{"id":39329,"date":"2021-01-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/?p=39329"},"modified":"2023-03-08T18:06:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T10:06:42","slug":"after-the-beirut-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/?p=39329","title":{"rendered":"After the Beirut Explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39329\" class=\"elementor elementor-39329\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50a5cf4c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50a5cf4c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d893fa0\" data-id=\"5d893fa0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aeaf05b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3aeaf05b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Liao Zhe-min<\/strong><br \/>Translated by Wu Hsiao-ting <br \/>Photos by Mohammed Nimr Aljamal<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cc61f08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cc61f08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b43e5a7\" data-id=\"4b43e5a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e1b3cf8\" data-id=\"4e1b3cf8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e57f215 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e57f215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>A devastating explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, shocked the world in August 2020. Tzu Chi, with the help of the Foutowa Islamic Association, provided aid to impoverished families in the aftermath.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-598e0e05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"598e0e05\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85f173a\" data-id=\"85f173a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4284222e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4284222e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-205062de elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"205062de\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45431d7a\" data-id=\"45431d7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b522cae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b522cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-2-0G6A4418-\u54f2\u4fee.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-2-0G6A4418-\u54f2\u4fee.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-2-0G6A4418-\u54f2\u4fee-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-2-0G6A4418-\u54f2\u4fee-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-2-0G6A4418-\u54f2\u4fee-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-2-0G6A4418-\u54f2\u4fee-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-2-0G6A4418-\u54f2\u4fee-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eaf4afd elementor-section-full_width elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eaf4afd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24b48da\" data-id=\"24b48da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cd03b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cd03b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Port of Beirut (right) is one of the largest and busiest ports in the eastern Mediterranean. A massive explosion, triggered by improperly stored ammonium nitrate, occurred there in August 2020. When Tzu Chi responded to the disaster by holding aid distributions in the city a few months later in December, the damage caused by the blast was still clearly evident.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc5e3f4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cc5e3f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f4f8e1\" data-id=\"8f4f8e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6cde9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b6cde9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-1-IMG_3420-\u54f2\u4fee.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-1-IMG_3420-\u54f2\u4fee.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-1-IMG_3420-\u54f2\u4fee-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-1-IMG_3420-\u54f2\u4fee-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/1-1-IMG_3420-\u54f2\u4fee-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ecbe65d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ecbe65d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-379de430\" data-id=\"379de430\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-532d5380 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"532d5380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon\u2019s capital. The blast ripped through a large part of the city, and was, according to experts, one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history. Over 200 people were killed and thousands more wounded. The blast zone was a wasteland of rubble and charred debris, the devastation so great that the scene was likened to one right out of Armageddon. The Lebanese economy has for years struggled under the weight of sectarian conflicts and the influx of Syrian refugees. The explosion just rubbed salt into those wounds.<\/p><p>After the blast, the Tzu Chi Foundation sought ways to help the survivors. Foundation volunteers in Turkey eventually obtained the assistance of a charity organization in Lebanon, the Foutowa Islamic Association (FIA). With the help of FIA, Tzu Chi was finally able to offer five distributions in Jnah, an affected area in Beirut, in December 2020. The aid came none too soon for impoverished families there desperately in need of help.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23e22383 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23e22383\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-325ab639\" data-id=\"325ab639\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6800fa1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6800fa1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Poverty and illness<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d75324 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d75324\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One way in which volunteers from FIA cooperated with Tzu Chi was to conduct home visits to establish recipient rosters for Tzu Chi distributions. One day, as the FIA volunteers were making their rounds, they encountered Noor, a three-year-old girl. She poked her head out a doorway and asked an FIA volunteer: \u201cCould I have that piece of paper [a home visit form]?\u201d The volunteer responded, \u201cA form like this is for adults to fill out.\u201d But the girl was not one to give up easily. She pursued by saying, \u201cBut I\u2019m very hungry too. Could you take a picture of me and then give me something to eat?\u201d<\/p><p>Noor\u2019s questions and her plight wrenched the hearts of the volunteers. They snapped a photo of her, then sent the picture to Tzu Chi volunteers in Turkey. Tzu Chi Turkey later used the photo of Noor on the cover of an Arabic version of the Tzu Chi Monthly magazine.<\/p><p>The FIA volunteers\u2019 visit to Noor\u2019s building had taken place in October 2020. Two months later, in December, three Tzu Chi volunteers from Turkey arrived in Lebanon to take part in the upcoming distributions. \u201cI\u2019ve been through war in my country,\u201d said Ahmed Aliyan, one of the volunteers, \u201cbut the devastation caused by the explosion in Beirut was worse than anything I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d<\/p><p>Aliyan was the deputy principal of El Menahil International School, an institution for Syrian refugee children established by Tzu Chi and the government of the Sultangazi district of Istanbul. Aliyan had fled the war in Syria, his home country, in 2013. He arrived in Lebanon, before eventually moving on to Turkey and settling down in that country. Despite being a highly educated intellectual, he had to take factory jobs in Turkey to make a living. He became a Tzu Chi volunteer after receiving aid from the foundation in 2015.<\/p><p>Despite having experienced war firsthand, Aliyan was shocked by his visit to Beirut, where the destruction wreaked by the explosion was still very visible. Many buildings were badly damaged, with broken windows shielded by drapes. \u201cIt looked like this within a radius of five kilometers [3.1 miles] of the blast,\u201d he said. \u201cThe sight was heart-wrenching.\u201d<\/p><p>Aliyan and his fellow volunteers arrived at a slum area in San Simon, Jnah, to visit some needy families. The slum was home to refugees from Palestine and Syria as well as some local destitute people. An area like this is usually out of bounds for foreigners; it was only through the help of local neighborhood leaders that the volunteers were able to visit the needy here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bc78c3c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bc78c3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76bbf4d7\" data-id=\"76bbf4d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-370391e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"370391e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/0G6A4791-\u54f2\u4fee.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/0G6A4791-\u54f2\u4fee.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/0G6A4791-\u54f2\u4fee-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/0G6A4791-\u54f2\u4fee-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/0G6A4791-\u54f2\u4fee-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/0G6A4791-\u54f2\u4fee-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/0G6A4791-\u54f2\u4fee-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c1e8b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c1e8b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Volunteers from the Foutowa Islamic Association helped Tzu Chi conduct distributions to the needy after the explosion. Every family received 29 kilograms of food, enough to last them for a month.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aa52fb8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1aa52fb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bb4688 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bb4688\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf670dd\" data-id=\"bf670dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d22abb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d22abb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What the volunteers saw in the slum saddened them even more. Standing water and trash were everywhere on the streets. Shabby, disorderly buildings contained tightly packed housing units. Every home was damp and cramped, with bathroom and kitchen facilities and places to sleep all squeezed together. \u201cThey looked like places for animals instead of people.\u201d Aliyan said, recalling the dismal scene.<\/p><p>A woman who appeared to be in her 60s lived in one of the units. When the volunteers arrived, she was surprised and suspicious. \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d she asked warily. She couldn\u2019t believe they had come to help her. A cleaning lady by profession, she suffered from a respiratory disease and required the use of a ventilator. However, she hadn\u2019t paid her utility bills in two months and so her electricity had been cut off. Her life was in danger, but she told the visitors she had placed her life in the hands of Allah.<\/p><p>Another resident was a 50-year-old man, a victim of diabetes. His lungs were compressed by the fluid that had accumulated in his abdomen, preventing him from working. As a result, he had no money to seek medical attention. His older brother had died, and he had only his sister-in-law to take care of him. Getting by was extremely hard, and he often had to go without food. He also had a thyroid condition that needed surgery, but the operation would cost nearly a million Lebanese pounds (US$663). \u201cI don\u2019t even have a thousand pounds [US$0.66],\u201d the man lamented.<\/p><p>Yet another resident was a young father. The man had suffered a bad cut on his foot. The wound had been sutured, but it continued to show signs of infection and was very painful. Despite that, the man had to continue working to support his family.<\/p><p>\u201cThe locals who showed us around told us that what we had seen and the people we had met were just a tiny fraction of the local poor population that needed help,\u201d said Sayed Alhomsi, another volunteer from Turkey. His heart was heavy from all that he had witnessed. Like Ahmed Aliyan, Alhomsi was also a Syrian refugee. He said, \u201cWhen I return to Turkey, I\u2019ll tell every Syrian family I know that life might be hard for them, but people here have it worse. I\u2019ll also let them know that their donations had been put to good use helping these families.\u201d<\/p><p>Five Tzu Chi distributions were held on two days in December 2020, benefiting 400 families. Alhomsi oversees distribution affairs at the Tzu Chi Turkey office. Before the distributions, he shared with FIA volunteers the guiding spirit for Tzu Chi volunteers and how the foundation conducts its distributions. \u201cWe treat our aid recipients with respect,\u201d he explained. \u201cInstead of thinking that we are in a higher position than they are [because we are the aid givers], we regard them as our family. We make them feel at home with a smile.\u201d He also shared how he and other Tzu Chi volunteers in Turkey had been exposed to the Tzu Chi spirit of Great Love and how they had learned to live it out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-436b2794 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"436b2794\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3081887f\" data-id=\"3081887f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181a3d2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"181a3d2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Rising from the rubble<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389c501f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"389c501f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI\u2019m touched by these volunteers from FIA,\u201d said Alhomsi. \u201cTheir day jobs are tiring enough, but they still sacrifice what time off they have to serve others. They all embrace a passion for serving others and hope they can do more.\u201d<\/p><p>Due to a local shortage of personal protective equipment, the Tzu Chi volunteers from Turkey, well versed in conducting distributions, showed the FIA volunteers how to set up circulation routes and place chairs far apart enough to allow social distancing.<\/p><p>Bag after bag of rice, lentils, chickpeas, and powdered milk blanketed the desks at the venue. Every family was eligible to receive 29 kilograms (64 pounds) of food. Other aid items included blankets and gas-fueled heaters. Tzu Chi also provided face masks because of the pandemic.<\/p><p>People left the distributions smiling, laden with the gifts they had received from Tzu Chi. Alhomsi asked an elderly man at the first distribution if he was happy. The man responded with a sincere expression: \u201cI hope Allah bestows joy on you all!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-526848e3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"526848e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d3126a4\" data-id=\"5d3126a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32351107 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32351107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/2-0G6A4505-\u54f2\u4fee.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/2-0G6A4505-\u54f2\u4fee.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/2-0G6A4505-\u54f2\u4fee-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/2-0G6A4505-\u54f2\u4fee-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/2-0G6A4505-\u54f2\u4fee-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/2-0G6A4505-\u54f2\u4fee-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/03\/2-0G6A4505-\u54f2\u4fee-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70978eaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70978eaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tzu Chi volunteers from Turkey visited Noor (second from left), a three-year-old girl in San Simon, Beirut. Noor\u2019s photo was featured on the cover of an Arabic version of Tzu Chi Monthly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26bccbe6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"26bccbe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ea2abd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ea2abd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9084a61\" data-id=\"9084a61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-610fcbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"610fcbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Volunteers told participating families at each distribution that the Philippines had recently been pummeled by Typhoons Goni and Vamco, and that Tzu Chi volunteers were working hard there to help those affected. Hearing about the assistance that Tzu Chi was rendering elsewhere moved many aid recipients to action. Many took out money from their pockets and donated it to Tzu Chi to help with the foundation\u2019s relief operations for the typhoons. Some turned to others beside them and asked, \u201cCan you lend me a little money to donate to Tzu Chi? I\u2019ll return it to you later.\u201d Even Noor, the three-year-old girl mentioned earlier in this article, donated her father\u2019s pay for half a day\u2019s work to Tzu Chi. When she and her dad deposited their donation into a coin bank held out by a volunteer, those around the pair said to them, \u201cMay Allah give you a bountiful reward for your kindness!\u201d<\/p><p>After seeing people donating what they could to help typhoon victims in the Philippines, Mohammed Nimr Aljamal, one of the volunteers from Turkey, said that he hoped that the help from Tzu Chi will inspire the aid recipients to reach out when they meet people in need of help in the future, in the same way that Syrian refugees in Turkey had done after they were aided by Tzu Chi.<\/p><p>FIA has been helping impoverished people in Lebanon for nearly half a century. Ziyad al-Saheb, head of FIA, was happy that his organization could work with Tzu Chi to serve local needy people. \u201cI feel from the bottom of my heart that the spirit demonstrated by Tzu Chi\u2014humanitarianism, benevolence, mutual help, and unconditional giving\u2014is the same spirit Islam has taught me,\u201d he said. \u201cSuch spirit embodies the love we humans should embrace for each other.\u201d<\/p><p>A civil war that lasted from 1975 to 1990, persistent political dysfunction, and economic instability have led to the poor state of the country\u2019s infrastructure and a wide gap between the rich and the poor. The explosion only added to the challenges facing the country. Tzu Chi reached out to help after the tragedy, abiding by the belief that the hope of mankind comes from mutual help. 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