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Tzu Chi La Romana School in the Dominican
Republic is inaugurated in 2000.

In September 1998, Hurricane Georges sent volunteers from the United States to assess
charged through the Caribbean, striking several damage yet again. At year-end, volunteers
island nations. With a government invitation, went out on the streets of both Taiwan and
volunteers William Keh and Robert Lynch were Los Angeles to raise funds to support Central
sent to join a damage assessment team of America and the Caribbean. At the same time,
Taiwanese NGOs, marking the first time that Tzu Tzu Chi volunteers from both countries traveled
Chi volunteers visited Haiti and the Dominican to Polo and La Romana in the Dominican
Republic. One month later, Hurricane Mitch Republic, where they distributed food and
swept through Central America, and Tzu Chi daily necessities to a total of 850 families

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