HELPING HANDS NEWSLETTER
A Holiday Message from Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
As we come to the end of 2025, please bring forth a heart of compassion and help us give a hand to some of the most needy people in this world.
We Must End the Starvation of Gaza
A quarter of the way into the 21st century, we would never have expected an economically developed nation to deliberately set out to starve an entire population in a territory under its control. Such a policy would seem to belong to a past era, a time before the international community adopted binding codes of human rights. Yet in Gaza today, this assumption is being turned upside down.
Helping Women and Girls Break the Cycle of Poverty in Nagpur, India
Founded by the Australian Buddhist nun Ayya Yeshe, Bodhicitta Foundation provides food, housing, education, vocational training, and social services for people in need in Nagpur, India.
Buddhist Action to Feed the Hungry 2025
Hosted by BGR founder and chair Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, BGR’s annual Buddhist Action to Feed the Hungry Online Gathering, “Transforming Compassion Into Action,” will be held on October 25, 2025.
BGR Community: A Young Mother Learns Tools to Feed Her Family in Malawi
As climate change and corporate agriculture devastate smallholder farms in Malawi, a young mother receives training in sustainable, climate-resilient agriculture methods from BGR partner Ecology Action.
The Impacts of Rising Food Prices on Hunger
“The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025,” the U.N.’s annual report on global progress toward achieving the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition, focuses this year on the consequences of rising food prices around the world.
Now and Forever, Your Gift Will Change Lives
A letter from BGR Deputy Director Patti Price.
Satipațțhāna in Practice, Part 1: Mindfulness of the Body
This spring, the BGR community joined together in Dharma learning and practice focusing on the first establishment of mindfulness—the body.
BGR Community: Collaborative Work for the Benefit of All
In the Huaracondo District of Peru, supported by BGR, a young man not only learned agricultural skills but also became a young leader in his community.
BGR Board Announces 60 Projects for 2025–26 Grant Year
As Buddhist Global Relief enters its 17th year of service, we celebrate the generosity of our supporters whose conscientious compassion continues to relieve the suffering of chronic hunger and poverty for thousands of people around the world.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
During the coronavirus crisis, Buddhist Global Relief is continuing to fund 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 as this epidemic spreads among vulnerable and medically underserved populations. If you have the ability to help, please consider donating 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.
