By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi • Even though Covid-19 has been taking a heavy toll on workers in the meat industry, late last month President Trump issued an executive order demanding that meat-processing plants must resume operations. The effect of this order is to confront workers with a horrendous choice: either risk losing their jobs or risk losing their lives.
Over the past two months, BGR has donated close to $40,000 to support communities, both globally and nationally, adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
At this year's annual projects meeting, the BGR Board approved funding for 41 projects, offering more than $600,000 in grants to sponsor projects with our partners around the world.
By Randy Rosenthal • The coronavirus has exposed the flaws of our food-supply system in at least two ways. One is by compelling retail food staff–grocery workers and delivery “shoppers”–to put their health at risk. The other is the widespread destruction of fresh food.
What does it mean to act ethically in a moment of pandemic? By responding with compassion, we can lay the foundations for a more equitable society and a more sustainable world.
Through its partnership with Lotus Outreach International, BGR is helping provide poor girls in Cambodia–and their families–with rice support, thereby enabling them to continue their education through high school and even to pursue university degrees.
A BGR project in Peru, with Peruvian partner Asociación Grupo de Trabajo Redes, is dedicated to providing marginalized women with access to vocational educational training, information about their labor rights, and opportunities to find dignified work.
A project with BGR partner Burma Humanitarian Mission funds educations for the children of "backpack medics" who provide needed health care to members of oppressed and persecuted ethnic minorities in the most vulnerable areas of Myanmar.
Today, January 20th, the nation celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. The words to his “I Have a Dream” speech will be repeated from podiums and in classrooms across the country. But many of the people repeating these words have never heard other King quotes, like this one: “I am convinced that if we are to get on to the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values.”
This year Buddhist Global Relief’s partner Keep Growing Detroit (KGD) celebrated its sixth anniversary of supporting gardeners and creating food distribution pathways to ensure as many Detroit residents as possible have access to nutritious locally grown fruits and vegetables.
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