News about Charity

Edwin Macasieb Rivera counts his blessings; Benjie Mendoza Rafols says even the poor can extend aid.

Tzu Chi Philippines Chapter celebrated its 27th anniversary with a sunrise pilgrimage and a fundraising charity sale. Everyone responded enthusiastically, cultivating positivity to move forward after the pandemic.

Coronavirus transmission in the Philippines has been declining in the recent weeks. Manila Tzu Chi volunteers prepared a relief distribution in North Caloocan for tricycle drivers, bringing support for more than 2700 families.

Scavengers of Montalban, Rizal, are proud of their profession.

Santo Tomas in the Philippines is a low lying area which is prone to flooding during high tide. In October, torrential rain associated with a typhoon led to waist high flooding. Manila Tzu Chi volunteers provided help to flood survivors.

Montalban, Rizal’s beneficiaries include Eugene Ramos, who is forced to work as a scavenger after the murder of his father, and lady guard Gina Ren, a former scavenger.

In the Philippines, during the pandemic, Tzu Chi held several distributions, all of which were held in the indigent community of Pampanga Province. Most of the residents here work in agriculture, yet there is nowhere to sell their crops during the pandemic. Therefore, the local government asked Tzu Chi for help, and volunteers responded quickly by sending in rice and living supplies.

Down and out of their luck, Payatas scavengers Rosauro Sarmiento and Rolando Pagdanganan are grateful for their first tranche of rice and relief goods.

Santo Tomas, Pampanga, tricycle driver Marvin Basilio doesn’t let polio get in the way of his dreams.

Twins Jaypee and Jayvee de los Santos are the sons of a former Tzu Chi volunteer; Angel Mactobo is the family’s responsible one who helps her parents.