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provide medical relief to flood survivors in Peru an X-ray machine, electrocardiogram machine,
and deliver medicine and food to victims of instrument sterilization area, and digital imaging
disasters and wars in Afghanistan and Senegal. equipment, allowing their comprehensive
Through their experiences traveling service to penetrate more deeply into remote
to medical outreach events, Tzu Chi dental communities.
volunteers continually developed and improved In 2005, the Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical
portable dental tools. In 2000, they created Foundation was officially established, marking
the first Great Love Mobile Dental Clinic, a another milestone in the progress of Tzu Chi’s
van equipped with two dental stations and a Mission of Medicine in the United States.
comprehensive array of equipment, including

Hawaii volunteers have traveled to several remote Pacific
islands to provide medical care where it is lacking.

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