By Marika Gvagvaliia Photos by Anna Mankus Taken from the home they knew, these Ukrainian children in Poland are learning positive life skills and values through Tzu Chi’s character education program. Many Ukrainian families with children were forced to leave their homes after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Many…

By Lin Lu-qing (林綠卿) Translated by Wu Hsiao-ting (吳曉婷) Photos by Chen Chiou Hwa (陳秋華) Her son was killed in the Syrian civil war. With Tzu Chi’s help, she rebuilt her life in Jordan and began embracing hope again. Ismahan Al Masri, 60, is from Syria. She is quiet and…

Text and photos by Giuseppe Nucci Abridged by Syharn Shen (沈思含) Bees have proved to be an excellent biological indicator of various contaminants in three media — air, water and soil. …

Text and photos by Simone Tramonte Abridged by Syharn Shen (沈思含) The concentrated solar power plant of Gemasolar in Fuentes de Andalucía in the province of Seville, Spain is the first commercial plant in the world able to provide a full day of uninterrupted power supply to the grid. The…

By Yeh Tzu-hao (葉子豪) Translated by Wu Hsiao-ting (吳曉婷) Photos courtesy of Tzu Chi Senior High School (慈大附中) Energy use soars when summer heat waves hit. How can we balance human comfort and energy conservation? …

By Liao Zhe-min Translated by Wu Hsiao-ting Photos by Hsiao Yiu-hwa Former COVID patients share their experiences and healthcare professionals share tips to help people recover from long COVID. In mid-May this year, Mr. Wu, an office worker in Taipei, northern Taiwan, arrived home from work feeling under the weather…

By Zeng Qian-yu, Yuan Shu-zhen, and Wu Xiu-ling Translated by Wu Hsiao-ting Photos courtesy of Tzu Chi Hualien headquarters A little boy in India with an unusually large abdomen appeared accidentally on footage filmed for an upcoming Tzu Chi musical sutra adaptation. …

Text and photos by Alessandro Gandolfi/Parallelozero Abridged by Syharn Shen (沈思含) The largest seaport in Europe, the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has a key priority today — to become the world’s smartest port. In the mid-nineteenth century, a ship departing from Rotterdam would take no less than 162…

By Zhang Li-yun (張麗雲) Compiled and translated by Wu Hsiao-ting (吳曉婷) Photos by Huang Xiao-zhe (黃筱哲) Street people in Taiwan scrape by with the help of social welfare organizations, but when they become ill, even minor health problems can develop into serious issues. …