Taiwanese Charity Assists HCM City School Kids

Taiwanese Buddhist charity organization Tzu Chi gave gifts of notebooks and others to 146 students from poor families in Ho Chi Minh City's Binh Tan and District 6 Sunday.Each child also received VND700,000 ($33.5) in cash, a pencil case, a pair of environment-friendly steel chopsticks, and a piggy bank.The piggy banks are to encourage the students to save as well as help other kids, the charity organization said.Tzu Chi, meaning "compassionate relief," is a non-profit organization founded in 1966 by Dharma Master Cheng Yen.It now has a presence in more than 59 countries, and its activities span charity, medicine, education, and spreading humanistic culture. (Thanh Nien – Young People Nov 19)