Love in Action

Guatemala

A Gesture of True Brotherhood

By Costa Rica News Group (Originally in Spanish)
During the ceremony, Mr. Estuardo Roldán, Guatemala's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, expresses his gratitude to Master for Her generosity and compassion.

On November 17, Golden Year 6 (2009), Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association members from Costa Rica attended a ceremony organized by the Guatemalan Government and the Formosa (Taiwan) Embassy in Guatemala in appreciation of Supreme Master Ching Hai’s US$140,000 contribution which was used to ease famine conditions in Guatemala and to help prevent the spread of dengue fever.

Guatemala’s economic crisis due to climate-change-induced crop losses has caused chronic malnutrition in 43.4 % of their children under the age of six. During the ceremony, the government officials and guests showed great interest in the scientific and statistical data on global warming presented by our Association members, who also introduced the same information to 90 students at the University of San Carlos the following day. The inquisitive students and their teachers also obtained magazines, DVDs and other materials on vegetarianism and climate change.
Thank you letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guatemala (Originally in Spanish)
Receipt and thank you letter from Ing. Ivan Pérez, Director of the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Originally in Spanish)

 

Mr. Estuardo Roldán, Guatemala’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs sincerely thanked Supreme Master Ching Hai on behalf of the President and the Guatemalan people for Her “gesture of brotherhood and solidarity,” taking the opportunity to express their deepest wish to form bonds of friendship.
 

Pictured (from left to right) are Guatemala’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Estuardo Roldán; Taiwan’s Ambassador to Guatemala, Mr. Adolfo Sun; Guatemala’s President of Agriculture and Livestock; an official from the Guatemalan President’s office; three of our Costa Rican Association members; and another official from the Guatemalan President’s office.

 

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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