Examining health, giving medicine and gifts in Quang Ngai, Binh Thuan

Through the open letter of the Junior Ven. abbot at Long Khanh pagoda in Long Ban Bac village, Hanh Minh commune, Nghia Hanh district, Quang Ngai province and the open letter of Junior Ven. at Phap Lac Pagoda at Tra Tan commune, Duc Linh district, Binh Thuan province. On March 26th to 27th in 2019, Junior Ven. Thich Tam Hue, Head of the Charity Board of the Hoang Phap Pagoda joined the team of doctors in Ho Chi Minh City and Long An to go to Long Ban Bac village in Quang Ngai and Tra Tan commune, Binh Thuan province for examining health, giving medicines and gifts to 400 poor people.

On March 26th, 2019 (lunar February 21st, the year of the pig), the delegation went to Thien An pagoda in Nghia Hanh district, Quang Ngai province of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and Buddhist Director Board of Quang Ngai province to worship the Buddha and offer alms.

The delegation also visited and offered little money to Senior Ven. Thich Giai Duong at Long Khanh Pagoda, supporting a part of the cost of treatment and health recovery after surgery (water stasis in the kidney).

In the afternoon of the same day, doctors examined 300 poor people in Hanh Minh commune, Nghia Hanh district, Quang Ngai province. Most patients are ethnic people, lonely old people, orphaned children, victims of Agent Orange have no conditions to seek medical care at higher levels. Each of medicine portion is worth 100,000 VND, the total amount of medicine is 30,000,000 VND, supported by the Ho Chi Minh City doctors' group. At the same time, each family is given a gift of 270,000 VND including: 10 kg of rice, 1 barrel of vegetarian noodles, 1 set of clothes, 1 bottle of cooking oil, 1 bottle of soy sauce, 1 Buddha necklace, 1 string of beads, 1 kg of white sugar. The total amount of 300 gifts is 81,000,000 VND supported by the Buddhists of Hoang Phap pagoda in Australia (Master Tam Minh).

In March 27th, 2019 (lunar Feb. 22nd, the year of pig), the delegation went to Phap Lac Pagoda in Tra Tan commune, Duc Linh district, Binh Thuan province to give 100 gifts to 100 poor ethnic people, orphaned children and the lone elderly. Each gift is worth 270,000 VND, including: 10 kg of rice, 1 barrel of vegetarian noodles, 1 bottle of cooking oil, 1 bottle of soy sauce, 1 set of clothes, 1 Buddha necklace, 1 string of beads, 1 kg of white sugar. The group also gave cakes to the children, giving milk to the elderly. The total amount of 100 gift portions is 27,000,000 VND.

The total amount of charity medicine and gift money in Quang Ngai and Binh Thuan is 138,000,000 VND.

We sincerely thank to donators, Buddhists of Hoang Phap Pagoda in Australia (Monk Tam Minh as abbot), Ho Chi Minh City doctors' delegation, Long An doctors' delegation, Doctor Ha, Chanh Hien Tue, truck's Mr. Viet helped to transport the charity gifts from Hoang Phap Pagoda to Quang Ngai province, the Buddhists at home and abroad were interested in the trip of the delegation to get perfect success.

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