Nghe An Buddhism turns to the people in the flood-hit areas of the North
With the spirit of protecting the country and the people, accompanying the nation, these days, monks, nuns, and Buddhists in the province are organizing activities to donate and give gifts... to people in the northern provinces who suffered damage due to storms and floods.
On September 10, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of the province wrote a letter calling for support for people in the northern provinces who suffered damage due to the storm.storm number 3.
The letter reads: “With the spirit of compassion of Buddhism, the tradition of loving others as you love yourself of the nation… The Executive CommitteeVietnam Buddhist Sangha, Nghe An ProvinceWe sincerely call on all sectors, venerable monks, nuns, Buddhist followers, philanthropists, and benefactors to share food and clothing, join hands and donate cash, goods, and necessities to send to help people in flood-hit areas. After only one day of calling, the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in the province received donations of goods and cash worth more than 709 million VND.
On September 11, at Diec Pagoda (Vinh City), the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Nghe An province held a launching ceremony to supportPeople in the northern provinces suffered from floodsdue to the impact of storm number 3.
At the launching ceremony, monks, nuns and Buddhists directly donated 113 million VND along with many necessities, instant noodles, dry food, drinking water, medicine...
Responding to the call of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of Nghe An province and the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, many pagodas in the province have actively mobilized and called for relief aid through many channels, including on groups, fanpages of pagodas, youth groups, religious centers... and organized to receive all contributions and support from philanthropists and Buddhists, to share the difficulties with people affected by storms and floods.
On September 11, the Tam Bo De Charity Association and Buddhists from Co Am Pagoda (Dien Chau) and Phuc Lac Pagoda (Nghi Loc) had the first charity trucks to the provinces in the Red River Delta such as Ha Nam, Hai Duong, and the outskirts of Hanoi, directly giving 300 gifts of necessities (dry food, milk, cakes, water) to people in flooded areas. Today, September 12, the Charity Association continued to give 500 gifts to local people.
Buddhists in the volunteer group shared: The group drove through the provinces, stopping to give gifts wherever the water was isolated. The water was deep, making transportation very difficult, but the volunteers tried their best to support the people in the flooded areas as quickly and promptly as possible.
On the morning of September 12, Long Hoa Pagoda, Ong Pagoda, Phuc Thanh (Hung Nguyen), Duc Hau (Vinh City), Vinh Phuc (Nam Dan) sent trucks carrying relief goods, bringing a lot of food, necessities to give to people affected by storms and floods in Yen Bai province.
This afternoon, September 12, the Nghe An Buddhist volunteer group with 3 trucks of goods arrived in Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province. The group then moved to Co Phuc town and 2 other localities to give gifts to the people affected by the floods there.
According to monk Thich Nguyen Tam - abbot of Ong Pagoda (Hung Nguyen) who is present in Co Phuc town, the group planned to send trucks to transport goods to the flooded areas, but it was very difficult. Although the flood water had receded, some areas were still muddy and cars could not reach the places. Some locations had to be taken by boat, so the goods had to be unloaded in the town center. People in the flooded areas were very enthusiastic in supporting Buddhists in loading and unloading and giving away charity goods.
Master Thich Nguyen Tam shared: Today, the delegation went to give gifts to people in 3 locations and visited a flooded village along the Red River. Everywhere was full of mud, the houses were dilapidated. Coming to the deeply flooded areas, we felt sorry for the people in the flooded areas. There were families with only one elderly person in their 70s and 80s living in the house, hungry and thirsty for 3-4 days, very pitiful.
It is known that many pagodas in the province are also continuing to call for donations and organize gift giving for people affected by storms and floods. The charity trucks of Nghe An Buddhism will continue to head to the North in the coming days, contributing to joining hands with the whole country, accompanying and sharing with people in the Northern provinces in natural disasters and calamities, spreading the spirit of compassion of Buddhism./.
