Background of the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1966 by Dharma Master Cheng Yen in Hualien , Taiwan. For more than 40 years, the Foundation has been active in four Missions namely , Charity, Medicine, Education and Culture. The missions subsequently exended to include Bone Marrow Donation, International Relief, Environmental Protection and Community Volunteerism to its operation. Collectively, they are known as ‘One Step, Eight Footprints ’.
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