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Tending to fire victims in Thailand


A sandwich gardening method

Coffee experts in Yunlin’s Gukeng

Welcome to Da Ai Headlines. I’m Wendy Chen. Thank you for joining us.

歡迎收看大愛英語新聞，我是陳美瑾，感恩您的加入。

●Coming up in today’s headlines, we join Tzu Chi volunteers in Thailand as they tend to fire victims with consolation cash and relief supplies.

●Growing organic vegetables in your apartment is no longer a dream, as we meet He Junxian(何俊賢) to find out about his sandwich gardening method.

●And, in our regular look at Taiwan’s fading trades, we meet a group of hard working coffee tree farmers in Yunlin’s Gukeng(古坑) Township.

●今天的題要，跟著泰國的慈濟志工來到火災受災區發放慰問金和生活用品。

●在公寓種植蔬果不再是夢想了，帶大家認識何俊賢看看三明治種植法。

●接著，今天的台灣真情臉譜，帶各位認識一群在古坑鄉種植咖啡的農人。

1. 泰火災發放 Tending to fire victims in Thailand

In Thailand’s Samut Prakan Province (北攬府), a fire broke out at 5.00am on October 21st due to a faulty electrical wire. Fortunately, no one was killed. Out of the 17 affected families, 6 were the houses of the Cambodian workers. On October 25th, Tzu Chi volunteer arrived to hand out emergency cash, blankets, straw mats and packs of relief supplies.

在泰國北攬府的一個社區，因為電線走火，10月21日的清晨五點引發一場大火，幸好無人傷亡，受到影響的十七戶中，有六戶是來自柬埔寨的勞工，一場大火打亂他們的生活，在10月25號，慈濟志工為他們發放應急金、毛毯、草蓆和生活包。

2. 菲154次義診 Alumni associations doing charity

In the Philippines, Tzu Chi volunteer, Cai Wanlei(蔡萬擂) is a former graduate of the local Chiang Kai Shek College. As the school is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Cai, who is part of the alumni association, came together with his high school friends to donate money to help cataract patients. After taking part in the 154th ophthalmology free clinic, the donation increased to nearly 30,000 USD, which means the number of patients who can now undergo surgery also increased from 50 to 200.

菲律賓慈濟志工蔡萬擂，特地在慈濟菲律賓義診中心舉辦同學會，在中正學院校友會五十周年時，蔡萬擂和他的高中同學，參訪第154次眼科義診活動後，捐助白內障患者做手術，最後捐出了三萬美元，使得受惠的白內障患者從五十位增加到兩百位。

3. 城市菜園(2) A sandwich gardening method

In our continuing look at how city dwellers in Taiwan are using urban spaces to garden, we visit the home of He Junxian(何俊賢), a teacher who uses what is called a sandwich method to grow tasty, and 100 percent organic vegetables in his apartment building. Requiring minimal care and very little investment, the sandwich method is perfect for those that don’t have a lot of time or space, but still want to try growing their own vegetables.

在台灣，城市的住民該如何，將都市的空間變成菜園，我們帶大家去參觀何俊賢老師的家，他利用三明治耕種法，在公寓裡種植美味、有機的蔬菜，不需花太多時間照料，而且花費不多，三明治耕種法最適合沒有時間，沒有空間的居民，而且還能在家自己種蔬果。

4. 新芽曾泓麒 A thoughtful young boy

Next, we meet one of Tzu Chi’s New Shoots Scholarship recipients, 3rd grader Zeng Hongqi(曾泓麒). Coming from a single-parent family, Zeng has taken on the responsibility, of caring for his brother who suffers from autism. Upon receiving the news that he was awarded the New Shoots Scholarship, Zeng says he want to use the money, to buy things for his family.

帶大家來認識新芽助學金個案，小學三年級的曾泓麒，來自單親家庭的他，扛起照顧患有自閉症的弟弟，收到自己得到新芽獎學金的消息，泓麒說他希望用獎學金幫助他們的家。

5. 亞庇新芽(二) Helping single-parent families

In Malaysia’s Kota Kinabalu, after surveying over 1,000 families who are applying for Tzu Chi’s New Shoots Scholarship, Tzu Chi volunteers found that two out of every ten families they visited were single-parent families. 37-year-old Ros-bi-ca was one example. Thanks to the volunteers’ care and funding, her family now has the resources to get by, and her child is able to receive further education.

在馬來西亞，亞庇，慈濟志工走訪了超過千戶家庭，當中發現每十戶人家就有兩戶是單親家庭，37歲的露絲碧卡就是一名單親母親，慈濟志工的關懷與補助安了她的心，也讓孩子能繼續讀書。

6. 360咖啡(一) Coffee experts in Yunlin’s Gukeng

In today’s feature report on Taiwan’s fading trades, we travel to Yunlin’s Gukeng(古坑) Township, to meet a home-grown coffee expert, Zhang Laien(張萊恩). Since young, Zhang has followed his grandfather and father in growing coffee trees and producing locally grown coffee beans. Regardless of the tough competition from abroad, Zhang has never considered giving up and has even won an award for his efforts in producing “Made in Taiwan” coffee beans.

在今天的真情臉譜專題中，我們來到雲林的古坑認識咖啡達人張萊恩，從小 ，他跟著爺爺與爸爸一起種植咖啡樹，即使面臨進口咖啡的挑戰，他從來沒有想要放棄，也甚至獲得十大傑出農業青年。

7. 360咖啡(二) Ensuring Gukeng’s coffee shines on

Many consider the coffee produced in Yunlin’s Gukeng(古坑) Township, as the back bone of Taiwan’s coffee industry. Behind the scenes, however, are the hard work of many coffee farmers. Among them, 96-year-old Huang Gengzi(黃耕子) began planting and managing a coffee plant, 80 hectares in size since the Japanese colonial period. Today, despite the fall of the industry, Huang’s two sons have decided to return home and take on the family baton.

雲林的古坑咖啡，已經成為台灣咖啡的代表，其實背後有很多咖啡農的努力，其中九十六歲高齡的黃耕子，從日據時代就幫日本人管理八十公頃的咖啡園，如今即使咖啡不再盛行，黃耕子的兩個兒子 選擇回到了老家種咖啡，把爸爸對咖啡的愛延續下去。

8. 美萬聖節併 Celebrating Halloween

In the United States, students and parents at the Tzu Chi Great Love Elementary Schools and Kindergarten in different areas of Los Angeles, all celebrated Halloween, by making their own eco-friendly costumes. Meanwhile, the students from the San Dimas Tzu Chi Academy, donated their lolly money to help those in greater need.

在美國，為了慶祝萬聖節，美國洛杉磯的慈濟大愛小學和幼稚園都準備了萬聖節活動，他們還自製環保的服裝，同時聖迪瑪斯慈濟人文學的小朋友，則把自己的糖果錢捐出來幫助更多需要的人。

END：桑迪熱食發放

The recent Hurricane Sandy have left a trail of destruction across the east coast of the United States, and many New Yorkers were forced to evacuate to temporary shelters. With request of help from the Office of Emergency Management, New York Tzu Chi volunteers came together and in 3 hours, prepared 700 servings of hot meals to help disaster victims. We will leave you with these images. Thank you for tuning in. Goodbye.

最近，颶風桑迪造成美國東部大災情，紐約市許多居民撤退到鄰近的收容所，慈濟紐約分會志工接到市府緊急救難辦公室來電，在三個小時內就送出七百份熱食。一起來看看，感恩收看， 再會。(2012.11.01)