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Photo by: Zhang Jinbao The Camp fire rapidly spread through Northern California, and burned out of control. Everything was destroyed as smoke emerged from the fire burning in cars. The heavy smoke covered her eyes as flames engulfed trees toward her. The car’s interior was at a high temperature, which went through her body with […]
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Original Author: Zhang Jin Bao(Zhu Bin) Photo by: Jonathan Van Lamsweerde He lifted his shirt up, and looked at the scars left by the wildfire, as if he can see the face of those children crying for help in the fire. Photo By:Jonathan Van Lamsweerde He has been living in the town of Paradise for […]
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Original Author: Zhang Jin Bao(Zhu Bin) By Jonathan Van Lamsweerde When she was picked up by a pair of strong hands, in the pitch dark she thought God was coming to take her. It wasn’t until she was carried into the fire truck and looked back at her flame covered home that she started to […]
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Author: Zhang Jin Bao (Zhu Bin) / Photo: Liao Qiong Yu She sat at the Disaster Relief Center, anxiously. The volunteer said if everything went well, she could come back for the gift card before Thanksgiving. She looked at her two kids who were playing beside her, and thought to herself, “What should I tell […]
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Photo by: Liao Qiongyu (攝影／廖瓊玉) On December 8, Arthur Villa walked into Tzu Chi’s booth at the Disaster Recovery Center. You could see the sorrow on his face and feel the sadness in his eyes. Without a word, people intuitively felt sympathetic. Arthur is a truck driver who spends three weeks on the interstate highways […]
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At sunrise on November 8th, a fire began along the Feather River in a secluded area of Butte County, California. It moved at the speed of a football field every second and reached the town of Paradise by 8 AM. By 6 PM, 17 miles and thousands of homes had burned. That evening, volunteers and […]
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I’ve been writing for Tzu Chi USA for a few months now, but since I work remotely, I don’t often get the opportunity to spend time with my colleagues, so this event was special. As we prepared before the audience arrived, setting up information booths and a sumptuous buffet of vegetarian treats, I felt a […]
