Issue 121

2022-01-20

On the Cover

When students at El Menahil International School in Turkey returned to school in September 2021 after the pandemic had eased in the country, they donated their pocket money to help Tzu Chi headquarters in Taiwan purchase COVID vaccines to help speed up Taiwan’s vaccination program. Photo by Mohammed Nimr AlJamal

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Reduce Your “Foodprint”

It takes a lot of energy to get food from the farm to the table. When we prevent food from going to waste, we save… Read More »

The Taste of Rice

A little girl was so happy to receive a bag of rice from Tzu Chi she used it as a pillow, falling soundly asleep.… Read More »

A Pictorial Summary of Tzu Chi’s Major Post-Disaster Aid in 2021

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti on August 14, killing more than 2,000 people and destroying or damaging ne… Read More »

Rising to Taiwan’s COVID Crisis

Taiwan faced its most severe challenge posed by the coronavirus in May 2021. Though largely spared from the global… Read More »

Recycling Takes a Rare Time-Out

I started photographing Tzu Chi recycling volunteers and their work nearly a decade ago. During all that time, I’v… Read More »

Bring Your Light to the World

Over 30 tornadoes tore through six American states in the Midwest and South on December 10 and 11, 2021. One of th… Read More »

We Are Not Heroes

The point of our battle against the coronavirus is not how many patients we have admitted or how many resources we… Read More »

You’re Not Alone—An Overview of Tzu Chi’s Global Aid in 2021

Over 5.2 million people around the world had succumbed to COVID-19 by early December 2021. Despite vaccinations, b… Read More »

A Happy Donor

I know the pain of being infected with COVID-19—I’ve contracted it myself. The experience brought home to me the i… Read More »

Outpouring of Support Amidst the Pandemic

One feels small and insignificant faced with the massive impact of the coronavirus crisis. But the pandemic also b… Read More »

Learning from Life’s Impermanence

Serving at a disaster scene and seeing the pain of those who have lost loved ones has a tremendous impact on Tzu C… Read More »

Helping With an Oxygen Deficiency

A third wave of the coronavirus erupted in Myanmar in mid-2021, resulting in a deficiency of oxygen supplies and c… Read More »

Table of Contents

Master Cheng Yen’s Teachings

Bring Your Light to the World

COVID Taiwan

Features

Cover Story

Syrian Refugees Give Back

Inspirational

A Happy Donor

Perspective

Reduce Your “Foodprint”

Reflections

Learning from Life’s Impermanence

Guardians of the Earth

Recycling Takes a Rare Time-Out

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