Expenditures
by the Supreme Master Ching Hai
Lunar New Year’s Gift Distribution to Poor Families
and the Homeless
Item
Description
|
Expense
(in CAN$)
|
Receipt
|
Tea,
sweets, candies and cakes for the New Year holiday
|
$417.41
|
A
|
Bags
of rice and rice cakes |
$954.92
|
B
|
Basic
necessities (toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, etc.) and
red envelopes (for poor families and artists) |
$1563.83
|
C
|
Gloves,
hats and scarves for poor families and the homeless
|
$1010.83
|
D
|
Miscellaneous
|
$43.82
|
E
|
Expo
booth rental |
$600
|
|
Total
|
CAN$4,590.81
(=US$3,013.73)
|
|
Expenditures
for Worldwide Disaster Relief and Aid by
the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association
from January to December 2002
Beneficiary
(country)
|
Date
Month/Year
|
Description
|
Amount
|
US$
|
Related
News
Issue #(s)
|
Canada
|
02/2002
|
New
Year’s gifts for needy Aulacese households
|
US$2,028.06
|
US$2,028.06
|
132
|
The Philippines
|
04/2002
|
Helping leper villagers
|
US$2,195.00
|
US$2,195.00
|
136
|
France
|
09/2002
|
Helping flood victims in southern France
|
€1,000.00
|
US$1,055.00
|
140
|
Colombia
|
12/2002
|
Contribution to Fundacion Infantil
Alegria Fe y Esperanza
|
US$5,200.00
|
US$5,200.00
|
140,
141
|
Formosa
|
01-12/2002
|
Monthly comfort to the needy
|
NT$1,341,700.00
|
US$38,889.86
|
133,135,
137,139,
140,142
|
Formosa
|
01-12/2002
|
Charitable and public welfare activities
|
NT$461,088.00
|
US$13,364.87
|
132,133,
135,137,
139,140,
142
|
Total
|
US$62,732.79
|
|
Expenditures
for Charitable Activities in
Formosa during November and December 2002
Amount in Tables 1 and 2 totaled NT$
259,289 (Approx. US$ 7,450.83)
Table
1: Expenditures for charitable activities in
Formosa, November and December 2002
(Currency: NT$)
Location
|
Date
|
Description
|
Amount
|
Annex
|
Tainan
|
2002.11.27
|
Visit to inmates at the Tainan Mingte Outdoor Prison; soul-elevating
seminar and teaching of meditation (supported by
fellow practitioners)
|
0
|
|
Tainan
|
2002.11.28
|
Visit to inmates at the Tainan Prison; soul-elevating seminar
(supported by fellow practitioners)
|
0
|
|
Taitung
|
2002.12.14
|
Concern for remote aborigines and conducting of free Chinese
and western medical treatment and free haircut services
at the Taiban Primary School, Yuanren and Taitung
Counties
|
14,279
|
A
|
Tainan
|
2002.12.14
|
Support for the Tainan City Environmental Protection Bureau’s
efforts to clean beaches on the Golden Coast in
Southern Tainan
|
1,010
|
B
|
Yunlin
|
2002.12.25
|
Participation in the Formosa Religious Expo held by The Yunlin
County government
|
15,000
|
C
|
Tainan
|
2002.12.25
|
Visit to inmates at the Tainan Mingte Outdoor Prison; soul-elevating
seminar and teaching of meditation (supported by
fellow practitioners)
|
0
|
|
Tainan
|
2002.12.26
|
Visit to inmates at the Tainan Prison; soul-elevating seminar
and teaching of meditation (supported by fellow
practitioners)
|
0
|
|
Total
|
NT$30,289
|
|
Table
2: Relief Funds for Needy Households in Formosa
during November and December 2002
(Currency: NT$)
|
November
2002
|
December
2002
|
|
Location
|
Number
of Households
|
Amount
|
Number
of Households
|
Amount
|
Annex
|
Keelung
|
1
|
2,000
|
1
|
2,000
|
1
|
Taipei
|
7
|
19,000
|
6
|
16,000
|
2
|
Taoyuan
|
1
|
2,000
|
1
|
2,000
|
3
|
Hsinchu
|
1
|
3,000
|
1
|
3,000
|
4
|
Taichung
|
5
|
17,000
|
5
|
17,000
|
5
|
Nantou
|
7
|
26,000
|
7
|
26,000
|
6
|
Chiayi
|
3
|
8,000
|
3
|
8,000
|
7
|
Tainan
|
1
|
4,000
|
1
|
4,000
|
8
|
Kaohsiung
|
3
|
10,000
|
3
|
10,000
|
9
|
Pingtung
|
3
|
10,000
|
3
|
10,000
|
10
|
Taitung
|
3
|
10,000
|
3
|
10,000
|
11
|
Penghu
|
2
|
5,000
|
2
|
5,000
|
12
|
SubTotal
|
37
|
$116,000
|
36
|
$113,000
|
|
Total
NT$229,000
|
|