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Updated Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:52 am TWN, CNA FFP reps praise Tzu Chi as model for NGOsJose Serra, vice president of FFP's International Funding Department, and Jorge Benitez, vice president of FFP's International Goods in Kind Department, paid a call on Dharma Master Cheng Yen, founder of the Tzu Chi Foundation based in eastern Taiwan's Hualien County. Serra and Benitez expressed admiration for Tzu Chi's efforts to provide aid to poor people around the world, regardless of religion or ethnicity. They also highly endorsed Master Cheng Yen's approach of teaching people to lead healthy and sound lives even in poverty. They voiced hope that FFP and the Tzu Chi Foundation could cooperate in the near future, as the two groups share the same mission of extending help to people in need. Subscribe to The China Post and save 25%. Click here |
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