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Tzu Chi builds secondary school in north Thailand

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation is currently constructing a secondary school in northern Thailand as part of its ongoing efforts to help people in the region, a foundation spokesman said yesterday.

The school is slated to be inaugurated in two years, according to the spokesman for the charitable organization, which is headquartered in the eastern county of Hualien.

The volunteer-based humanitarian foundation launched an aid program aimed at helping the people of the region in 1994, the spokesman said.

Under the program, the foundation has built four Tsu Chi villages to offer agricultural know-how to locals and to take care of those who are unable to make a living, the spokesman noted.

Furthermore, the foundation has provided scholarships to local disadvantaged children, the spokesman said, adding that it also opened a primary school in the region in May, 2005. The school currently has 275 students, he said.

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