HELPING HANDS NEWSLETTER
Summer 2025 • Volume 17, Number 2
My Visit to Vietnam
This spring, BGR founder and chair Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi traveled to Vietnam to give the keynote address at the UN International Day of Vesak celebration, held in Ho Chi Minh City, on May 6. In this essay, Bhante shares a personal account of his travels in Vietnam leading up to the UN event.
Improving Food Security for Children and Families in Kenya
A project with BGR partner the Ruben Centre is providing needed supplemental nutrition to more than 3,000 vulnerable children, including babies and disabled children, in the Mukuru community on the outskirts of Nairobi.
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.
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.
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.
Now and Forever, Your Gift Will Change Lives
A letter from BGR Deputy Director Patti Price.
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 hunger and malnutrition due to deeply entrenched poverty, systemic inequality, and environmental degradation. 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 our secured Chase Bank lockbox at: Buddhist Global Relief, P.O. Box 24832, New York, NY 10087-4832 USA. Please continue to send all other mail to: Buddhist Global Relief, 2020 Route 301, Carmel, NY 10512, USA.
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