【DaAi Headlines】20210312

With the help of Tzu Chi volunteers, an elderly lady with a hoarding habit gets a new living environment.
Tzu Chi volunteers work with the state service center in Klang Malaysia and deliver vegetarian lunches to a local housing project.

1. 助屯物媽清掃
Welcome to Da Ai Headlines, I'm Jenny Lee. Thank you for joining us. In Tainan, Taiwan, an 86-year-old grandmother who lives by herself has hoarded many items at her home. Tzu Chi volunteers, who have accompanied her for a long time, have gotten her permission to clean up the place for her. Here is the story.

2. 泉州洪詩雅
In Quanzhou, Fujian, a young girl called Hong Shiya, has been taking care of her father since the age four. The father was paralyzed due to a work accident and her mother left home. Since then, Tzu Chi volunteers have been caring for this family. During their recent visit, they helped to decorate a bedroom for Shiya.

3. 川小點發放
Tzu Chi's winter distribution in Zhongjiang County in China has been delayed due to the pandemic. The event should have taken place before Lunar New Year, but was delayed until recently.

4. 核桃書香傳愛
In response to the US education reform, the Walnut Tzu Chi Elementary School in Los Angeles has to replace their textbooks. The school decided to send the original textbooks to the Morelos Institute in Mexico. Lately the books finally reached Mexico.

5. 靜思木匾啟發
To boost student character education, Tzu Chi volunteers visited two schools in Zhongliao to present the school with wooden placards engraved with Jing Si Aphorisms. They hope the words may bring positive influence to the children.

《靜思語》素食可培養耐力、慈悲與智慧。
Vegetarianism cultivates perseverance, compassion and wisdom.

6. 巴生素食派組屋
The COVID pandemic has led to a substantial increase in the number of unemployed people in Malaysia. To counter this, Tzu Chi volunteers and the Klang Pandamaran State Council Service Center distributed 1,000 vegetarian lunches and dry food.

7. 亞庇素食挑戰
Tzu Chi volunteers from Sarawak, Malaysia, initiated a vegetarian challenge and invited volunteers from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, to participate. From the preparation of the ingredients to the finished product, they shot a video and uploaded it to a Facebook page, showing the charm of vegetarian food.

8. 醫院節水措施
Taiwan is currently facing a water shortage crisis. Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital is committed to being green with water recycling and utilization. At present, one-fifth of the water used comes from recycled water, and many faucets have been replaced, hoping to save even more water.

9. 肉食的代價(3)畜牧耗水
Taiwan's animal husbandry industry raises more than 5.5 million pigs and consumes 100 million liters of water every day. In Pingtung, Yunlin, and Changhua, the heavy use of groundwater in animal husbandry is causing subsidence and pollution.

END: 池南關燈護螢
Every March to April is the firefly-mating season in Hualien. A local village campaigned to turn off lights on the streets where fireflies gather. Here is the footage. Thank you for watching. Goodbye.

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