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■ Nepal flood, 1993 (3) Overseas Tzu Chi offices work independently
■ Aid to Chinese veterans in to carry out relief work in their countries of
Northern Thailand, since residence.
1995 Examples:

As Tzu Chi has expanded glob- ■ Charitable work in Africa since 1992, including
ally, most of its international South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe,
relief work is now carried out in After Nepal was hit by se- Lesotho, Botswana, and Namibia
the following three ways: vere flooding in 1993, Tzu ■ Angke River cleanup project in Indonesia, 2002
Chi built 1,800 permanent
(2) Tzu Chi and its overseas of- houses in four villages for ■ Malaysia flood, 2015
fices work together to carry those affected. ■ Alberta wildfire in Canada, 2016
(Huang Jin-yi)
out disaster relief.
Examples:
■ Bam earthquake in Iran, 2003
■ Indian Ocean earthquake and
tsunami, 2004
■ Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, 2008

■ Sichuan earthquake in China,
2008
■ Chile earthquake, 2010 Quake survivors in
Chile receive blan-
■ Haiti earthquake, 2010 kets, tarpaulins, and
■ 3/11 Earthquake in Japan, 2011 other aid supplies
from Tzu Chi after a
■ Typhoon Yolanda in the Philip- massive earthquake
pines, 2013 struck the country. In 2002, Tzu Chi volunteers in Indonesia worked with the locals to
(Hong Jia-ying)
clean up a section of the Angke River in Jakarta. (Yan Lin-zhao)

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