
Young volunteers shed tears while paying respect to the elderlies
“Because we are one family … ” singing the chinese version of the song named “One Family”, the young Nepalese volunteers organized a tea ceremony on June 2nd for the elderlies in the tent community, regardless whether they were related or not. Impressively, the youngsters did it without any help from the adult Tzu Chi volunteers.

With sincere resolution comes the strength to fulfill it. The young volunteers seize the moment to express their heartiest gratitude to all parents. A member of the Tzu Chi disaster relief team Lin Shu-chen said, “It is good to let them have hands-on experience to learn the ways to return the kindness and love of the elderlies and pay it forward to others.”
Young volunteers knelt down to serve the elderlies. Using wet tissues, they wiped away the dirt and also the sorrow from the faces of the elderlies. Nepalese volunteers, especially Ria, had a lot of feelings during the session, “The elderly grandmother felt comfortable, and she feels like I am her daughter.”

A bouquet of flowers said a thousand words. Their gratefulness touched the hearts of Tzu Chi volunteers.
(Report by Chen I-chen, Chen Li-wei, Hsu Fei-li, Ko Hsin-chih in Nepal. June 02, 2015)
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