HELPING HANDS NEWSLETTER
Winter 2023 • Volume 15, Number 4
A Holiday Letter From Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
To nurture loving-kindness for others is to open the fountain of compassion, and the supreme expression of compassion in action is generosity toward those in need.
Meals for Children in Sri Lanka
Based in child-development centers serving low-income communities, a project with Child Action Lanka is providing healthy breakfasts to preschool children from impoverished families in Sri Lanka.
BGR Joins Global Compassion Coalition
The Global Compassion Coalition (GCC) was founded in 2022 to foster collaboration among individuals and organizations in a shared mission to “restore compassion and justice at the foundation of every society.”
Rice Support for Monastics in the Mountains of Myanmar
A report from BGR partner Insight Myanmar detailing their relief effort to bring much-neeeded rice and cooking oil to monastics living on and around Yetagun Mountain, in southern Myanmar.
Thank You for Supporting the 2023 Buddhist Action Season
All of us at BGR offer our warmest and deepest thanks to all of our supporters who participated in Buddhist Global Relief’s online special event, “Creating a World That Works for Everyone.”
Fifteen Years and Growing!
By BGR Deputy Director Patricia Price • Your help allows thousands of girls to be educated equally with boys, provides school meals that incentivize parents to send their girls to school, and helps provide poor mothers with materials and instruction to learn marketable skills with which they can earn income for their families.
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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