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Record of Charity Events - 1 - - 1 - Foreword In 1984, Dharma Master Hsin Tao founded the Ling Jiou Mountain Wu Sheng Monastery where the practice of "Compassion and Meditation" is advocated. The believers should lead their daily life with the practice and benefit others with the mind of enlightenment as well as attaining peace and satisfaction of one’s soul. Other than spreading the message of peace through “Peace Meditation” and “The campaign of Inner Peace”, Dharma Master Hsin Tao were involved in providing life care services. In the year of 1993, the Ling Jiou Mountain Charity Foundation was established and it is committed to the benefit of compassion and wisdom to all. Based on Dharma Master Hsin Tao’s philosophy of “Caring for the society with care, love and compassion”, the Foundation aims to protect and help others. Over the years, it has been providing care to the elders, disaster relief and emergency relief. The establishment of the "Ling Jiou Mountain Puren Award" rewards students with excellent morality and promotes the life education program for the young monks in the University for Life and Peace. In between 2015 and 2017, the service team of the Foundation adhered to the principles of platform transparency, clear accountability, operational institutionalization and common prosperity with its partner. The three main axes of life education, life care, and life rescue are combined with the promotion of various services. It is also committed to the building of a service cooperation platform. The Foundation is responsible for planning and administrative support work. It combines alliance partners, recruits professionals, integrate professional resources, all working together to provide quality services. - 1 - The 8th Board of Directors and Service Team Board of Directors Title Name Positions Director of Ling Jiou Mountain Charity Foundation Chairman Master Xing Yue Convener of the Global Promotion Committee for the Ling Jiou Mountain Puren Award Director Fang-Ju, Chou Chairman of Liangwei Group General Manager of Chugai Pharma Director Chih-Min, Lin Taiwan Ltd. Director Hsueh-Yin, Hou Tsai Chairman of Taiwan Can Corporation Director Yu-Hsin, Chen Chairman of Total Parking Service Manager of Taoyuan International Airport Director Jeng-Fung, Tseng Eva Airline Office Director Chin-Chang, Yang Chairman of Bioptik Technology, Inc. Director Yi-Fang, Liao CEO of Darwin, Education Institute Director of Division of Cardiology, Director Pao-Hsien, Chu Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Director Chi-Han, Pan CEO of Jobsite Taiwan Executive Director of Ling Jiou Director A-Shan, Cheng Mountain Protector Society Executive Committee of the Ling Jiu Supervisor Master Chang Le Mountain Buddhist Society Order Committee Service Team CEO Kao-Chung, Tsai Specialist Hsueh-Ju, Chiu Deputy Chief Shih-Jen, Chen Specialist Hsiang-Lung, Wu Executive Head of Hsiu-Min, Huang Specialist Ling-Ling, Chen Secretary - 2 - Partners and Communications In order to implement the service results and expand its service, the Foundation has actively established cooperative relationships with various professional groups in the past three years and jointly committed to major disaster relief, overseas medical clinics and weak relief services. It has the purpose of achieving mutual benefit. At the same time, the existing cooperation foundation will be continued as well as the signing of cooperation memorandums in order to establish long-term cooperative partnerships. Not to mention our foundation actively participates in various cooperation and exchanges to enhance relevant experience and resource networks. Taiwan Health Corps Joy Foundation Nepal Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Bliss and Wisdom Free Clinic Team Volunteer Service Team Taiwan Oral Care Association World Peace Organization - 3 - The signing of cooperation memo by Joy Foundation Nepal on November 6, 2015. The agreement of both parties to work together on disaster relief, medical services and exchanges as well as social assistance. On December 2, 2016, President of Joy Foundation Mr. Raja and other delegations pay their visit to Taiwan. Representatives of Joy Foundation visited Wu Sheng Monastery and pay respect to Dharani of the Bodhisattva with a Thousand Hands and Eyes. - 4 - On April 15, 2017, our foundation signed a cooperation memo with Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital to carry out exchanges and cooperation on medical rescue, drug assistance and rescue experience for major international disasters. On November 19-20, 2016, our foundation assisted in arranging the visit of Executive Director of the NGO International Affairs Committee representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Chou Lin to Lashio, Myanmar. He visited Mansu Monastery, Naung Mon Maha Kusala Yama Monastery and Guolian Chinese School. On December 10, 2016, our foundation participated in the 2016 International Aid Development Seminar held by the Taiwan Health Corps Falun in Chientan Youth Activity Center to share the experiences in disaster medical rescue services and to present the Foundation's profile and posters about the implementation of major disaster relief results over the years. - 5 - On June 17-18, 2017, our foundation was invited to Xiamen for the 7th Cross-Strait Red Cross Bo Ai Forum where we introduced our foundation organization and core work. We witnessed the sharing on the topic of international disaster relief, elderly care services and foreign aid supplies by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Tzu Chi and the International Medical center of National Cheng Kung University. We visited Xiamen Red Cross Disaster Preparedness Center as well. - 6 - I. Life Education 1. Puren Award Our foundation has been gradually promoting the Puren Awards throughout the regions of Taiwan since 2003 and through the rigorous and careful selection process; we have discovered and awarded elementary and middle school students with good moral character growing up in a poor family. Our purpose is to affirm and encourage these children and we further hope that by promoting love and hope, children of this generation will have a role model and character in life they can learn from. In the past 14 years, 4,862 students have been awarded in 17 regions of Taiwan, further regions as Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu Islands have been included in 2016. In the year of 2010, the foundation launched the National Puren Award, the winners of the National Puren Awards are selected from among the region and they are awarded in a public ceremony. A two-day and one-night life camp is organized to provide the opportunity for award-winning students to visit places, make new friends and to widen their perspective. Since 2015, the number of awards and scholarships has increased significantly, as 215 students have been commended so far. The Puren Awards are for students from poor families who have decent morality and personnel from every aspect often recognize the effort of the award-winning students. In recent years, winners of Puren Award have won the Presidential Education Award as well and our foundation will continue to expand the processing and will be committed to care about the award-winning students in the future by assisting these Puren Awardees to radiate and to contribute themselves for the society. - 7 - Flow chart of the processing of Puren Award National Final Award election Ceremony Regional Accepting Preliminary Family Secondary Award recommendations Election visit election Ceremony Preliminary and final election for Puren Award students for Taichung region year 2016. The participation in the Puren Award includes the submission of written materials and the visit to the participants’ home. After preliminary election, our volunteer will pay visits to the homes of recommended students in order to understand about their daily life patterns and to have a talk with their parents. The judges will carefully select regional and national winners through a process of secondary election and final election. Lastly, an open award ceremony will be held to award these outstanding students who excel in moral character and are hard working. Home visit by our volunteers and to present gifts to the families of awardees- “Love Earth, Love Peace” Puren bag. - 8 - The representatives from different regions They received two hours of to participate in the home visit volunteer volunteer training. training seminar for Puren Awards held by our foundation. Every year, the regional sponsoring of the Puren Awards will make good use of local resources combined with local characteristics to present the spirit of Puren in a variety of appearances. For example Love Bazaar and Thanksgiving Gathering Dinner. - 9 - Due to the purpose of returning to promote the originality of the Master's philosophy, the National Puren Awards Ceremony was held at the Fullon Hotel in Fulong since 2016. The winners were invited to participate in the Puren FUN XIN camp, which the schedule of visiting the Museum of World Religions, Wu Sheng Monastery and the rehearsal for the ceremony on the day before the ceremony was included. Awardees visiting the Museum of The Youth Group from Ling Jiou Mountain Foundation planned the Night of Candle World Religion. Lighting for the awardees Dharma Master Hsin Tao In order to thank the education community for its recognition guided the Puren Awardees and support for the Puren Award, Dharma Master Hsin Tao and their families to visit the specially presented the Ling Jiou Mountain "Life Education mountain. Series" to the principal and teachers. A special issue was published for the National Puren Awards Ceremony to recognize the story of each awardee. - 10 - Group photo of Dharma Master Hsin Tao, the Puren awardees and the youth group in the 7th National Puren Award Ceremony. Growth chart of winners from different regions in the past years 900 802 800 No. of awardees 758 698 700 605 600 463 500 409 400 350 276 300 No. of awardees of No. 199 200 120 99 100 31 26 30 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Year Annual number of national awardees 60 No.
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