BLIA NZ YAD represented donation of NZ$100,000

On 1st March BLIA NZ YAD President Hao-Tin Lin, Vice-president Vanessa Wong and Fan-Ping Chiang and former YAD president Jason Liu have represented BLIA Headquarter and BLIA New Zealand in donating the amount of NZ$100,000 for Red Cross New Zealand. Lyn, the representative of Red Cross New Zealand accepted the donation on behalf. All the Red Cross Staffs and volunteers were surprised and moved as they received the donation. This amount was actually donated by youths which have the average age of 19 and it amazed everyone.

When BLIA NZ Earthquake Relief Center first established, YAD members were active in several relief roles, handling, serving, cleaning, translating, maintaining and other job roles in serving around 300 to 350 people per day. Venerable Abbess Manshin expressed that the BLIA NZ South Island YAD members had perform excellent services that should be praised; YAD members that represented for this donation is also an important task. With these experience, the youths will learn to be compassionate and helpful; respecting, caring and the spirit of “dare” in accepting commitments would also be taken.