Gia Lam Thien Sanh Pagoda: familiar address to poor people

02:05, 07/05/2012

(ĐN)- Gia Lam Thien Sanh Pagoda in Tan Tien ward, Bien Hoa city has been a familiar address to poor people for a long time. The pagoda has annually spent around VND3 billion for charity activities.

(ĐN)- Gia Lam Thien Sanh Pagoda in Tan Tien ward, Bien Hoa city has been a familiar address to poor people for a long time. The pagoda has annually raised around VND3 billion for charity activities.

Tặng xe đạp cho học sinh xã Quang Trung (huyện Thống Nhất).  Ảnh: P.Hằng
Presenting bicycles to poor students in Thong Nhat district.

Over the past years, the pagoda presented 100 bicycles and 1,726 scholarships worth VND500,000- VND1.5 million each to studious poor students nationwide, offered more than 18,000 free meals and 101 insurance cards to local people with difficult circumstances.

The pagoda also built and handed over charity houses to poor households, provided relief to flood victims.

From 1992 till now, the pagoda organized vocational training courses, helping hundreds of laborers to get stable jobs.

Reported by P.H