Love in Action

Expenditures for Charitable and Relief Activities in Formosa from January to April 2008

Total Amount in Tables 1 and 2 = NT$907,983 (Approx. US$29,045)

Table 1: Details of Expenditures for Charitable Activities in Formosa
from January to April 2008 (Amount in NT$)

Place

Date

Description of Activities

Amount

Appendix

Changhua

2008.01.01

Participating in the 2008 New Year Lamp Lighting and Praying Event held by the city government, distributing flyers, and serving hot drinks

2,870

A

Keelung

2008.01.11

Distributing New Year cash gifts and sleeping bags to street friends under the care of the Ren An Foundation

20,000

B

Kaohsiung

2008.01.15

Funding lunch for destitute students in county elementary schools

200,000

C

Yilan

2008.01.20

Treating street friends under the care of the Lotung Street Friends Service Center with a vegetarian year-end dinner and giving them warm scarves

12,000

D

Miaoli

2008.01.20

For the benefit of the local community, supporting the street lights adoption project launched by the Hsihu Township Office

10,000

E

Tainan

2008.01.23

Visiting inmates at the Tainan Mingde Labor Prison, holding spiritual talks and meditation teaching sessions (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Pingtung

2008.01.27

Extending concern to low-income and destitute households in Sinzhih Village of Wanluan Township and Yilin Village of Laiyi Township by giving them rice and New Year cash gifts

73,750

F

Taipei

2008.01.28

January visit to inmates in the Sindian Drug Abuser Treatment Center, holding spiritual talks, a meditation teaching session, and English conversation and vegetarian cooking classes (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Tainan

2008.01.31

Visiting inmates at the Tainan Prison, holding soul-elevating seminars and meditation teaching sessions (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Tainan

2008.02.04

Visiting inmates at the Tainan Mingde Labor Prison, holding spiritual talks and meditation teaching sessions (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Tainan

2008.02.04

Visiting inmates at the Tainan Prison, holding soul-elevating seminars and meditation teaching sessions (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Changhua

2008.02.10

Contributing spiritual publications to county school libraries to provide spiritual food for local inhabitants and give them a correct concept of “respect for all life and love for animals”

32,808

G

Taipei

2008.02.29

February visit to inmates in the Sindian Drug Abuser Treatment Center, holding spiritual talks, a meditation teaching session, and providing English conversation and vegetarian cooking courses for them. (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Chiayi

2008.03.01

Visiting and contributing 500 kg of vegetarian dog food to the compassionate Ms. Wang Yu-zhen, who has adopted over 200 dogs

10,710

H

Tainan

2008.03.02

Participating in the 2008 Formosa Lantern Festival held by the county government, exhibiting Master’s Longevity Lamps and praying for world peace

10,997

I

Taipei

2008.03.25

Sharing the ideal of loving animals with teachers and students of Taipei Longshan Junior High School by giving them Master’s animal books and informative materials (flyers, document folders, tablemats) concerning the healthy vegetarian lifestyle

30,276

J

Changhua

2008.03.26

Sharing the idea of saving Earth with a compassionate vegetarian lifestyle by demonstrating vegetarian cooking to teachers of Huatan Township’s Baisha Elementary School

6,396

K

Tainan

2008.03.27

Visiting inmates at the Tainan Prison, holding soul-elevating seminars and meditation teaching sessions (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Tainan

2008.03.27

Visiting inmates at the Tainan Mingde Labor Prison, holding spiritual talks and meditation teaching sessions (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Taipei

2008.03.27

Caring for street friends by contributing 200 pairs of working shoes

15,900

L

Changhua

2008.03.30

Sharing the “No Meat No Heat” environmental protection concept at a drawing event by distributing flyers, vegetarian sandwiches, beverages, and eco-friendly cups

4,238

M

Changhua

2008.03.31

Contributing spiritual publications to county government offices and organizations, providing spiritual food to local inhabitants, and giving them a correct concept of “respect for all life and love for animals”

76,375

N

Taipei

2008.03.31

March visit to inmates in the Sindian Drug Abuser Treatment Center, holding spiritual talks, a meditation teaching session, and English conversation and vegetarian cooking classes (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Chiayi

2008.04.07

Supporting Earth Day, holding a “No Meat No Heat” activity at Jhuchun Elementary School to promote environmental protection (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Chiayi

2008.04.13

Making a financial contribution to a fair held by the Association of Spinal Cord Injury of Chiayi City

10,000

O

Taipei

2008.04.14

Supporting Earth Day by assisting the Taiwan Indigenous Cultural Enterprise Development Association to convene the World Summit of Indigenous Cultures, hoping to learn from the indigenous people’s pure thinking and ability to communicate with nature, in order to find ways to address global warming

169,644

P

Changhua

2008.04.14

Supporting Earth Day by setting up a Save Our Earth billboard in Changhua City, calling on the public to reduce carbon emissions

4,515

Q

Yilan

2008.04.19

Supporting Earth Day by holding a vegetarian tasting event at the Yat-sen Community in Yuanshan Township, calling on people to protect our beautiful earth with a noble diet and lifestyle

10,000

R

Hualien

2008.04.22

Supporting Earth Day by providing free vegetarian delicacies to the city government and Forestry Bureau offices, Mingli Elementary School and Syuetian Elementary School to promote the “No Meat No Heat” concept

26,504

S

Tainan

2008.04.24

Visiting inmates at the Tainan Prison, holding soul-elevating seminars and meditation teaching sessions (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Yilan

2008.04.25

Participating in an environmental protection seminar held by the Education Department and Environmental Protection Bureau and providing free vegetarian snacks

12,000

T

Tainan

2008.04.26

Supporting Earth Day by launching a drive to collect a million signatures for a petition for the No Meat No Heat Declaration (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Taipei

2008.04.30

April visit to inmates in the Sindian Drug Abuser Treatment Center, holding spiritual talks, a meditation teaching session, and English conversation and vegetarian cooking classes (supported by fellow initiates)

0

 

Total:

NT $738,983

 

 

Table 2: Relief Funds Given to Needy Households in Formosa
from January to April 2008

 

January

February

 

Place

No. of Households

Amount

No. of Households

Amount

Appendix

Taipei

4

18,000

4

18,000

1

Hsinchu

1

4,000

1

4,000

2

Miaoli

3

9,000

5

15,000

3

Taichung

1

5,000

1

5,000

4

Chiayi

1

3,000

2

6,000

5

Taoyuan

6

Monthly subtotal:

10

39,000

13

48,000

 

 

March

April

 

Place

No. of Households

Amount

No. of Households

Amount

Appendix

Taipei

5

21,000

3

13,000

1

Hsinchu

1

4,000

1

4,000

2

Miaoli

4

12,000

4

12,000

3

Taichung

1

5,000

1

5,000

4

Chiayi

1

3,000

5

Taoyuan

1

3,000

6

Monthly subtotal:

12 

$45,000

10

$37,000

 

 

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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