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In Brazil, local Tzu Chi volunteers and TIMA members arrive once again in Jardim Angela, to provide a free clinic serving 254 patients. In China’s Sichuan Province, visiting Taiwanese volunteers from the Tzu Chi Teachers Association share their teaching experience and tips with their counterparts from 13 local schools. And, in China’s Harbin, scholars try to reduce carbon emissions, while providing adequate heating and cooling to homes and offices, by looking to the city’s underground sewage.
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1. ?qE Free clinic in poor neighborhood
2. |tHy Tzu Chi training for Sichuan teachers
3. Q{O?s Relocating poverty-hit Gaolan Village
4. KKR Beginning a new life on the plains
5. R The legacy of love
6. ?Iw The saga of a family in need
7. ?? Facing setbacks with courage
8. B(@) Environmentally friendly air conditioners
9. D?` Tzu Chi joins National Tree Day
END: OC Youth learning to better our world
1. ?qE Free clinic in poor neighborhood
We start today’s program in South America’s Brazil, where Tzu Chi volunteers held a free clinic this past Sunday, August 15, at a school in Jardim Angela, a neighborhood in south Sao Paulo. This time, the location of the clinic was further than what the medical team was used to, but the 13 doctors, 74 volunteers, along with 3 Qi-gong teachers, were bright and ready to serve 254 patients.
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Children play outside, while insides Tzu Chi’s free clinic is in session at Jardim Angela primary school. The event location is further away than the usual, but judging from the long queue of eager patients, volunteers are happy to see they hit the right spot.
Volunteers try to figure out what the best treatment is for the pain Djanira Maria da Silva and her daughter have been dealing with.
Clinic patient, Djanira Maria da Silva:
“It’s difficult to move my leg and it hurts. I can’t see clearly either, but at least make me better so I can move on my own.”
Fortunately for the 254 patients, help is available. Tzu Chi’s team of professional healers examine and do their best to treat all cases.
House-calls from the doctor are also part of Tzu Chi’s medical mission. Since many of the long-term care recipients are bedridden, volunteers bring a basket of food and adult diapers to each home.
And every time volunteers make their regular visits to see old friends, much love and joy is shared.
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2. |tHy Tzu Chi training for Sichuan teachers
Heading over to China, Tzu Chi’s “Project Hope” to rebuild Sichuan schools after the 2008 earthquake is entering a new phase. Having completed the physical structures, Taiwanese volunteers from the Tzu Chi Teachers Association, and teachers and principals from 13 Sichuan schools, took part in a two-day exchange during the summer vacation. The goal of the meeting was to introduce Tzu Chi’s humanitarian spirit and Jing Si aphorisms into the Sichuan classrooms.
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Not even a downpour can dampen the spirits at Luoshui Tzu Chi Middle School, where Taiwanese volunteers from the Tzu Chi Teachers Association hold a workshop for teachers from 13 schools in Sichuan.
Tzu Chi deputy executive director, Wang Duanzheng:
“Software is more important than hardware. In other words, we need people to apply Tzu Chi’s humanitarianism, and the whole nurturing atmosphere of the school. There are two kinds of content: first knowledge found in textbooks, and second moral, lifestyle and humanistic education. That’s the spirit of Tzu Chi culture.”
Before the start of the semester at the 13 schools Tzu Chi is rebuilding, or has already built, in Sichuan, the teachers and principals have come to learn more about Tzu Chi.
Yangtang Elementary School principal, Zhou Lifang:
“We’ve been looking forward to coming to see and learn, and apply what we learn in our regular teaching methodology. So we’ve been looking forward to this. We want to learn, so I we asked the Education Bureau for time off, and they fully supported us.”
At the two-day workshop the teachers learn how to get healthy ideas across to children in fun and interesting ways. Hopefully, the results will be as refreshing as a rain shower in spring.
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3. Q{O?s Relocating poverty-hit Gaolan Village
Staying in China, we now turn our attention to the impoverished Guizhou Province. The province’s formidable terrain makes life for local farmers very hard. Fierce storms in January 1998, followed by a drought, first brought Tzu Chi volunteers to bring aid to suffering farmers. And for the last 13 years, volunteers have kept up their efforts. In 2007, Tzu Chi successfully moved the whole Shangwengjin(W?) Village to a new location in a more fertile area. Recently, volunteers have been helping resettle Gaolan() Village. The care-givers make sure they get to know each villager personally, so the new community will meet their needs.
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With its endless emerald green mountains, some people say Guizhou looks like all the peaks in China were picked up and moved here. The long and winding roads through the inhospitable hills echo the harsh life of the villagers, who wonder if things will ever get better.
Following the muddy path, Tzu Chi volunteers arrive in the village of Gaolan(), which is in Luodian(ùl) county of Guizhou province. Volunteer Gao Mingshan() points out how the village homes have bamboo gutters that channel the rain into a water cellar beneath the home, to keep a store of potable water.
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Oh! Yes, yes. I can play.
The volunteers know all about the villager’s talent for music, and how to cheer up the elderly residents.
Frequent visits to the village have put the volunteers in touch with the residents’ way of life, and helped them make sure Gaolan New Village, which is currently being built, will meet their needs.
The volunteers also hold discussions with local government officials, to make sure construction of the new facilities, and relocation of the villagers, all goes smoothly.
I think there should be a garden. If you want a basketball court, make it half-sized. There’s no space for a full court.
Perhaps because of that extra effort, at Shangwengjin(W?) Tzu Chi New Village, which opened in October 2007, of the 50 households, 47 are no longer in poverty. Monthly income for each family is over 4,000 renminbi, which is 1,000 renminbi more than the county average.
Shangwengjin Tzu Chi Village resident, Jiang Benquan:
“Yes, life is better than before. Before we ate maize, but now we eat rice. That’s right, we eat rice every day. We take the maize to sell, and buy rice to eat.”
Teacher Wu Changcai(d~) used to be in constant fear of stormy weather, but now he sits relaxed in front of his home. Although he and his family still live on campus, and go home on the weekends, they no longer worry about their property.
Shangwengjin Tzu Chi Village resident, Wu Changcai:
“Before when we lived in that house there, when it rained, the roof would leak. Now I’ve built this house, I’m not worried that I’ll have nowhere to live. So I have much more peace of mind.”
The change has come about thanks to the hard work of the local residents, and generous contributions from around the world. Now the children from the harsh mountains have a brighter future ahead of them.
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4. KKR Beginning a new life on the plains
Returning to Taiwan, where Tzu Chi also helped rebuilt communities troubled by disasters. Lu Yaqin (c^) joined Tzu Chi’s relief-work program after her village in Pingtung County was inundated by Typhoon Morakot last year. When she took part in building the Da Ai Baihe Settlement in Changzhi; the woman was touched to see the harmony and togetherness between the volunteers at the worksite. So, when her new house was completed, Lu says she was already feeling quite at home.
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Lu Yaqin gets right on customizing her new home at Tzu Chi’s Changzhi Da Ai Baihe Settlement with familiar plants from the mountains.
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Da Ai Baihe Settlement resident, Lu Yaqin:
“It’s a lot easier going to the hospital to bring my father-in-law to get therapy. On top of that it’s really convenient to go shopping for groceries and everything else. It’s cheaper too.”
However, Lu says her new home is more than just accommodating and accessible; it also represents a new beginning. After the 8/8 disaster, Lu became a relief-work participant and helped build the Changzhi Da Ai Baihe Settlement from ground up.
Da Ai Baihe Settlement resident, Lu Yaqin:
“For example the kids like to run around here, people chat with each other. The young people like to gossip under the streetlights. We usually go next door to keep up with our neighbors. It feels wonderfully comfortable.”
Life on the plains is different from living in the mountains, yet the unity in the Baihe community is already making Lu feel safe and at home.
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On the Pudu Festival
The ‘Pudu festival’ is traditionally celebrated in the seventh month of the lunar calendar to honor the deceased. The Master made a plea against the practice of burning joss paper and making sacrifices. Tzu Chi’s founder said donating the money that has been spent on offerings to charity was the best way to celebrate the festival.
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5. R The legacy of love
The next story from Taipei’s Tzu Chi Hospital is about a couple who lost their daughter, Peng Xiaoxuan (^p), to an “intra-spinal primitive neuro-ecto-dermal tumor”, a rare and aggressive form of cancer that is not easy to cure. Before she died, Xiaoxuan had signed up as an organ donor, and now her corneas will be helping a person see once again. To let Xiaoxuan’s love and goodwill live on, her parents have dedicated themselves to volunteer work, helping terminally-ill patients and doing recycling work.
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Mrs. Peng carefully groups the cast-offs for recycling, the same as she has done every day, for more than a decade. Before her daughter Peng Xiaoxuan passed away from cancer, this was one of their daily pastimes; now, it has become Mrs. Peng’s way of remembering her girl.
Organ donor Peng Xiaoxuan’s mother, Wu Hanxiao:
“She often ran out of breath when she did recycling, so I had to tell her to take a break. (She didn’t stop?) She didn’t. (Wasn’t it hard for you to see her like that?) Of course. It pains all moms to see that. I tried to get her to rest. (You’re doing this on your own now.) After work I come back and get started on the recycling.”
Xiaoxuan was one of the unfortunate people to contract an intraspinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor, and it took her life in less than two years. Before she passed away, Xiaoxuan signed up as an organ donor. Her corneas helped another person regain sight.
“You must be positive, and don’t fret or worry over things. One word of advice, if you want to give back to society, be an organ donor. (I want to donate my corneas)
That’s great. Xiaoxuan did that to repay society, like a Bodhisattva. You’ll be saving lives too by donating your corneas.”
Xiaoxuan’s father is now a volunteer at the cancer ward, giving support to terminally ill patients and their suffering families. Realizing that while life perishes at any given moment, love will always live on, Xiaoxuan’s parents have dedicated themselves to perpetuating this cycle of love.
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6. ?Iw The saga of a family in need
The formerly conjoined Molit twins, along with their mother, have now happily returned to their home in the Philippines after successful separation surgery in Taiwan. In March of this year, the trio had just arrived. Worry was written all over the mother, Emile’s face back then. But now, after their stay at Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Emile is wearing a happy smile, and says she is deeply grateful for her friends in Tzu Chi.
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With wide, curious eyes the Filipino Rose Molit twins gaze about at a world now changed forever, with a completely changed outlook than when they arrived in Taiwan, last March, 31st. To welcome the family, and give them comfort during the stay, the hospital’s pediatrics staff decorated their room with lively toys and other comforts, like a stroller, and powdered formula, to give the family a greater sense of belonging during their anxious stay.
Tzu Chi volunteer, Yan Huimei:
“They’re both smiling! “
Conjoined at the hips, the humid, hot summer weather caused them much discomfort. The mother, Emile, asked volunteers for help, who scrounged up some muslin to use as swaddling.
Tzu Chi volunteer, Zhang Jixue:
“This mother works so hard! She washes their diapers until they’re pure white. She’s incredible. She washes them all by hand Then she hangs them to dry.”
With a nutritionist taking care of their diet, the girls weighed in at 8 kilos. Other nurses cut their hair, and more than once. Everyone cared for the children as if they were their own –
Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital nurse, Lin Meiyan:
“One day, I said to the Mother, “We could even be their God mothers.” But I think she thought at that time: “They’ve already got a mother, why do they need a God mother?” She thought about it a good while, but then, one day, she said I was Amei’s mommy.”
The mother, Emile, was at her daughters’ side the entire time, as they were transformed into two independent, healthy girls. During her stay, Emile kept a diary, and wrote often to her family back home.
Tzu Chi volunteer, Li Jianlan:
“She wrote many letters, so her family would know that while she was here. They are far away in the Philippines, so she needed to fill them in.”
After four months, Emile really missed home, and when her return was set eagerly telephoned with the good news. Where her face, upon arriving, had been filled with trepidation and worry, as she contemplated the return home, it was clearly transformed –
Rose Molit Twins’ mother, Emile:
“The Tzu Chi volunteers are kind, very kind.”
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7. ?? Facing setbacks with courage
In our next segment today, we introduce you to another pair of twins, here in Taiwan. Single mother Yao Jinxiang(), from Taichung, had difficulties becoming pregnant, trying for 11 years, before finally giving birth to twins. Unfortunately, one of the twins suffers cerebral palsy. Faced with the difficulties of caring for her daughter, the woman almost wanted to give up. Luckily, with encouragement from her friends, and Master Cheng Yen’s teachings, Yao opened her heart, and began volunteering at her daughter’s school. Now, the mother says, her children are the best gift she’s ever received.
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Life hasn’t been easy for Yao Jinxiang as she had difficulties getting pregnant. After 11 years of trying, she finally became pregnant with twins. The boy is healthy; however, the little girl suffers cerebral palsy. Yao’s husband couldn’t come to terms with his daughter’s situation and left the family. At the same year, Yao’s mother passed away from diabetes. With these setbacks, the woman wanted to give up.
School volunteer, Yao Jinxiang:
“It was hard to take care of her, to a point where I really wanted to jump off a building with her. But then I thought about the master’s teachings.”
The single mother is a fan of Da Ai TV and enjoys listening to Master Cheng Yen’s teachings. Along with the encouragement from her friends, Yao began to open her heart and volunteer at her daughter’s school. Now, she truly believes that her daughter is a gift from heaven.
School volunteer, Yao Jinxiang:
“When she comes across difficulties, and we blame her, she will just laugh it off and says it’s alright, she will comfort herself. I think I should follow her spirit.”
Facing her life with optimism and courage, Yao Jinxiang says, she just wants to be there for her children.
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8. B(@) Environmentally friendly air conditioners
China is one of main carbon production countries in the world, with its northeast regions producing the most greenhouse gases. That is because the region's winter lasts six months long. To survive, people rely on boilers heated by coal. Scholars and researchers have long since looked for an eco-friendly alternative to coal, and now we introduce you to a system that relies on underground sewage to help regulate temperatures.
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Summer in China's northeastern city of Harbin -- the Provincial Capital of Heilongjiang Province -- is enjoyable, but short. Winter begins in October, covering the region in thick layers of snow that last until the next March.
HIT Civil & Envtl. Eng. School, Prof. Sun Dexing:
"Most heating in Harbin is provided by boilers, which provide heating for a whole district. For every square meter of area being heated in winter, 40 kilos of coal is consumed over the course of the winter. As the coal burns, the carbon dioxide produced is multiplied by three, which means 120 kilos are discharged for every square meter. There is no way to reduce carbon emissions with these methods."
For every kilo of coal burned, three kilos of carbon dioxide is released into the air. With limited supplies of natural energy source in the world, how will northeast China endure its frigid winter, while still remaining environmentally friendly?
HIT Civil & Envtl. Eng. School, Prof. Sun Dexing:
"Solar energy applications in heating and cooling run into the problem of the limited availability of the sun. Sometimes the sun's out, sometimes it isn't. Storing the heat and electricity is a problem, too, so there are many bottlenecks. Now wind power, it works great in the northwest. It generates electricity too, but to heat the whole vast north depletes a lot of energy. So what other non-fossil fuel can we use? It's the heat that is everywhere in our environment."
Energy exists everywhere: in the air, earth, and water, all of which can theoretically be used to regulate temperatures in our dwellings, and make our life comfortable. In northeast China, Professor Sun says sewage holds the key.
HIT Civil & Envtl. Eng. School, Prof. Sun Dexing:
"Harbin's winter dips 20 to 30 degrees Celsius below zero, but sewage remains around 12 to 16 degrees Celsius. That'd make a warm winter. In summer, it heats up to around 30 something, but the sewage stays around 20 degrees. So in summer, it's a cooling source, and in winter, it's a heat source."
Statistics show that, every year, Harbin discharges 900,000 tons of sewage, while the whole of China discharges 70 billion tons. The sewage accounts for 40 percent of a city's background heat, so how can that energy be extracted? This is where heat pump and refrigeration cycle come into play, based on this same principle that works our refrigerators, air conditioners, and heaters. A heat pump uses a substance known as a refrigerant, which has unique evaporating and condensing properties that makes it useful to manipulate temperatures. When the refrigerant of an air conditioning is compressed by its compressor, it becomes a very hot gas. Once this heat is allowed to dissipate, and the pressure is reduced, the refrigerant becomes cold, which can then draws heat out from surrounding air -- say, a room -- and so successfully lowers the room's temperature. It is through this continuous cycle of compression, via a condenser and expansion, via a special expansion valve, that heat can be dissipated or absorbed; the refrigerant is then recycled back into the compressor, and the room temperature is controlled.
HIT Civil & Envtl. Eng. School, Prof. Sun Dexing:
"In this circulatory system, we have a high temperature component and a low temperature one. I can channel my pipe through to extract the heat for heating, or to extract the cold for cooling purpose."
With increasingly limited conventional fossil fuels, humans must reevaluate our energy usage policy and discover new reusable sources. Many cities in China besides Harbin have already employed these green heating and air conditioning units in hotels or commercial buildings. Though sewage may be waste water, put to the right use, it can still serve a great purpose.
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9. D?` Tzu Chi joins National Tree Day
Australian National Tree Day took place on August 1 this year. Tzu Chi again joined the call, mobilizing over 50 volunteers to help plant 700 saplings in just three hours. The event was organized by the Australian NGO “Planet Ark”, with support from corporate sponsors. The organizers were impressed by Tzu Chi’s contribution, and said they hoped volunteers would participate in years to come.
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Working along the marked route, Tzu Chi volunteers and their members first dig, dig, dig, then plant and water each sapling. Volunteers young and old all gather to give a helping hand.
Environmental Weed Foundation, Bev Debrincat:
“Did you see how big the trees have grown that you have planted last year? They are now about, some of them are over two meters tall, so you have done an excellent job. So Tzu Chi are the best planters. They make the plants grow really well.”
Australian Tzu Chi volunteers from the Sydney Chapter participated in National Tree Day this year, and they managed to plant over 700 saplings.
Though coming from all walks of life and speaking different languages, everyone shares the same goal: to safeguard the planet.
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END: OC Youth learning to better our world
The 14th Tzu Chi Humanitarian Camp for Central & South Malaysia was attended by 176 local Tzu Chings or Tzu Chi collegiate youths, who learned in the three-day event, how they can contribute themselves to make the world a better place. Let’s go join them at the end today’s program. Thank you for watching. Goodbye.
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