Buddist Tzu Chi Foundation Aiding Cyclone Victims

Visa problems have been holding up aid from many NGOs to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in the Union of Myanmar (Burma). Buddhist group the Tzu Chi Foundation has, however, has already been able to provide aid to the cyclone victims. "Some 100 Thailand-based Tzu Chi members and volunteers have gone to Myanmar to distribute relief material and medicine to cyclone victims," Tzu Chi spokesman Ho Jih-sheng said. Read the entire article.

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