Helping Hands Newsletter
Fall 2022 • Volume 14, Number 3
To Rescue a World
By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi • Every person, every being, is a unique perspective from which the universe experiences itself, a beam of light through which the universe bears witness to itself.
Food Sovereignty Through Traditional Agriculture for Indigenous Communities in Brazil
The Center for Indigenous Work (Centro de Trabalho Indigenista or CTI), a BGR partner since 2019, works closely with Indigenous people in Brazil to support land rights and the preservation and sustenance of traditional cultures.
BGR Provides Emergency Hunger Relief to Sri Lanka
In response to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, this year Buddhist Global Relief has approved nearly $20,000 in emergency grants to organizations working on the ground to relieve hunger there.
BGR’s Helping Hands Podcast: Sustainable Change, One Seed at a Time, with Samuel Nderitu
In the latest episode of BGR’s Helping Hands Podcast, BGR Board member Daniel Blake speaks with Samuel Nderitu, who, together with his wife, Peris, is co-founder and co-director of the BGR partner organization G-BIACK, the Grow Biointensive Agricultural Center of Kenya.
Announcing the 2022 Buddhist Action to Feed the Hungry Online Gathering
Join the worldwide BGR community for a celebration of conscientious compassion in the Dharma, on October 29, 2022, from 3–5 pm ET (12–2 pm PT).
Buddhist Global Relief’s Future
Together with outright donations, estate gifts have helped BGR provide nutrition for more at-risk people, educate more children, support more sustainable home and community-based agriculture projects, and offer more vocational training for impoverished women.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Buddhist Global Relief funds projects providing food, education, and other necessary support to the world’s most vulnerable people. Many of the communities we serve worldwide are experiencing immense need due to the Covid pandemic, systemic inequality, and environmental devastation. If you have the ability to help, please consider making a donation to BGR. You can contribute by PayPal or credit card here or by check mailed to: Buddhist Global Relief, 2020 Route 301, Carmel, NY 10512, USA.
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