Hurricane Harvey Emergency Disaster Aid in Texas

National Headquarters | August 29, 2017

San Dimas, Calif., Aug. 30, 2017 – With over 93,000 people impacted by Hurricane Harvey currently without power and over 30,000 in shelters, local Tzu Chi USA chapters in Dallas and Houston are evaluating how they can best provide immediate disaster aid, after already delivering 300 blankets to shelters in Austin and Dallas.

Tzu Chi now plans to distribute 10,000 lbs. of instant rice, 11,000 blankets, 200 multi-purpose portable beds, and 5,000 first aid kits to those impacted in Houston Harris County and the Sugar Land area. Additional financial aid may be provided upon review, to purchase immediate needs such as clothing, shoes, medicine, and eyeglasses. Tzu Chi will also offer emotional support to evacuees in Red Cross and state-designated shelters, while their volunteer doctors will provide consultations.

Let’s act as one family to deliver our love to those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Disaster can strike any one of us and we must care for and support each other at devastating times like this.

Han Huang, CEO Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation

ABOUT TZU CHI

Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation is a humanitarian non-profit NGO with the missions of charity, medicine, disaster relief, and education. Its footprint of aid at the forefront of poverty reduction and disaster relief has reached over 94 countries since 1966. In 2016, Tzu Chi USA distributed over $2 million in cash cards, benefiting those impacted by 48 disasters in the US. Between 1993 and 2016, it offered medical services to 551,176 disadvantaged individuals. Its mobile food pantry serves impoverished communities in California weekly, benefiting 20,000 families annually. From 2006 to 2016, Tzu Chi USA provided character education to over 25,000 students. It also offered spiritual support and guidance to inmates through publications and letters.

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Hurricane Harvey Emergency Disaster Aid in Texas

Tzu Chi works with local chapters in Houston and Dallas to provide Emergency Relief

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Aug. 25 to Oct. 15, donations marked “Disaster Relief Funds” will go to Hurricane Harvey aid.

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