重返佛陀故鄉

Tzu Chi has launched a sewing vocational training course at Kapilavastu Community Learning Centre in Nepal. Ten selected women arrived at the centre, full of anticipation, to begin a new chapter in their lives.

The eco-friendly handicraft training team from Malaysia organized a special “Upcycling Handicraft Training” session at Lumbini Tzu Chi centre. This training aimed to teach local volunteers and Tzu Ching how to transform waste plastic packaging into practical and aesthetically pleasing household items. They hope that through education, they could encourage more people to join in environmental protection and even create livelihood opportunities through recycled products.

Teachers from Lumbini Buddhist Tzu Chi International School in Nepal are currently receiving training in Taiwan. Due to the recent political turmoil in Nepal, the training team made a special arrangement to connect with volunteers in Lumbini to offer sincere blessings for peace and prosperity of their country as well as to comfort their anxieties.

In Nepal, children after 11 years old are no longer entitled to compulsory education. They always faced the choice of dropping out of school and starting work. To help children complete their education, we should start by changing their impoverished lives. Tzu Chi has launched a “Zero Dropout” program in the local area.

As the new semester began, teachers from Lumbini Buddhist Tzu Chi International School in Nepal and Tzu Chi International School Kuala Lumpur visited Hualien for an exchange trip. Lee Lin-Hui, a former principal of Tzu Chi Senior High School affiliated with Tzu Chi University, arranged a visit to Liyu Lake in Hualien and a lesson plan sharing session. She also arranged for the teachers to attend the orientation activities for new students at Tzu Chi Elementary School, hoping to help these foreign teachers better understand Tzu Chi’s educational mission and Tzu Chi school, as well as the characteristics of Tzu Chi education and Tzu Chi Spirit.

鏡頭轉到海外，慈濟也在佛陀的故鄉，尼泊爾藍毘尼，建設多功能園區，慈濟基金會副總執行長，兩個月前，前往視察過工程進度，也訂出下一階段目標，敦促承包商和馬來西亞團隊，把握剩下半年工期，期盼全球迎接慈濟60的這一天，讓慈濟的菩提種子，在藍毘尼深根。

馬來西亞慈濟志工在尼泊爾藍毘尼舉辦「回收再製工作坊」，把原本要丟棄的東西再製作成可用的生活物品。

期盼將佛陀的慈悲，帶回佛陀誕生地，藍毘尼，慈濟在當地興建一個集慈善、醫療和教育的綜合園區，今年四月動土，工期目前已經進行半年，地上建物拔地而起，最近馬來西亞的園藝團隊也進駐，開始做植栽美化。