Love in Action

Morocco

Master Provides Moroccan Children
Wintertime Relief
 

By Paris Relief Team
(Originally in French)

The winter of 2009 has been especially harsh in the middle Atlas Mountain region of Morocco. Upon hearing of the residents’ hardship, Supreme Master Ching Hai contributed funds for the purchase of jackets, caps, and gloves to protect the children from the cold, along with basketballs for them to play with and sweets to uplift their spirits.

In October, some of our Association members from Paris, France, distributed the items at schools throughout the area. The local director of education thanked Supreme Master Ching Hai for Her generosity, wishing Her good health and a long life. The remaining relief supplies were delivered to the children in Douar Chaouia Village in the Ghrab region, where recent flooding had caused considerable damage. The youngsters gratefully received the gifts and thanked Master for Her help.

 

Bringing Comfort to the Flood-Afflicted Families

On February 20, 2010, two of our Association members from the Paris Center, on behalf of Supreme Master Ching Hai, flew to Morocco to bring aid and comfort to afflicted families of a torrential rain. Dozens of people lost their lives across the country and 300 houses were destroyed. Some residents even had to go into the forest to find shelter and a place to sleep.

Our fellow initiates were welcomed by a hospitable, vegetarian Moroccan family, who helped them communicate with the local people in a more efficient way. As soon as the team was able to find a car, they went to visit those in dire need to hand out cash envelopes that would help them to repair their houses or purchase necessities like clothes and blankets, as well as offer some loving words of encouragement to them. Overall, sixty envelopes (approx. US$4,300) were distributed. Master’s gifts were received with great joy and sincere thanks by all the recipients. One man commented, “If everyone was as generous as your Master, the world would become a paradise.”

Receipt for Master’s €6,606 (approx. US$9,288) contribution for Morocco relief supplies

 

 

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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