Jungto Society
Join live dharma talk with Pomnyun Sunim
  • About
    • Jungto Society
    • Ven. Pomnyun Sunim
    • Our NGOs
    • Visit Us
    • Contact Us
  • Articles
    • Jungto News
    • Pomnyun Sunim
    • Press & Media
  • Library
    • Dharma Q&A
    • Meditation Q&A
    • Wisdom Note
    • Practice Resources
  • Online Programs
    • Live Dharma Talk
    • Jungto Dharma School – Introduction to Buddhism I
    • ์˜์–ด๋ถˆ๊ต๋Œ€ํ•™ ๐—œ – ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด๋ฐ˜
    • Jungto Dharma School โ€“ Introduction to Buddhism II
    • 1000-Day Practice
    • Sunday Meditation
Donate๐Ÿงก
  • About
    • Jungto Society
    • Ven. Pomnyun Sunim
    • Our NGOs
    • Visit Us
    • Contact Us
  • Articles
    • Jungto News
    • Pomnyun Sunim
    • Press & Media
  • Library
    • Dharma Q&A
    • Meditation Q&A
    • Wisdom Note
    • Practice Resources
  • Online Programs
    • Live Dharma Talk
    • Jungto Dharma School – Introduction to Buddhism I
    • ์˜์–ด๋ถˆ๊ต๋Œ€ํ•™ ๐—œ – ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด๋ฐ˜
    • Jungto Dharma School โ€“ Introduction to Buddhism II
    • 1000-Day Practice
    • Sunday Meditation
No Result
View All Result
Jungto Society
No Result
View All Result
Home Jungto News

For a Green Rohingya Refugee Camp

June 17, 2022
For a Green Rohingya Refugee Camp

Follow-up Story of JTSโ€™s Gas Stove Donation to the Rohingya Refugees

In 2019, JTS provided 100,000 gas stoves to the Rohingya refugees

At the time, 700,000 refugees who escaped the genocide in Myanmar were living in the Rohingya refugee camp in Coxโ€™s Bazar, Bangladesh.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) provided the refugees with food, and the refugees cut down trees to cook the food.

This caused deforestation around the refugee camp, and women and children had to walk far to gather firewood, which exposed them to sexual assault.

Also, cooking with firewood inside a closed space created excess smoke, which caused various health problems.

The gas stoves provided by JTS helped 500,000 refugees.

Since women and children donโ€™t have to gather firewood, they are now much safer. Also, children have time to study and play.

Three years laterโ€ฆ

Three years have passed since the gas stoves were delivered to the Rohingya refugees.

When JTS volunteers revisited the refugee camp in 2022, they were impressed by the green forest that has regrown.

In October last year, upon receiving a request from the UN for additional gas stoves, JTS visited manufacturers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In March of this year, JTS signed a contract to purchase 100,000 gas stoves. The manufacturing and the delivery of the gas stoves are expected to be completed around July.

We hope that the second shipment of the gas stoves are delivered safely.

  • Join Together Society (JTS), an international relief organization, is a sister organization of Jungto Society. It was founded by Ven. Pomnyun Sunim with the aim helping those in need regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, beliefs, or ideology. The members of Jungto Society raise funds for JTS through offline and online fundraising activities, as well as volunteer for various relief efforts by JTS.
    JTS has been granted special consultative status by the UN ECOSOC and operates all around world, especially in Asia, to eradicate famine, disease and illiteracy. JTS, with headquarters in Korea, has 4 branch offices. JTS Korea and JTS America are in charge of fundraising, while JTS India and JTS Philippines conduct development projects in cooperation with local communities.
  • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https://www.jtsamerica.org for more information.

Tags: gas stoveJointalkjtsjtsamericaMyanmarrefugeeRohingyaunwfp

Related Posts

Engaged Buddhism: JTS Korea Volunteers Provide Emergency Relief for Cyclone Mocha Victims in Myanmar
Press & Media

Engaged Buddhism: JTS Korea Volunteers Provide Emergency Relief for Cyclone Mocha Victims in Myanmar

After the devastating tropical cyclone Mocha pummeled Myanmar in May, volunteers from JTS Korea, an international relief organization founded the...

July 24, 2023
Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Joins JTS Korea Volunteers for Humanitarian Relief Work in Tรผrkiye
Press & Media

Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Joins JTS Korea Volunteers for Humanitarian Relief Work in Tรผrkiye

Following the devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that rocked southern Tรผrkiye and parts of Syria in March, the revered Korean monk...

May 14, 2023
Load More

Jungto Society is a community of Buddhist practitioners who seek to free themselves of suffering in their daily lives and to make the world a better place.

EVENTS & PROGRAMS
  • Live Dharma Talk
  • Sunday Meditation
  • 1000-Day Practice
  • Jungto Dharma School 2023
POSTS
  • Dharma Q&A
  • Meditation Q&A
  • Wisdom Note
  • Jungto News
  • Pomnyun Sunim
ABOUT
  • Jungto Society
  • Ven. Pomnyun Sunim
  • Our NGOs

Wisdom For You

Once you realize that whatever made you suffer was nothing but an illusion, your suffering will disappear, and you enter the state of happiness called nirvana.

— Ven. Pomnyun Sunim

Open your cookie every day!
RELATED LINKS
Menu
  • JTS America
  • Pomnyun.com
  • Pomnyun Sunim Instagram
  • Jungto Korea
Facebook Instagram Youtube

Copyright ยฉ 2022 Jungto Society

Visit Us
Contact Us
Donate
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About
    • Jungto Society
    • Ven. Pomnyun Sunim
    • Our NGOs
    • Contact Us
    • Visit Us
  • Articles
    • Jungto News
    • Pomnyun Sunim
    • Press & Media
  • Library
    • Dharma Q&A
    • Meditation Q&A
    • Wisdom Note
    • Practice Resources
  • Online Programs
    • Jungto Dharma School – Introduction to Buddhism I
    • ์˜์–ด๋ถˆ๊ต๋Œ€ํ•™ ๐—œ – ํ•œ๊ตญ์–ด๋ฐ˜
    • Jungto Dharma School โ€“ Introduction to Buddhism II
    • Live Dharma Talk
    • Sunday Meditation
    • 1000-Day Practice
Donate๐Ÿงก
Contact Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Share

Facebook

Twitter

LinkedIn

WhatsApp

Copy Link
ร—