Documentary | Tzu Chi

Love Beyond Boundaries

Love Beyond Boundaries tells the stories of Tzu Chi's aid recipients in China and how their lives have been transformed after they crossed paths with Tzu Chi volunteers. The program also features in-depth reports on the aid projects that Tzu Chi carried out in China, such as building houses or schools in impoverished areas or places hit by disasters.

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Care in Action

Tzu Chi is one of the largest charity organizations in Taiwan with volunteers all across the island helping people in need. By sharing these beautiful stories with the audience, Care in Action hopes to inspire more charity groups and kindhearted people to join Tzu Chi's effort in caring for more disadvantaged members of society who may not qualify for social benefits and resources.

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Tzu Chi in Retrospect

Tzu Chi in Retrospect takes the audience to journey back in time along the path that Tzu Chi has taken for more than 50 years since its establishment in 1966. By inviting senior Tzu Chi members to recount heartwarming stories of people and events in Tzu Chi's history, the program allows the audience to not only relive those precious memories, but also gain a better understanding of Tzu Chi's work and the meaning behind it.

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Da Ai Journal

Documenting inspiring stories of people and events around the world, Da Ai Journal brings home the innate beauty and goodness of human nature that many people have lost sight of for the wealth, fame and social status they are busy pursuing in life. Through these stories, the program hopes to remind the audience of the true value and meaning of life and what they can do to benefit others and the world.

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Love Beyond Boundaries

Restoring Beauty to Gulang Island

To protect the environment of Gulang Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site off Xiamen in Fujian, China, Tzu Chi and the local government have been working to raise public awareness since 2016.
A Cure for the Soul

Having been providing free medical care to the elderly in a village in Changsha of Hunan, China, Dr. Lin Yiming noticed an even more serious problem than the elderly's physical health…
A Fulfilling Retirement

An accident during a trip in Taiwan led Luo Jianping and his wife Wang Xiuling to Tzu Chi. Since then, they have been serving as Tzu Chi volunteers to help the needy in China.
A Memorandum of Love

First providing aid to Mentougou District of Beijing, China in 2012, Tzu Chi further signed a memorandum with the local government in 2016 to help children and youths most in need in the area.
A Hospital of Love

To the people of Fuding of Fujian, China, the word "hospital" is the synonym for bad luck. But the local Fuding Hospital has changed all that…
Challenge on the Table

After becoming a vegetarian herself, Ji Yahong took on the challenge to change her staff's local meat diet by offering them vegetarian meals only.
A Channel of Support

Seeing how hard his parents worked, Yang Ting vowed to help improve his family's living conditions one day. By writing a letter to a Tzu Chi volunteer every month, he gained strength to move towards his dream.
Giving from the Heart

Born and raised in a county known for its poverty in China's Hubei Province, Long Mei is determined to help as many locals in need as possible...
From Heart to Heart

Apart from providing tuition aid and daily living supplies, Tzu Chi volunteers in Qinghai, China take one extra step to make sure that local orphans can feel loved and cared.
Happiness at My Door

Born in a very poor family in Sichuan, China, Chen Wei was always eager to start working and earn money. However, life threw a curve ball at him when he was in college…
No More Tears

Since 2013, Tzu Chi volunteers in Qinghai, China started helping local orphans with tuition aid, daily supplies, and tons of unconditional love.
Forging Ahead Together

In the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China, Tzu Chi helped rebuild 13 schools in the disaster areas, helping local children continue their education without disruption.
A Pledge to Safeguard the Earth

Since an eco-tech company was set up in Sichuan, China in 2010, more and more locals have taken up recycling and turned it into a daily habit.
Mommy's Little Stars

Having two sons with multiple impairments, Xue Lihua spends all her time, energy and money looking after them. What is it that supports her to stay strong over the years?
You Were Here

With the support from the Chinese government and Tzu Chi volunteers, parents who lost their only child in China have been able to slowly recover from their grief.
After the Dark

When Wu Xiaodong was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 32, his world with a bright future fell apart. On top of that, his mother is diabetic and his father has been bed-ridden for 12 years…
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Eleven-year-old Hong Shiya in Fujian, China is the major caretaker for her bedridden father. To cheer him up, she is planning a surprise for him.
Freedom at Last

Unable to walk due to polio, Zhang Mingchun was trapped at home until he was given a wheelchair and found his true calling in life.
Fighting for Breath

To Wang Guoming, breathing freely is a luxury due to a childhood accident. How has he been coping with the challenges facing him along the way in life?
Light at the End of the Tunnel

Both ill and blind, Liu Jing and her mother led a lonely and isolated life, but the loving support from Tzu Chi volunteers helped them open up and find hope in life again.
A Miraculous Summer

When Lin Huoji's mother injured her leg at work, the whole family lost their only source of income. In despair, Lin wrote a letter to Tzu Chi volunteers asking for help.
If I Could Turn Back Time

By writing letters with Tzu Chi volunteers, two students in China's Hebei Province have found hope and a way forward through their struggles and loss in life.
Dreams That Fly High

After coming across Tzu Chi, many children from needy families in Guizhou, China are not only able to receive an education, but also learn to help others.
Stand Up Again

Since a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, Yang Jin-lin in Hebei, China had lost hope for life. It was not until he knew about Tzu Chi that he started to have hope for the future.
Against All Odds

With Tzu Chi's tuition aid and the volunteers' continued love, Tang Fuwu, who suffered from severe burns at the age of 12, has gradually opened his heart and is now a promising young man specializing in artificial intelligence.
The Gift of Life

Thanks to the collaboration between hospitals, the China Marrow Donor Program and Tzu Chi's bone marrow registry, patients requiring bone marrow transplants in China are given the hope to survive.
Tzu Chi in China

Ever since Tzu Chi set foot in China in 1991, it has improved the lives of numerous people through its missions of charity, education, medicine and culture.
A Brighter Future Ahead

With the support of Tzu Chi's tuition aid, two girls from Jiangsu Province could continue to pursue their studies and have a brighter future ahead.
A Decade of Selfless Dedication

Since crossing paths with Tzu Chi ten years ago, these grannies from Dazhou, Sichuan Province have fully devoted to volunteer services to help people in need.
Here for You

Thanks to Tzu Chi's tuition aid, Wan Lianghong from a poor family in Jiangxi Province, China has graduated from college and is now an engineer.
I Want to Fly

Diagnosed with ALS before the age of 20, Lin Zongxiong has been working to help others like him by translating medical articles from English to Chinese.
A Man of Great Wealth

To Grandpa Ma, no matter how much money one has, if one is spiritually poor, then one cannot be said to be wealthy.
Tuanzhi’s Beautiful Life

Born with her lower legs bent forwards, Chen Tuanzhi has never thought that one day she’d stand up tall and even get married.
Paying Love Forward

Supported by Tzu Chi volunteers since five, Chunzhi from a remote village in Guizhou Province has grown up and is now a college student.
Awaiting Your Return

Having lost their two daughters to an air crash, an elderly couple eventually found a way to recover from their grief.

Care in Action

Love in a Hilly City

Since 2018, Tzu Chi volunteer Wu Wen-zan has been collecting, repairing and delivering recycled assistive devices to those in need. However, in a hilly city where he lives, what he does is not an easy feat…

Home, Not a Dream

After her daughter passed away, Ms. Liang has to care for her grandson with developmental delays alone. As she couldn't afford to rent a house, she moved into her brother's old and unsafe factory…

You Can Count on Us

In central Taiwan, a group of kind-hearted home improvement workers have been working with Tzu Chi members to repair houses for the needy families so they can have a safer home to live in.

Time to Say Goodbye

After a market building was to be demolished due to safety concerns, the residents there, mostly the elderly who live alone or are physically challenged, were forced to move. Yet, many of them couldn't even afford to pay the rent…

Sisters

Having given up everything to take care of her sister with Down syndrome, Huang Yue-ming eventually had a mental breakdown. However, for 16 years, her neighbor Li Rui-yu has been caring for her as if they were sisters…

Perfect Partners

Learning that A-shui and his neighbor A-yi were forced to move from their homes, a borough chief and Tzu Chi volunteers helped them settle into a new home so that they can continue to support each other, just like before.

A Vagabond Turned Saint

Having slept on the streets and eaten food from trash bins for many years, Tie-bin was tired of life. After several failed suicide attempts, he came across a place that changed his life entirely…

Hope Amidst Despair

After a car accident left him with brain damage, paralysis, and depression, then-27-year-old Yang Dun-kai hit rock bottom. How was he going to find hope and move on in life?

Tzu Chi in Retrospect

Aid After the Storms

In October 1998, when two storms caused severe flooding in northern Taiwan, how did Tzu Chi volunteers prepare and deliver thousands of hot meals to those affected every day?

The Origin of Tzu Chi Philippines

In 1994, the first Tzu Chi office in the Philippines was set up. How did Tzu Chi start its work in the Philippines? What challenges did the volunteers face right after the office was founded?

Jing Si Aphorisms

Jing Si Aphorisms are Master Cheng Yen's words compiled from her talks with her disciples or visitors. How the book came to be published is also an interesting story in itself.

Clothing of Love

In 1998, Hurricanes Georges and Mitch devastated the Caribbean and Central America. In nine days, Tzu Chi volunteers collected 60 shipping containers' worth of used clothing for those affected.

Hope for Northern Thailand

As a continuation of a three-year relief program, Tzu Chi built its first oversea school in Chiangmai, Northern Thailand, providing elementary education to children in the area.

Record-breaking Fundraiser

On December 25, 1991, Tzu Chi organized a charity fair to raise funds for flood victims in China. The event garnered so much support that it broke several fundraising records in Taiwan.

Tzu Chi's Bone Marrow Registry

Why did Tzu Chi accept the Taiwanese government's commission to set up a bone marrow registry in 1993? What made Master Cheng Yen decide to take on such a major task?

Taichung Tzu Chi Office

Originated in eastern Taiwan, how did Tzu Chi spread to Taichung, western Taiwan and eventually set up a Tzu Chi office there?

Da Ai Journal

Sustainable Fashion (Part 1)
Story Wear, a zero waste clothing brand, designed a series of fashion pieces inspired by the works of aerial photographer Chi Po-lin to raise environmental awareness.

Story Wear, a zero waste clothing brand, designed a series of fashion pieces inspired by the works of aerial photographer Chi Po-lin to raise environmental awareness.
Sustainable Fashion (Part 2)
To reduce the environmental costs of fast fashion, four college students founded Twentythree, an online platform that helps to circulate secondhand clothing.

To reduce the environmental costs of fast fashion, four college students founded Twentythree, an online platform that helps to circulate secondhand clothing.
The Power of Plant-based Food (Part 1)
Have you ever heard about the "Healthier Me 21-day Challenge"? What is this challenge about? Watch the video to find out!

Have you ever heard about the "Healthier Me 21-day Challenge"? What is this challenge about? Watch the video to find out!
The Power of Plant-based Food (Part 2)
After eating a whole-food, plant-based diet for 21 days, the participants of the "Healthier Me 21-day Challenge" go to get their physical checkups. What do their before and after results show?

After eating a whole-food, plant-based diet for 21 days, the participants of the "Healthier Me 21-day Challenge" go to get their physical checkups. What do their before and after results show?
The Power of Plant-based Food (Part 3)
In Malaysia, how do the "Healthier Me 21-day Challenge" initiator Dr. Eddie Chan and Tzu Chi volunteer Koh Yean Ping promote a plant-based diet for better health?

In Malaysia, how do the "Healthier Me 21-day Challenge" initiator Dr. Eddie Chan and Tzu Chi volunteer Koh Yean Ping promote a plant-based diet for better health?
Living with Climate Change (Part 1)
According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change is affecting every region of the world, and we are now paying for the consequences of our behaviors.

According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change is affecting every region of the world, and we are now paying for the consequences of our behaviors.
Living with Climate Change (Part 2)
Days before Typhoon In-fa made landfall in China in 2021, it'd already caused severe flooding in faraway Henan Province. Unfortunately, such climate abnormalities may become the norm in the near future.

Days before Typhoon In-fa made landfall in China in 2021, it'd already caused severe flooding in faraway Henan Province. Unfortunately, such climate abnormalities may become the norm in the near future.
Innovative Covid Relief
With the help of technology, Tzu Chi has come up with innovative solutions for its Covid relief efforts in countries with few local Tzu Chi volunteers.

With the help of technology, Tzu Chi has come up with innovative solutions for its Covid relief efforts in countries with few local Tzu Chi volunteers.

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