the word ‘tzu chi’ which is in chinese means ‘serving with compassion’ or ‘compassionate relief’. when the tsunami disaster occured in penang, one of the earliest group to be at the scene of the disaster and also at hospitals is the buddhist tzu chi merit society. they were at the …
Total number of dead: latest figures Death toll from the Indian Ocean tsunami, according to government and health officials Reuters Friday January 7, 2005 9.15am East Africa 137 (Including Kenya, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania and Madagascar) Bangladesh 2 Burma 59 India 15,684 (dead or presumed dead) Indonesia 101,318 Malaysia 74 Maldives …