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Tanzania |
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The Destitute
Receive Relief after Major Landslide and Floods
By Tanzanian Relief Team (Originally
in English)
In November 2009, prolonged heavy
rainfall in Ramba Mawe Province,
Tanzania,
produced a major landslide on Mount Kilimanjaro,
resulting in the loss of 24 lives plus an unknown number of
animals and the destruction of many homes. Our Association members
formed a relief team and distributed blankets, mosquito nets
and food with Master’s US$10,000 contribution and Her
loving message for the villagers: “God loves you people
very much and that is why we are here.”
The villagers were deeply grateful
for the support. On behalf of the Tanzanian government, the
local district administrator sincerely thanked Supreme Master
Ching Hai
and our Association.
On December 25, torrential rains
began in the upper regions of the Kongwa
River in Tanzania’s
Kilosa District, triggering floods
that washed away a village as well as forced at least a thousand
residents to flee their homes, and more that 500 families to
live in a temporary camp.
With heartfelt sympathy and prayers,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
asked our local Association members go to help those most in
need, and provided US$10,000 for the relief team to buy and
distribute essential foods such as cooking oil, maize and flour.
Upon receiving the food packages, District Commissioner
Halima Omari Dendego,
thanked Supreme Master Ching Hai
for Her loving assistance and support. The displaced people
also expressed their deep gratitude to Master.
Expenditures
by Supreme Master Ching Hai for Landslide and
Flood Relief Work in Tanzania
Description |
Amount (TZS) |
Receipt |
Food (beans,
cooking oil, maize, salt, flour, rice, etc.) |
23,845,000 |
A |
Relief
materials (blankets, mosquito nets) and transportation
cost |
2,380,000 |
B |
Total |
TZS26,225,000
(US$20,003) |
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*Throughout
the relief operation, the team members paid for their own transportation,
accommodation and food.
To view the Humanitarian Relief
Activities by the Supreme Master Ching Hai and Her International
Association, please visit:
http://www.GodsDirectContact.org.tw/humanitarian
(The list can be sorted by year, country/region and type
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