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Delivering Aid to Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Published Date: October 26, 2017
Location: Asia| Myanmar
In September 2017, Supreme Master Ching Hai contributed US$30,000 to help the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar who were in Bangladesh, especially the children, women and elderly, and instructed our Asso… |
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Providing Vegan Food and Supplies for Refugees at the Serbia…
Published Date: September 5, 2017
Location: Europe| Serbia
Each day at the border between Serbia and Croatia near Šid, Serbia, there are at least 150 refugees passing and looking for refreshment, rest and comfort. Most of them are men, but recently a lot of w… |
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~Updated Sep 24, 2017~ Sharing the Vegan Message and Assisti…
Published Date: September 24, 2017
Location: Europe| Greece
In a continuous effort to help the refugees and to spread the vegan news in Greece, some of our Association members traveled from Korea and the United Kingdom to Athens in July 2017, and joined the lo… |
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Helping South Sudanese Refugees Through the Sudan Red Cresce…
Published Date: May 24, 2017
Location: Africa| South Sudan
Years of unrest, food shortages and conflicts in 2016 in South Sudan have forced at least 100,000 people to flee the new country, with the number of refugees now totaling over one million and the numb… |
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The Spirit of Philoxenia of the Greek People
Published Date: March 18, 2017
Location: Europe| Greece
As many European borders are closed, over 60,000 refugees, according to The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates, are waiting in Greece to have their cases processed. The Greek people’s outstanding att… |
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~Updated Feb 14, 2017~ Helping the Refugees and the Homeless…
Published Date: February 15, 2017
Location: Europe| Greece
A few months after Macedonia closed its borders with Greece in March 2016, Idomeni, a Greek village on the border, was evacuated, and thousands of refugees were placed in military camps across Norther… |
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Bringing Much-needed Items to Calais, France to Assist Refug…
Published Date: January 19, 2017
Location: Europe| France
Upon learning that the refugee camps in Europe were in need of winter items, and in response to Supreme Master Ching Hai’s instruction to assist those less fortunate, our Association members from Surr… |
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Witnessing Miracles During the Relief Work for the Refugees …
Published Date: February 11, 2017
Location: Asia| Bangladesh
Over a long period of time, more than 300,000 Rohingyas in Myanmar have fled to neighboring Bangladesh to seek refuge. By 2015, about 32,000 Rohingyas were registered and living in the official refuge… |
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Sending Help for Displaced People in Sweida, Syria
Published Date: January 8, 2017
Location: Africa| Syria
As the war in Syria has continued to cause extremely difficult conditions for the last six years, especially for the displaced people there, the city of Sweida has received large numbers of citizens f… |
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~Updated Jan 27, 2017~ Offering Needed Items to a Refugee Sh…
Published Date: January 27, 2017
Location: Europe| Italy
In Ventimiglia, Northern Italy, a volunteer-run shelter is located that has a capacity to house about 100 people. Most of the refugees there are families and single women from Afghanistan and differen… |
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Providing Drinking Water for Displaced Families in Sahnaya, …
Published Date: September 4, 2016
Location: Asia| Syria
During the Syrian crisis, Sahnaya graciously welcomed 13,350 families from nearby areas who were displaced by war. The refugees are provided with shelter, food, healthcare and clothing by various char… |
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Helping Displaced Families in Sweida, Syria
Published Date: April 7, 2016
Location: Asia| Syria
Following Supreme Master Ching Hai’s loving advice to help people in need, in March 2016, one of our local Association members distributed vegan food and daily necessities to displaced families in Swe… |
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Assisting Refugees in Slovenia
Published Date: August 24, 2016
Location: Europe| Slovenia
During the fall and winter of 2015, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria and the Middle East flooded the small country of Slovenia, desperately trying to escape the war. They usually stayed in… |
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~Updated Feb 10, 2017~ Giving Love and Assistance to Refugee…
Published Date: February 10, 2017
Location: Europe| Greece
In response to Master’s loving instruction, our international Association members have traveled to different areas, bringing humanitarian aid where refugees are in need. One of those places is Athens,… |
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~Updated Feb 8, 2017 ~ Continued Support for Refugees on Chi…
Published Date: February 8, 2017
Location: Europe| Greece
According to the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) – The UN Refugee Agency, in January and February of 2016, 122,637 people seeking refuge have arrived in Greece. With this number … |
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Providing Aid for Refugees in Paris, France
Published Date: June 1, 2016
Location: Europe| France
On May 16, 2016, our Paris Center learned from Facebook that 100 new refugees arrived in Paris and were in great need of help, especially food. Our local Association members, following Supreme Master … |
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Bringing Aid And Comfort And To Refugees In Macedonia
Published Date: April 16, 2016
Location: Europe| Macedonia
After hearing of the refugee crisis, Supreme Master Ching Hai instructed our Association members to render aid, and give assistance to those in need where possible. With the EUR 4,640 relief fund prov… |
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Assisting Refugees in Hungary
Published Date: May 15, 2016
Location: Europe| Hungary
During the summer 2015, a large number of refugees crossed the south border of Hungary. Many of them did not go to official refugee camps, so they were in desperate need of basic care, such as food, s… |
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Assisting Refugees And Those In Need In Berlin, Germany – Ja…
Published Date: May 3, 2016
Location: Europe| Germany
In a response to Master’s compassionate instruction to help the refugees and those less fortunate, our Association members from Berlin, Germany used EUR 3,121.46 from Master’s relief fund to provide v… |
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Assisting with Refugee Relief in Athens, Greece
Published Date: August 20, 2016
Location: Europe| Greece
On March 13, our relief team in Athens went to a warehouse in Elliniko warehouse to help sort out clothing items for children and women so that they could be distributed easily to the refugees. Many v… |
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Serving Vegan Food for Refugees on Chios Island, Greece
Published Date: August 3, 2016
Location: Europe| Greece
According to the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) – The UN Refugee Agency, in January and February of 2016, 122,637 people seeking refuge have arrived in Greece. With this number … |
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Bringing Aid to Refugees in Idomeni, Greece
Published Date: June 11, 2016
Location: Europe| Greece
In response to Master’s compassionate instructions to provide aid for the refugees, in March 2016, our Association members formed a relief team of four; two from Korea, one from the United Kingdom, an… |
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Helping Refugees in Lebanon
Published Date: June 24, 2016
Location: Asia| Lebanon
Due to unsafe conditions in their home countries, many refugees have fled to Lebanon, where there are now over one million registered refugees from Syria. Most of them cannot afford to travel anywhere… |
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Helping Syrian Refugee Families in Lebanon
Published Date: February 24, 2016
Location: Asia| Lebanon
From November 26 to December 24, 2015, with US$8,427 contributed by our Association members from the United Kingdom, China and Singapore, one of our Association members in Lebanon distributed heaters,… |
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Providing Heating Supplies for Refugees in Grand-Synthe, Nor…
Published Date: April 17, 2016
Location: Europe| France
On January 24, 2016, our Paris Association members contributed heaters and related accessories to the refugee families in need in Grande-Synthe camp in northern France, using the EUR 7,731 fund provid… |
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Contributing Relief Supplies for Refugees on Chios Island
Published Date: February 24, 2016
Location: Europe| Germany
Upon learning that the Germany Alliance for Civilian Assistance was organizing relief supplies to be sent to Chios Island, Greece to help the refugees every month, our Munich Association members contr… |
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Our Korean Relief Team Providing Aid for Refugees in Greece
Published Date: April 10, 2016
Location: Europe| Greece
With refugees continuing to arrive in Europe, leaving everything to escape war-torn countries, comes a greater need for assistance as they make their journey to find a safer place to call home. With d… |
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Bringing Vegan Food and Warm Clothes to Refugees in Croatia …
Published Date: July 8, 2016
Location: Europe| Croatia
Following Master’s caring instruction to help people in times of dire need, our Association members from Croatia formed a relief team and have brought aid to refugees in Croatia and Serbia since Novem… |
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Sending Aid from Japan to the Refugees in Europe
Published Date: January 11, 2016
Location: Europe| Europe
Our Association members from Gunma Center are very concerned about the European refugee situation when we listen to the news about them every day. Following Master’s loving instruction to assist the r… |
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Helping at a Refugee Camp in France
Published Date: April 23, 2016
Location: Europe| France
When a group of our Korean Association members were in Paris to promote veganism during COP 21, also known as the Paris 2015 United Nation Climate Change Conference, we took the opportunity to visit a… |
