’s “Nationwide Good Books Exchange
Activity” in summer of 2007. (Supported by fellow initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Tainan
|
2007.07.26
|
Visiting the
inmates at the Tainan Prison, holding soul-elevating seminars and Convenient
Method sessions. (Supported by fellow initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Taipei
|
2007.07.26
|
Visiting the
inmates in the Sindian Drug Abuse Treatment Center, holding spiritual talks,
meditation sessions and an English conversation course for them. (Supported
by fellow initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Yilan
|
2007.07.28
|
Visiting street
friends under the care of the Genesis Social Welfare Foundation, holding soul-elevating seminars and
vegetarian food tasting party.
|
2,000
|
B
|
Hualien
|
2007.07.30
|
Contributing
spiritual publications to various school libraries in Hualien County, providing spiritual nourishment for the local inhabitants.
|
19,050
|
C
|
Taipei
|
2007.08.07
|
Visiting street
friends and sponsoring the “Suburb Street Friends Medical Fund”
raised by the Taipei County Social Welfare Bureau.
|
20,000
|
D
|
Changhua
|
2007.08.26
|
Organizing a
family summer camp to share the positive message of “Respect Life and
Love Animals” with parents and children.
|
4,590
|
E
|
Taipei
|
2007.08.27
|
Holding a
healthy vegetarian cooking class for inmates in the Sindian Drug Abuse Treatment Center, helping them to learn a professional skill, thus reducing crime
rate and bringing peace to society.
|
11,913
|
F
|
Taipei
|
2007.08.28
|
Visiting inmates
in the Sindian Drug Abuse Treatment Center, holding spiritual talks,
meditation sessions and an English conversation course for them. (Supported
by fellow initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Nantou
|
2007.09.01
|
Visiting the
elderly and children in the Ren Ai Home in Nantou County, contributing a
dehydrator and other daily necessities.
|
12,966
|
G
|
Tainan
|
2007.09.16
|
Hosting a
Supreme Master Ching Hai Art
Exhibition at the National Tainan Social Education Center, serving a
spiritual feast to the Tainan inhabitants.
|
10,150
|
H
|
Hualien
|
2007.09.17
|
Visiting
parolees under the guidance of the Hualien District Magistrate Prosecutor
Office, giving them moon cakes to celebrate the Moon Festival.
|
5,600
|
I
|
Tainan
|
2007.09.17
|
Visiting the
inmates at the Tainan Mingde Labor Prison during the Moon Festival, holding
spiritual talks and meditation sessions. (Supported by fellow initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Tainan
|
2007.09.19
|
Visiting the Tainan Education Center for the Mentally Challenged during the Moon Festival, entertaining
the students and teachers with cultural activities, vegetarian food tasting
and showing spiritual videos.
|
26,927
|
J
|
Taipei
|
2007.09.21
|
Visiting the
inmates in the Sindian Drug Abuse Treatment Center, bringing moon cakes and
spiritual books to them.
|
11,132
|
K
|
Changhua
|
2007.09.22
|
Visiting the
Taiwan Fund for Children and Families, Ren Dao Old Folks Home, Shang Hao Old
Folks Home during the Moon Festival, bringing moon cakes, pomelos and
spiritual books.
|
1,317
|
L
|
Taipei
|
2007.09.27
|
Visiting the
inmates in the Sindian Drug Abuse Treatment Center, holding spiritual talks,
meditation sessions and an English conversation course for them. (Supported
by fellow initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Tainan
|
2007.09.27
|
Visiting the
inmates at the Tainan Prison, holding soul-elevating seminars and Convenient
Method sessions. (Supported by fellow initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Taipei
|
2007.09.28
|
Cooperating with
Sindian Drug Abuse Treatment Center to hold a Healthy Vegetarian Cooking
Class, helping the inmates to learn a professional skill.
|
1,900
|
M
|
Taipei
|
2007.09.28
|
Providing
healthy-environmentally friendly vegetarian meals at the Wulai Junior High School and Elementary School, broadcasting positive news from Supreme Master
Television, and contributing spiritual books about loving the animals.
|
17,160
|
N
|
Taipei
|
2007.10.05
|
Visiting street
friends, and in cooperation with the Taipei City Social Welfare Bureau,
giving them track pants, shaving kits, bath lotion, shampoo and other daily
necessities.
|
35,380
|
O
|
Tainan
|
2007.10.13
|
Environmental
protection effort: cleaning the Golden Coast of Tainan. (Supported by fellow
initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Chiayi
|
2007.10.19
|
Visiting the Bo
Ren Elderly Home during the Double Ninth Festival, entertaining the old folks
with snacks, pottage and performances. (Supported by fellow initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Keelung
|
2007.10.20
|
Environmental
protection effort: cleaning the beaches along the Ba Dou Tze sea coast of Keelung. (Supported by
fellow initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Taipei
|
2007.10.23
|
Animal care:
contributing to the R.O.C. Animal Welfare Promotion Society Fund.
|
325,700
|
P
|
Taipei
|
2007.10.25
|
Visiting the
inmates in the Sindian Drug Abuse Treatment
Center, holding spiritual talks,
meditation sessions and an English conversation course for them. (Supported
by fellow initiates.)
|
0
|
|
Changhua
|
2007.10.31
|
Contributing
spiritual publications to schools in Changhua County, the Changhua
Women’s Society and Guo Sheng Radio, total 16 places, providing
spiritual nourishment for local inhabitants.
|
7,104
|
Q
|
Taipei
|
2007.10.31
|
Cooperating with
Sindian Drug Abuse Treatment Center to hold a Healthy Vegetarian Cooking
Class, helping the inmates to learn a professional skill.
|
0
|
|
Total
|
NT$632,465
|
|
Table 2:
Relief Funds Given to Needy Households in Formosa
from July to October 2007
(Amount in NT$)
|
July 2007
|
August 2007
|
Place
|
No. of Households
|
Amount
|
No. of Households
|
Amount
|
Taipei
|
3
|
13,000
|
5
|
19,000
|
Miaoli
|
3
|
9,000
|
5
|
15,000
|
Changhua
|
1
|
3,000
|
1
|
3,000
|
Chaiyi
|
2
|
6,000
|
2
|
6,000
|
Taichung
|
─
|
─
|
─
|
─
|
Monthly
Total:
|
9
|
NT$31,000
|
13
|
NT$43,000
|
|
September 2007 |
October 2007
|
|
Place |
No. of Households
|
Amount
|
No. of Households
|
Amount
|
Appendix
|
Taipei |
4
|
14,000
|
5
|
19,000
|
1
|
Miaoli |
5
|
15,000
|
5
|
15,000
|
2
|
Changhua |
1
|
3,000
|
1
|
3,000
|
3
|
Chaiyi |
2
|
6,000
|
3
|
9,000
|
4
|
Taichung |
─
|
─
|
1
|
5,000
|
5
|
Monthly
Total: |
12
|
NT$38,000
|
15
|
NT$51,000
|
|
To view the Humanitarian Relief Activities
by the Supreme Master Ching Hai and Her International Association, please
visit:
http://www.GodsDirectContact.org.tw/humanitarian
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