[Buddha-l] Haiti relief

[Curt Steinmetz]

Another group is Buddhist Global Relief, the "driving force" behind 
which is Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, according to this post at the Shambhala 
SunSpace (blog entry by Danny Fisher):
http://www.shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=14279

Here's a direct link to Buddhist Global Relief:
http://www.buddhistglobalrelief.org/main.html

And here is the whole original blog post by Danny Fisher:

Though he is perhaps best known for his English translations of huge 
portions of the Pali canon—Wisdom Publications’ In the Buddha’s Words: 
An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon is an especially popular 
collection of his work—the Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi has emerged as an 
important figure in the worldwide Engaged Buddhist movement. Among other 
things, he is the driving force behind Buddhist Global Relief—a new, 
visionary, Buddhist-inspired humanitarian organization contributing to 
relief and justice efforts all over the world.

At this moment, Haiti is suffering the effects of an especially 
devastating earthquake. Humanitarian organizations are mobilizing for 
what President Obama called yesterday “one of the largest relief efforts 
in history.” In a recent conversation I asked Bhikkhu Bodhi, “What is 
Buddhist Global Relief doing to help? What can we do to help?”His 
answer, after the jump. DCF: Regarding Haiti, what is Buddhist Global 
Relief doing to help? What can we do to help?

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: Buddhist Global Relief has made a generous 
contribution to support the relief efforts in Haiti. This was drawn from 
our cumulative funds supplemented by donations from board members and 
friends of BGR. However, we did not make a public effort to raise funds 
for this emergency. The reason is that BGR itself does not operate in 
Haiti and is not equipped to send over staff to provide assistance on 
the ground. We also do not have partners in the country, and there is 
not enough time to establish a working partnership according to the 
usual processes. As a small organization, we had decided when we started 
that we would initially concentrate on South Asia, and from there we 
have branched into sub-Saharan Africa, but not yet to Latin America.

We have sent our contribution of about $15,000 to reputable aid 
organizations already operating in the country: CARE, Oxfam, Doctors 
Without Borders, Freedom from Hunger, Tzu Chi Foundation (Taiwanese 
Buddhists), and Direct Relief International. We therefore suggest that 
those of your readers who would like to donate for relief in Haiti do 
likewise. They can also check out Google for Haiti relief operations. In 
this way, their donations will be used most effectively.

Here are links to all of the organizations mentioned so that you can 
look into them for yourself:

* Buddhist Global Relief
* CARE
* Oxfam International
* Doctors Without Borders
* Freedom From Hunger
* Tzu Chi Foundation
* Direct Relief International



Weng-Fai Wong wrote:
> Tzu Chi of Taiwan was among the first to swing into action.
>
> http://www.us.tzuchi.org/usa/home.nsf/home/index
>
> W.F. Wong
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Richard Hayes
> Sent: Saturday, 16 January, 2010 2:25 PM
> To: Buddhist discussion forum
> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Haiti relief
>
> The PBS program Religion and Ethics has compiled a list of religious and
> humanitarian organizations raising funds for relief in Haiti.
>
> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/by-topic/humanitarian/hai
> ti-earthquake-how-to-help/5474/
>
> Of the 28 charities listed, I don't see any Buddhist organizations listed.
> I've been looking around for some but have not found any yet. Does anyone
> know whether there are Buddhist outfits offering relief for Haiti?
>
>
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