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By Craig Lewis Buddhistdoor Global | 2021-04-23 | The International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) has published the final report for its Mindful Action: COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, which ran from April 2020 through March 2021. The relief fund was aimed at providing a grassroots emergency response in support for the most vulnerable groups in countries within the INEB network, specifically in South and Southeast Asia. INEB has initiated a wide range of educational projects and social outreach programs across the region. Early last year, in response to the unfolding SARS-CoV-2 pand...

By Craig Lewis Buddhistdoor Global | 2021-02-24 | Ven. Vy Sovechea, president of the SBUBB, at a gathering to distribute relief supplies. Image courtesy of SBUBB The Buddhist humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society Korea (JTS Korea), founded by the renowned Korean Seon (Zen) monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, working in cooperation with the Preah Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Battambang Branch (SBUBB), has reported the successful distribution of emergency relief supplies in Cambodia’s Battambang Province in the wake of last year’s devastating floods. In late 2020, the w...

By Craig Lewis Buddhistdoor Global | 2021-01-22 | JTS Korea volunteers pose with the shipment of COVID-19 relief supplies ready to be shipped to Myanmar. Image courtesy of JTS Korea The Buddhist humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society Korea (JTS Korea), founded by the renowned Korean Seon (Zen) monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, working in cooperation with the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) and the Kalyana Mitta Development Foundation (KMF), has donated US$130,000 in COVID-19 medical relief supplies to Myanmar. “JTS Korea has donated protective materials wo...