News about Charity

The gathering coincided with the first Humanity class for academic year 2023-2024.

Tzu Chi Foundation - Zamboanga Liaison Office extends its warmest welcome to two new Tzu Chi scholars from Ateneo de Zamboanga University - School of Medicine. Please join us in welcoming Ciarra Niña

The second year of Tzu Chi Zamboanga’s Educational Assistance Program welcomes twenty new scholars from Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic University and Colegio De La Ciudad de Zamboanga.

They showed gratitude through donations, volunteerism, and by simply saying thanks.

Since the establishment of Tzu Chi’s Educational Assistance Program in Iloilo, we are blessed to see its growth, from 21 college scholars in 2022 to an additional 22 new scholars this year, bringing the total to 43 scholars. The development of the program is shown not only in the increased number of scholars but also in the economic and psychosocial growth of the students. None of this would have been possible without the unwavering dedication and generosity of our Tzu Chi volunteers and donors, who selflessly devote their time, resources, and hearts to bringing the dreams of these young scholars to life.

Volunteers note positive changes in scholars’ gestures and how they present themselves in activities.

On August 29, 2023, the Department of Education held their first day of school in Zamboanga City. To mark the opening of public schools, the Angel of Sight Program had its Ceremonial Signing at Great

Tzu Chi volunteers’ latest relief operations on August 20, 2023 was in Cagayan Province, where Super Typhoon Egay (International name: Doksuri) ravaged parts of Luzon with its powerful winds and heavy rains last July. Among the survivors were the Indigenous People of Agta, whose hectares of cornfields were unsalvageable and thatched homes ruined beyond repair.

867 families each received 25 to 50 kilos of rice, food supplies, hygiene products, eating utensils, Tzu Chi blankets, school supplies, and construction and farming tools.

Their goal is to give back to the people who love and support them unconditionally.