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New Year gifts for the needy


Tzu Chi helping Syrian refugees

Hainan businessmen join Tzu Chi


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 show, in Taiwan, government and individuals are coming together to help the needy celebrate the Chinese New Year.

We join Tzu Chi volunteers in Jordan, as they continue to reach out a helping hand to Syrian refugees by holding aid distributions.

And, in Hainan Province of China, we meet the few local entrepreneurs who are devoting themselves wholeheartedly to Tzu Chi.


今天的提要，在台灣政府單位和民眾有志一同，要幫助需要的人過好年

我們跟著約旦慈濟志工，來看看他們伸出援手舉辦發放，幫助敘利亞難民

接著，在中國海南，有一群當地企業家付出心力做慈濟


1.新北獨老年菜+弱勢五星年菜Getting ready for Chinese New Year

2.過年無毒清掃Home-made detergents

3.大掃除小細節The art of spring cleaning

4.慈悲約定(三)愛共振念同聲NGOs to help refugees

5.新澤西市長參訪Mayor comes to visit Tzu Chi

6.海南愛啟航(4)實業家志工Local businessmen join TC

7.台灣冬令規畫Celebrating with care recipients

8.棉蘭歲末祝福Year-end blessing ceremony

END：美慈幼祈福


1.新北獨老年菜+弱勢五星年菜Getting ready for Chinese New Year

First up, in Taiwan, as tomorrow marks the eve of the Chinese New Year, many people are doing last minute shoppings, to prepare delicious meals in celebration of the holiday. To help the needy enjoy the festival, a restaurant owner donated New Year dishes from his restaurant, to the Xiangyang(向陽) Child Care Center. Meanwhile, the government of New Taipei City visited solitary seniors door to door, to present them with a special New Year`s gift.

首先來看台灣，明天就是除夕夜了，許多人忙著採購年貨，準備美味佳餚慶祝佳節，為了幫助貧苦人歡樂過加佳節，一個餐廳業者決定送出自家的年菜到向陽兒少關懷中心，同時新北市的政府官員，也來到獨居老人，獻上禮物和好吃的年菜。


2.過年無毒清掃Home-made detergents

Prior to the Chinese New Year, it is part of the tradition for families to clean up their homes. However, a common worry at this time, is the negative effect of the chemicals found in commercial detergents. In our next report, we learn from an expert, how to use essential oils to make non-toxic cleaners, at the cost of less than 50 NTD.

農曆新年前台灣的家家戶戶都正忙著大掃除，最令大家頭疼的就是清潔劑裡頭的化學物，今天我們請來家事達人，要教您運用天然精油來製作無毒清潔劑，對付頑強的水垢油汙，而且花費不用50塊台幣。


3.大掃除小細節The art of spring cleaning

When carrying out spring cleaning before the Lunar New Year, we normally mop the floor, clean the windows and dust our furniture. Nevertheless, there are always hidden corners which we might neglect, that are just as important. Let`s take a look.

在過年前大掃除是台灣每一戶家庭必做的，大家都會擦地板、擦窗戶、清洗家具，不過有很多小地方，常被我們忽略清掃，而且都是重要的地方，一起來看看。


4.慈悲約定(三)愛共振念同聲NGOs to help refugees

Facing cold and hunger daily is perhaps the best description of the living conditions of Syrian refugees. As organizations from around the globe continue to look for ways to help them, there are already two groups helping out these war victims on the frontline, the Al-Takaful Charitable Society and the Tzu Chi Foundation. In today`s report on Jordan, we take a look at how respect and companionship are infused in Tzu Chi`s aid distributions.

飢寒交迫是目前最貼切形容，敘利亞難民處境的一句話，世界各國都陸續表達人道救援的意願，不過在約旦邊境有兩個國際NGO組織，已經先行一步，他們是約旦本地的組織，阿爾塔卡富以及來自台灣的慈濟基金會，今天的慈悲約定約旦專題中，我們看看要怎樣把尊重與陪伴的精神帶入發放過程。


5.新澤西市長參訪Mayor comes to visit Tzu Chi

Recently; accompanied by Tzu Chi volunteers, the mayor of South Toms River, Joseph Champagne, made his first trip to Taiwan, to spend the holiday with Master Cheng Yen. But first, he stopped by at the Tzu Chi Humanitarian Center in Guandu, Taipei.

來自美國新澤西州的南湯姆斯河市長，在志工陪同下，第一次來到台灣與證嚴上人過年，首先他先來到關渡的人文志業中心參訪。


6.海南愛啟航(4)實業家志工Local businessmen join TC

As the Chinese government is working to turn Hainan into an international tourism destination, the island has attracted many businessmen from home and abroad to relocate and settle in Hainan. While these entrepreneurs gain wealth in their businesses, they also look for spiritual growth. Having met Tzu Chi, many of these local businessmen decided, to dedicate themselves to the Buddhist NGO, and have gained much through the process of giving.

中國政府規畫海南成為國際旅遊島，因此吸引了很多台商或內地的實業家到海南投資或定居，這些實業家在事業上有了一定的成就後，也想尋求心靈的富足，剛好這時認識了慈濟，因此投入志工的行列，也在過程收穫滿滿。


7.台灣冬令規畫Celebrating with care recipients

Prior to the Chinese New Year, Tzu Chi volunteers around Taiwan, invited care recipients and their families to join them for year-end celebrations, where they prepared delicious meals and also handed out aid supplies. The work that goes into each of these aid distributions requires the combined efforts of many hard working volunteers.

農曆新年前夕，全台各地慈濟志工邀請照顧戶、居關戶一起圍爐，除了一起吃團圓飯，志工也發放冬令物資，看似簡單的物資發放，背後可是耗費不少心力。


8.棉蘭歲末祝福Year-end blessing ceremony

In Medan, Indonesia, Tzu Chi volunteers held a year-end blessing ceremony with many local residents, Tzu Chi members, and government officials taking part. In the event, members from the Indonesia Religious Harmony Forum signed a memorandum of cooperation with Tzu Chi, in hopes of spreading Tzu Chi`s humanitarian spirit far and wide.

慈濟志工在印尼棉蘭舉辦歲末祝福，今年除了民眾和會員前來參加，北蘇門答臘省的政府官員，及宗教和諧論壇的成員參與，這些宗教家們跟慈濟志工簽下了合作備忘錄，希望讓慈濟的志工精神，散布在印尼更多地方。


END：美慈幼祈福

We go to the United States at the end of our program today; students at the Da Ai Elementary School and Da Ai Kindergarten in California, put on traditional clothings to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Before leaving you with these images, we would just like to wish you all a happy holiday and a safe journey home. Thank you for tuning in. Goodbye.

節目最後，我們帶大家到美國加州洛杉磯的大愛幼兒園和小學，也應景舉辦新春祈福活動，小朋友穿上唐裝互道恭喜。一起來看看，祝大家佳節愉快，注意旅途安全，感恩收看，再會。(2013.02.08)