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Da Ai Headlines

Da Ai Headlines is a 24-minute English news program reporting on Tzu Chi volunteers carrying out Tzu Chi’s missions of charity, medicine, education, and culture around the world. Watch the program to see how Tzu Chi volunteers reach out to those in need without asking anything in return, and how those who are helped pay love forward by helping others worse off than them. The program also reports feature stories on science and technology, climate change, environmental protection, and other issues of global concern.

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Water: The Source of Life

Water is the source of all life. However, more than 1.2 billion people in the world lack access to clean drinking water. To help viewers understand the water crisis facing people in many parts of the globe, Da Ai News sent reporters to several countries and produced a series of in-depth reports, Water: The Source of Life. With 22 short videos, the series hopes to convey a message to everyone – cherishing every drop of water is the responsibility of all.

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Da Ai Headlines

Da Ai Headlines is a 24-minute English news program reporting on Tzu Chi volunteers carrying out Tzu Chi’s missions of charity, medicine, education, and culture around the world. Watch the program to see how Tzu Chi volunteers reach out to those in need without asking anything in return, and how those who are helped pay love forward by helping others worse off than them. The program also reports feature stories on science and technology, climate change, environmental protection, and other issues of global concern.

Watch

Water: The Source of Life

Water is the source of all life. However, more than 1.2 billion people in the world lack access to clean drinking water. To help viewers understand the water crisis facing people in many parts of the globe, Da Ai News sent reporters to several countries and produced a series of in-depth reports, Water: The Source of Life. With 22 short videos, the series hopes to convey a message to everyone – cherishing every drop of water is the responsibility of all.

Watch

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June 23, 2019
- As a part of the mid- to long-term disaster relief program after Cyclone Idai, Tzu Chi volunteers distribute aid supplies again in Mozambique, this time introducing instant food to the locals for the first time.
- To help low-income families in California, USA, Tzu Chi's Mobile Food Pantry holds food distributions in San Bernardino once every three months.
June 22, 2019
- Medical staff from Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital brief Dharma Master Cheng Yen on how they saved the lives of two Tzu Chi volunteers from Japan who were involved in a car accident last October.
- In the wake of the flooding in Konawe, Indonesia, Tzu Chi volunteers travel to the disaster site to assess damages, distribute aid supplies, and organize a free clinic.
June 21, 2019
- Tzu Chi volunteers deliver blankets and portable beds to people affected by the earthquake in Sichuan, China.
- A look at the current condition of a Vietnamese patient who underwent surgeries for her elephantiasis at the Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan two years ago.
June 20, 2019
- Two hundred Tzu Chi volunteers from six countries gather in Xindian, Taiwan to meet with Dharma Master Cheng Yen. Some volunteers share the work they've done in local communities.
- Members of The Taiwan Thousand Miles Trail Association build mountain trails with eco-friendly materials to preserve biodiversity in Taiwan.
June 19, 2019
- On June 12, residents of the Ormoc Great Love Village in the Philippines perform in a parade held in Ormoc City to celebrate Independence Day.
- In Taiwan, Tzu Chi volunteers from 18 countries gather in Banqiao, New Taipei City for a volunteer training camp.
June 18, 2019
- In the USA, both the Monrovia Tzu Chi Elementary School and the Dallas Tzu Chi Great Love Preschool and Kindergarten hold graduation ceremonies.
- The growing number of stray dogs is a big problem in Taiwan, and the government and local veterinary groups are taking measures to tackle this issue.
June 17, 2019
- A Taiwanese Tzu Chi volunteer who lives in Mozambique shares her disaster relief experiences in Africa in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai.
- A medical team in the dementia center of Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital in Taiwan works with patients' families to create a support system for dementia patients.
June 16, 2019
- On the last day of Ramadan, Tzu Chi volunteers in Indonesia prepare a feast for the security team of the Jing Si Hall in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- A retired teacher in Malaysia who has been a Tzu Chi volunteer for over 20 years inspired a local supermarket to buy Jing Si books and donate them to nine schools.
June 15, 2019
- An update on Tzu Chi's disaster relief work in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai.
- In Taiwan, a family that is forced to live in a chicken coop receives help from Tzu Chi volunteers in Taipei.
June 14, 2019
- Tzu Chi Phoenix, USA provides the local homeless people with hot meals.
- A 6th grader in Nantou, Taiwan has received a Life Role Model Award from her school after battling complications caused by infective endocarditis, an infection of the heart.

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Water: The Source of Life

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With climate change, the distinction between seasons has become less and less obvious and water resources more and more limited.

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The long-term drought in Kenya has turned 56 percent of its land into desert and forced many people to move to other countries.

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Every 90 seconds, a child’s life slips away due to water-related issues. In Kenya, children spend an average of eight hours a day fetching water.

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In a village in Kenya, 90 percent of the residents have been affected by sand flea disease, a condition that becomes out of control due to lack of water.

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Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya is one of the largest slums in the world. As most of the 1.2 million residents there are undocumented, they have no access to water.

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Taiwan has 95 reservoirs around the island, but 22 of them are facing the problem of heavy sedimentation, which severely affects their capacity to store water.

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The latest reservoir of Taiwan was built in 2016. Whether or not to build a reservoir is always a much debated topic. What are the pros and cons of building a reservoir?

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What is an underground reservoir? What conditions does it require to develop an underground reservoir?

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Da Ai Headlines

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