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Guatemala |
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A Gesture of True Brotherhood
By Costa Rica News Group (Originally in Spanish)
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During the ceremony, Mr.
Estuardo Roldán, Guatemala's Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs, expresses his gratitude to Master for Her generosity
and compassion. |
On November 17, Golden Year 6 (2009), Supreme Master
Ching Hai International Association members from Costa Rica attended
a ceremony organized by the Guatemalan Government and the Formosa
(Taiwan) Embassy in Guatemala in appreciation of Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s US$140,000 contribution which was used to ease
famine conditions in Guatemala and to help prevent the spread
of dengue fever.
Guatemala’s economic crisis due to climate-change-induced
crop losses has caused chronic malnutrition in 43.4 % of their
children under the age of six. During the ceremony, the government
officials and guests showed great interest in the scientific and
statistical data on global warming presented by our Association
members, who also introduced the same information to 90 students
at the University of San Carlos the following day. The inquisitive
students and their teachers also obtained magazines, DVDs and
other materials on vegetarianism and climate change.
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Thank you letter from
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guatemala
(Originally in Spanish) |
Receipt and thank you
letter from Ing. Ivan Pérez, Director of the National
Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Originally in Spanish)
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Mr. Estuardo Roldán, Guatemala’s
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs sincerely thanked Supreme Master
Ching Hai on behalf of the President and the Guatemalan people
for Her “gesture of brotherhood and solidarity,” taking
the opportunity to express their deepest wish to form bonds of
friendship.
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Pictured (from left
to right) are Guatemala’s Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Mr. Estuardo Roldán; Taiwan’s Ambassador
to Guatemala, Mr. Adolfo Sun; Guatemala’s President
of Agriculture and Livestock; an official from the Guatemalan
President’s office; three of our Costa Rican Association
members; and another official from the Guatemalan President’s
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To view the Humanitarian Relief
Activities by the Supreme Master Ching Hai and Her International
Association, please visit:
http://www.GodsDirectContact.org.tw/humanitarian
(The list can be sorted by year, country/region and type
of events.) |
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