The one thousand tons
of rice safely arrived in Cambodia

Drought And Floods Inflict Cambodia:
The Country Desperately Needs 300,000 Tons Of Food

Supreme Ching Hai International Association Raised A Contribution
 Of 6,000 Tons Of Rice,  
Followed By Another 1,000 Tons

[Reporter Chen Jin-Long reporting from Taichung] Another one thousand tons of rice contributed by Supreme Ching Hai International Association, situated at Hsihu of Miaoli Hsien, have been delivered to the No. 25 Warehouse at the Taichung Port. The shipment is scheduled to be conveyed by the Panama vessel S.S. Bright Star on the 8th, so that the contributed rice can reach the disaster victims in Cambodia promptly.

On December 1 last year, Supreme Ching Hai arrived at Thailand to give lectures, and then treated the assistant team consisting of fellow practitioners from various countries, with a feast. A Cambodian envoy team visited Supreme Ching Hai at that time. Mr. Ni Wen-De, Vice Director of the Emergency Relief Committee described the severe flood disaster that devastated several hundred thousand acres of farmland, which was caused by the heavy torrent of rainfall in Cambodia last July, and led to the flood in the Mekong River last August. On the other hand, other regions in the country were hit by grave drought. Ravaged by two opposite disasters, Cambodia was alarmingly lacking about 300,000 tons of food, and millions of victims were on the brink of starvation. Knowing the news, Supreme Ching Hai was extremely sympathetic to the victims, and promised immediately to help the country. In one month, a contribution of 6,000 tons of rice had been raised, and delivered by two shipments to Cambodia in late December last year, and late February this year. That was a full demonstration of the compassionate spirit of "Other's hunger is our hunger!".

At that time, King Sihanouk of Cambodia also joined the relief work personally. Rejoicing the visit of the King, the victims had temporarily forgotten their suffering. They were also consoled by the warmth from a foreign countryman when they saw on the rice sacks the words: "Rice contributed by Supreme Ching Hai."

As Cambodia is still desperate for food, the Supreme Ching Hai International Association has decided to donate another 1,000 tons of rice, packed in 20,000 packets, and are being delivered to the No.25 Warehouse in Taichung Port. The shipment will be conveyed by S.S. Bright Star, which will arrive at Taichung to start the loading work.

However, the International Association mentioned that over four hundred sacks containing the rice were damaged in the last two shipments. Therefore, they asked for help from the Port Service Bureau, wishing they will advise the wharf workers not to use hooks when loading the rice, so as to minimize the damage. The Association stressed that each grain of rice is full of love and blessing from the Buddha. Any loss incurred will affect the victims desperately in need. It is our blessing that we have enough food here, therefore, we should share our blessing and love with more people.