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6-6 vegetarian meal sets, and sew handbags to make a
living. The volunteers also purchase used tricycles
How does Tzu Chi help disaster survivors,
especially those who are impoverished to begin and loan them to the villagers interest-free so they
with, start life anew? can work as tricycle taxi drivers to support their
families.
Apart from providing emergency relief to people in
the immediate aftermath of a disaster or building
temporary or permanent housing for them, Tzu Chi
will further look at ways to help disaster survivors
living in poverty become self-reliant.
For example, after constructing a village for Typhoon
Yolanda survivors in Palo of Leyte Province in the
Philippines, Tzu Chi volunteers have been guiding Tzu Chi volunteers
the villagers to grow vegetables, bake bread, make purchase used mo-
tor tricycles for Ty-
phoon Yolanda sur-
vivors in Palo, Leyte
Province, Philippines
so they can make a
living as tricycle taxi
drivers. (Cai Juan-hua)

Typhoon Yolanda survivors in Palo, Leyte Province, Philippines make
handbags to help support their families. (Chen Zhong-hua)

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