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Fall 2021 • Volume 13, Number 3
Helping the Hungry in Gaza
In the Middle East, suffering does not pick sides. Whether it is a people seeking retribution for grotesque acts of violence or a militant group seeking redress for years of deprivation and oppression, the suffering, both individual and collective, is shared in common.
Food and Education for Families in Myanmar’s IDP Camps
BGR partner New Eden Charity Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Yangon, Myanmar, serves the needs of the most vulnerable people in Myanmar, including children and families living in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs).
Stop Using Starvation as a Weapon of War!
Acute hunger transfixes our entire organism, pushing everything else aside in favor of our most basic urge for survival. When we’re gripped by extreme hunger, we can think of nothing but food, have no interest in anything but food, and dream of nothing other than a decent meal.
2024 New Year Retreat: Sustaining Hope in Hard Times
In celebration of the dawning New Year 2024, this four-session retreat featured guided meditation and Dharma talks from Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Dassanāya Buddhist Community founder Dhammadīpa, and Vens. Jin Chuan and Jin Wei of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas.
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.
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.”
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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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.
