Address
1100 S. Valley Center Ave.
San Dimas, CA 91773
Website
www.us.tzuchi.org
Description
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 4 major missions: charity, medicine, education, and humanistic culture. The foundation also engages in international disaster relief, bone marrow donation, community volunteerism, and environmental protection. “Tzu Chi” means “compassion and relief.” Established in1966 in Hualien by Venerable Dharma Master Cheng Yen, who believes that the lack of altruistic love for others has been the root of many problems in this world, but with sustained kindness, mercy and giving, harmony and peace can be achieved. From the first 30 donors, housewives who saved two cents from their grocery money each day to help the poor, the foundation has grown to nearly 10 million donors in 50 countries, and has provided international relief work in 70 countries to people suffering from disasters such as the Southeast Asia tsunami, Myanmar cyclone, and earthquakes in Turkey, Pakistan, Sichuan China, Haiti and Chile.
Category
Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Community, Volunteerism & Philanthropy, Disaster Relief, Education – Preschool, Education – K-12, Elderly, Health & Disease, Hunger & Poverty, Global Relief, Religion & Spiritual