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<\/p>\n","post_title":"Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Joins JTS Korea Volunteers for Humanitarian Relief Work in T\u00fcrkiye","post_excerpt":"Following the devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that rocked southern T\u00fcrkiye and parts of Syria in March, the revered Korean monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, the leading Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, joined volunteers from Jungto\u2019s sister organization, JTS Korea, and local relief groups to assist in providing humanitarian aid to survivors of the disaster.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"engaged-buddhism-ven-pomnyun-sunim-joins-jts-korea-volunteers-for-humanitarian-relief-work-in-turkiye","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-14 06:11:22","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-14 11:11:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=15043","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14528,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2023-02-23 11:46:37","post_date_gmt":"2023-02-23 16:46:37","post_content":"\n

The Buddhist humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society Korea (JTS Korea), founded by the revered Korean Seon (Zen) monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, has reported the successful distribution of a second round of emergency relief supplies in southeastern Pakistan in response to the ongoing humanitarian emergency that resulted from last year\u2019s devastating floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record-breaking rains in Pakistan, which fell from June to October 2022, submerged a third of the country beneath floodwaters, killing at least 1,739 people, including 647 children. A further 12,867 people were reported to have been injured, and more than 2.1 million people were lost their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The floods, which have been described as the worst in Pakistan\u2019s history and one of the costliest natural disasters of all time, also resulted in damage to property and infrastructure estimated at US$14.9 billion, and an estimated US$15.2 billion in economic losses. Environmental authorities have blamed the flooding on heavier-than-usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers coming in the wake of a severe heatwave, both of which have been attributed to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on February 22, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Read more: <\/a>https:\/\/www.buddhistdoor.net\/news\/engaged-buddhism-jts-korea-distributes-humanitarian-aid-in-pakistan\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n","post_title":"Engaged Buddhism: JTS Korea Distributes Humanitarian Aid in Pakistan","post_excerpt":"Record-breaking rains in Pakistan, which fell from June to October 2022, submerged a third of the country beneath floodwaters, killing at least 1,739 people, including 647 children. ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"engaged-buddhism-jts-korea-distributes-humanitarian-aid-in-pakistan","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-23 15:59:04","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-23 20:59:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14528","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":13596,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-09-11 23:32:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-09-12 04:32:56","post_content":"\n

Join Together Society (JTS) field officers Jungyeon Choi and Soonyoung Kim were deployed to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on January 10, 2018 for emergency relief aid. They successfully distributed a 15 kg (33 lbs) bag of rice and 1 blanket per household to 2000 households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=djHVsG8VJ24\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

• 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
  • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n","post_title":"JTS Relief Aid for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"jts-relief-aid-for-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:35","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:35","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=13596","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12777,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-06-17 19:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-18 00:02:36","post_content":"\n

    Follow-up Story of JTS\u2019s Gas Stove Donation to the Rohingya Refugees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KG7XCjEJ3tM\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In 2019, JTS provided 100,000 gas stoves to the Rohingya refugees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At the time, 700,000 refugees who escaped the genocide in Myanmar were living in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The UN World Food Programme (WFP) provided the refugees with food, and the refugees cut down trees to cook the food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This caused deforestation around the refugee camp, and women and children had to walk far to gather firewood, which exposed them to sexual assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Also, cooking with firewood inside a closed space created excess smoke, which caused various health problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The gas stoves provided by JTS helped 500,000 refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Since women and children don\u2019t have to gather firewood, they are now much safer. Also, children have time to study and play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Three years later\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Three years have passed since the gas stoves were delivered to the Rohingya refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When JTS volunteers revisited the refugee camp in 2022, they were impressed by the green forest that has regrown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In October last year, upon receiving a request from the UN for additional gas stoves, JTS visited manufacturers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We hope that the second shipment of the gas stoves are delivered safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n","post_title":"For a Green Rohingya Refugee Camp","post_excerpt":"Follow-up Story of JTS\u2019s Gas Stove Donation to the Rohingya Refugees\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"for-a-green-rohingya-refugee-camp","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=12777","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":11382,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-03-02 14:45:16","post_date_gmt":"2022-03-02 19:45:16","post_content":"\n

        We Now Have a School at Our Village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        A remote mountain village of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. There was no school there. So, JTS decided to build a school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        JTS builds schools in villages that have over 40 households and are more than 4 km away from the nearest school. JTS purchases the materials, the municipality provides the construction techniques, and the villagers volunteer their labor for the school construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \u201cIt has been my dream and those of my ancestors to have my children attend school. JTS has realized my dream. The biggest basket in the world could not hold the amount of gratitude I feel today.\u201d -A resident of Gagahuman-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        To date, JTS Philippines has built 59 schools and 154 classrooms in Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The aim of building the schools lies not only in eradicating illiteracy but also in helping the residents strengthen their ability to overcome poverty through voluntary participation in the school construction. JTS provides the construction materials, but the villagers must volunteer their labor in building the schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        By building schools in Mindanao, JTS is planting seeds of peace in the conflict region of Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        March is a time when the new school year begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The volunteers of JTS Philippines head to the village today with the hope that going to school will soon become an everyday routine for the children living in the remote villages on Mindano Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            <\/p>\n","post_title":"Join Talk, February 2022","post_excerpt":"We Now Have a School at Our Village\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"join-talk-february-2022","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:49","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:49","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=11382","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":11284,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-02-08 21:20:03","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-09 02:20:03","post_content":"\n

            The Warmth of Love Delivered with a Coal Briquette<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            During the cold winter, there are many neighbors who still need coal briquettes for heating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            (As of 2021, about 80,000 households use coal briquettes, according to the Food Table Community Coal Briquette Bank)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Continuing from 2020, in 2021, JTS provided 36,600 coal briquettes to 122 households in 28 regions in Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            (Provided a total of 38,800 coal briquettes to 125 households from November 2020 to January 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Since the COVID-19 outbreak, overall donation of coal briquettes and delivery volunteers have decreased by more than 30%.
            
            Upon hearing the news, JTS started donating coal briquettes since November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cThanks to JTS, I have sufficient coal briquettes to keep warm this winter. Thank you\u201d - A recipient of coal briquettes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cI felt like I went back to my childhood when we used to burn coal briquettes. I can finally appreciate my father\u2019s hard work at the time.\u201d - A volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cThe coal briquettes were heavier than I expected, but it was fun working with other volunteers.\u201d - A volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Next winter, JTS plans to deliver the warmth of love with coal briquettes to more neighbors in more regions around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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\u25b6\ufe0f Read more: <\/a>https:\/\/www.buddhistdoor.net\/news\/engaged-buddhism-ven-pomnyun-sunim-joins-jts-korea-volunteers-for-humanitarian-relief-work-in-turkiye\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n","post_title":"Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Joins JTS Korea Volunteers for Humanitarian Relief Work in T\u00fcrkiye","post_excerpt":"Following the devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that rocked southern T\u00fcrkiye and parts of Syria in March, the revered Korean monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, the leading Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, joined volunteers from Jungto\u2019s sister organization, JTS Korea, and local relief groups to assist in providing humanitarian aid to survivors of the disaster.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"engaged-buddhism-ven-pomnyun-sunim-joins-jts-korea-volunteers-for-humanitarian-relief-work-in-turkiye","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-14 06:11:22","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-14 11:11:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=15043","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14528,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2023-02-23 11:46:37","post_date_gmt":"2023-02-23 16:46:37","post_content":"\n

The Buddhist humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society Korea (JTS Korea), founded by the revered Korean Seon (Zen) monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, has reported the successful distribution of a second round of emergency relief supplies in southeastern Pakistan in response to the ongoing humanitarian emergency that resulted from last year\u2019s devastating floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record-breaking rains in Pakistan, which fell from June to October 2022, submerged a third of the country beneath floodwaters, killing at least 1,739 people, including 647 children. A further 12,867 people were reported to have been injured, and more than 2.1 million people were lost their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The floods, which have been described as the worst in Pakistan\u2019s history and one of the costliest natural disasters of all time, also resulted in damage to property and infrastructure estimated at US$14.9 billion, and an estimated US$15.2 billion in economic losses. Environmental authorities have blamed the flooding on heavier-than-usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers coming in the wake of a severe heatwave, both of which have been attributed to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on February 22, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Read more: <\/a>https:\/\/www.buddhistdoor.net\/news\/engaged-buddhism-jts-korea-distributes-humanitarian-aid-in-pakistan\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n","post_title":"Engaged Buddhism: JTS Korea Distributes Humanitarian Aid in Pakistan","post_excerpt":"Record-breaking rains in Pakistan, which fell from June to October 2022, submerged a third of the country beneath floodwaters, killing at least 1,739 people, including 647 children. ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"engaged-buddhism-jts-korea-distributes-humanitarian-aid-in-pakistan","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-23 15:59:04","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-23 20:59:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14528","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":13596,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-09-11 23:32:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-09-12 04:32:56","post_content":"\n

Join Together Society (JTS) field officers Jungyeon Choi and Soonyoung Kim were deployed to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on January 10, 2018 for emergency relief aid. They successfully distributed a 15 kg (33 lbs) bag of rice and 1 blanket per household to 2000 households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=djHVsG8VJ24\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

• 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
  • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n","post_title":"JTS Relief Aid for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"jts-relief-aid-for-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:35","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:35","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=13596","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12777,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-06-17 19:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-18 00:02:36","post_content":"\n

    Follow-up Story of JTS\u2019s Gas Stove Donation to the Rohingya Refugees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KG7XCjEJ3tM\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In 2019, JTS provided 100,000 gas stoves to the Rohingya refugees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At the time, 700,000 refugees who escaped the genocide in Myanmar were living in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The UN World Food Programme (WFP) provided the refugees with food, and the refugees cut down trees to cook the food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This caused deforestation around the refugee camp, and women and children had to walk far to gather firewood, which exposed them to sexual assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Also, cooking with firewood inside a closed space created excess smoke, which caused various health problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The gas stoves provided by JTS helped 500,000 refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Since women and children don\u2019t have to gather firewood, they are now much safer. Also, children have time to study and play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Three years later\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Three years have passed since the gas stoves were delivered to the Rohingya refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When JTS volunteers revisited the refugee camp in 2022, they were impressed by the green forest that has regrown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In October last year, upon receiving a request from the UN for additional gas stoves, JTS visited manufacturers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We hope that the second shipment of the gas stoves are delivered safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n","post_title":"For a Green Rohingya Refugee Camp","post_excerpt":"Follow-up Story of JTS\u2019s Gas Stove Donation to the Rohingya Refugees\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"for-a-green-rohingya-refugee-camp","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=12777","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":11382,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-03-02 14:45:16","post_date_gmt":"2022-03-02 19:45:16","post_content":"\n

        We Now Have a School at Our Village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        A remote mountain village of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. There was no school there. So, JTS decided to build a school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        JTS builds schools in villages that have over 40 households and are more than 4 km away from the nearest school. JTS purchases the materials, the municipality provides the construction techniques, and the villagers volunteer their labor for the school construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \u201cIt has been my dream and those of my ancestors to have my children attend school. JTS has realized my dream. The biggest basket in the world could not hold the amount of gratitude I feel today.\u201d -A resident of Gagahuman-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        To date, JTS Philippines has built 59 schools and 154 classrooms in Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The aim of building the schools lies not only in eradicating illiteracy but also in helping the residents strengthen their ability to overcome poverty through voluntary participation in the school construction. JTS provides the construction materials, but the villagers must volunteer their labor in building the schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        By building schools in Mindanao, JTS is planting seeds of peace in the conflict region of Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        March is a time when the new school year begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The volunteers of JTS Philippines head to the village today with the hope that going to school will soon become an everyday routine for the children living in the remote villages on Mindano Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            <\/p>\n","post_title":"Join Talk, February 2022","post_excerpt":"We Now Have a School at Our Village\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"join-talk-february-2022","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:49","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:49","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=11382","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":11284,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-02-08 21:20:03","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-09 02:20:03","post_content":"\n

            The Warmth of Love Delivered with a Coal Briquette<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            During the cold winter, there are many neighbors who still need coal briquettes for heating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            (As of 2021, about 80,000 households use coal briquettes, according to the Food Table Community Coal Briquette Bank)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Continuing from 2020, in 2021, JTS provided 36,600 coal briquettes to 122 households in 28 regions in Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            (Provided a total of 38,800 coal briquettes to 125 households from November 2020 to January 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Since the COVID-19 outbreak, overall donation of coal briquettes and delivery volunteers have decreased by more than 30%.
            
            Upon hearing the news, JTS started donating coal briquettes since November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cThanks to JTS, I have sufficient coal briquettes to keep warm this winter. Thank you\u201d - A recipient of coal briquettes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cI felt like I went back to my childhood when we used to burn coal briquettes. I can finally appreciate my father\u2019s hard work at the time.\u201d - A volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cThe coal briquettes were heavier than I expected, but it was fun working with other volunteers.\u201d - A volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Next winter, JTS plans to deliver the warmth of love with coal briquettes to more neighbors in more regions around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on May 12, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Read more: <\/a>https:\/\/www.buddhistdoor.net\/news\/engaged-buddhism-ven-pomnyun-sunim-joins-jts-korea-volunteers-for-humanitarian-relief-work-in-turkiye\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","post_title":"Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Joins JTS Korea Volunteers for Humanitarian Relief Work in T\u00fcrkiye","post_excerpt":"Following the devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that rocked southern T\u00fcrkiye and parts of Syria in March, the revered Korean monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, the leading Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, joined volunteers from Jungto\u2019s sister organization, JTS Korea, and local relief groups to assist in providing humanitarian aid to survivors of the disaster.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"engaged-buddhism-ven-pomnyun-sunim-joins-jts-korea-volunteers-for-humanitarian-relief-work-in-turkiye","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-14 06:11:22","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-14 11:11:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=15043","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14528,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2023-02-23 11:46:37","post_date_gmt":"2023-02-23 16:46:37","post_content":"\n

The Buddhist humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society Korea (JTS Korea), founded by the revered Korean Seon (Zen) monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, has reported the successful distribution of a second round of emergency relief supplies in southeastern Pakistan in response to the ongoing humanitarian emergency that resulted from last year\u2019s devastating floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record-breaking rains in Pakistan, which fell from June to October 2022, submerged a third of the country beneath floodwaters, killing at least 1,739 people, including 647 children. A further 12,867 people were reported to have been injured, and more than 2.1 million people were lost their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The floods, which have been described as the worst in Pakistan\u2019s history and one of the costliest natural disasters of all time, also resulted in damage to property and infrastructure estimated at US$14.9 billion, and an estimated US$15.2 billion in economic losses. Environmental authorities have blamed the flooding on heavier-than-usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers coming in the wake of a severe heatwave, both of which have been attributed to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on February 22, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Read more: <\/a>https:\/\/www.buddhistdoor.net\/news\/engaged-buddhism-jts-korea-distributes-humanitarian-aid-in-pakistan\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","post_title":"Engaged Buddhism: JTS Korea Distributes Humanitarian Aid in Pakistan","post_excerpt":"Record-breaking rains in Pakistan, which fell from June to October 2022, submerged a third of the country beneath floodwaters, killing at least 1,739 people, including 647 children. ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"engaged-buddhism-jts-korea-distributes-humanitarian-aid-in-pakistan","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-23 15:59:04","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-23 20:59:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14528","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":13596,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-09-11 23:32:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-09-12 04:32:56","post_content":"\n

Join Together Society (JTS) field officers Jungyeon Choi and Soonyoung Kim were deployed to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on January 10, 2018 for emergency relief aid. They successfully distributed a 15 kg (33 lbs) bag of rice and 1 blanket per household to 2000 households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=djHVsG8VJ24\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

• 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
  • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n","post_title":"JTS Relief Aid for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"jts-relief-aid-for-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:35","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:35","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=13596","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12777,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-06-17 19:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-18 00:02:36","post_content":"\n

    Follow-up Story of JTS\u2019s Gas Stove Donation to the Rohingya Refugees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KG7XCjEJ3tM\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In 2019, JTS provided 100,000 gas stoves to the Rohingya refugees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At the time, 700,000 refugees who escaped the genocide in Myanmar were living in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The UN World Food Programme (WFP) provided the refugees with food, and the refugees cut down trees to cook the food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This caused deforestation around the refugee camp, and women and children had to walk far to gather firewood, which exposed them to sexual assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Also, cooking with firewood inside a closed space created excess smoke, which caused various health problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The gas stoves provided by JTS helped 500,000 refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Since women and children don\u2019t have to gather firewood, they are now much safer. Also, children have time to study and play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Three years later\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Three years have passed since the gas stoves were delivered to the Rohingya refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When JTS volunteers revisited the refugee camp in 2022, they were impressed by the green forest that has regrown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In October last year, upon receiving a request from the UN for additional gas stoves, JTS visited manufacturers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We hope that the second shipment of the gas stoves are delivered safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n","post_title":"For a Green Rohingya Refugee Camp","post_excerpt":"Follow-up Story of JTS\u2019s Gas Stove Donation to the Rohingya Refugees\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"for-a-green-rohingya-refugee-camp","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=12777","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":11382,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-03-02 14:45:16","post_date_gmt":"2022-03-02 19:45:16","post_content":"\n

        We Now Have a School at Our Village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        A remote mountain village of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. There was no school there. So, JTS decided to build a school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        JTS builds schools in villages that have over 40 households and are more than 4 km away from the nearest school. JTS purchases the materials, the municipality provides the construction techniques, and the villagers volunteer their labor for the school construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \u201cIt has been my dream and those of my ancestors to have my children attend school. JTS has realized my dream. The biggest basket in the world could not hold the amount of gratitude I feel today.\u201d -A resident of Gagahuman-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        To date, JTS Philippines has built 59 schools and 154 classrooms in Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The aim of building the schools lies not only in eradicating illiteracy but also in helping the residents strengthen their ability to overcome poverty through voluntary participation in the school construction. JTS provides the construction materials, but the villagers must volunteer their labor in building the schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        By building schools in Mindanao, JTS is planting seeds of peace in the conflict region of Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        March is a time when the new school year begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The volunteers of JTS Philippines head to the village today with the hope that going to school will soon become an everyday routine for the children living in the remote villages on Mindano Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            <\/p>\n","post_title":"Join Talk, February 2022","post_excerpt":"We Now Have a School at Our Village\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"join-talk-february-2022","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:49","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:49","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=11382","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":11284,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-02-08 21:20:03","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-09 02:20:03","post_content":"\n

            The Warmth of Love Delivered with a Coal Briquette<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            During the cold winter, there are many neighbors who still need coal briquettes for heating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            (As of 2021, about 80,000 households use coal briquettes, according to the Food Table Community Coal Briquette Bank)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Continuing from 2020, in 2021, JTS provided 36,600 coal briquettes to 122 households in 28 regions in Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            (Provided a total of 38,800 coal briquettes to 125 households from November 2020 to January 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Since the COVID-19 outbreak, overall donation of coal briquettes and delivery volunteers have decreased by more than 30%.
            
            Upon hearing the news, JTS started donating coal briquettes since November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cThanks to JTS, I have sufficient coal briquettes to keep warm this winter. Thank you\u201d - A recipient of coal briquettes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cI felt like I went back to my childhood when we used to burn coal briquettes. I can finally appreciate my father\u2019s hard work at the time.\u201d - A volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cThe coal briquettes were heavier than I expected, but it was fun working with other volunteers.\u201d - A volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Next winter, JTS plans to deliver the warmth of love with coal briquettes to more neighbors in more regions around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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Ven. Pomnyun Sunim arrived in the southern city of Gaziantep on 15 April, making his way to the nearby Osmaniye Camp where the distribution of relief supplies was underway. Working closely with the Turkish humanitarian organization Shafak, Ven. Pomnyun Sunim and JTS volunteers provided food and other necessities to 500 affected families housed at the camp, with each family receiving a 40-kilogram aid package composed of 14 food items, including rice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on May 12, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Read more: <\/a>https:\/\/www.buddhistdoor.net\/news\/engaged-buddhism-ven-pomnyun-sunim-joins-jts-korea-volunteers-for-humanitarian-relief-work-in-turkiye\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","post_title":"Engaged Buddhism: Ven. Pomnyun Sunim Joins JTS Korea Volunteers for Humanitarian Relief Work in T\u00fcrkiye","post_excerpt":"Following the devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that rocked southern T\u00fcrkiye and parts of Syria in March, the revered Korean monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, the leading Dharma teacher of Jungto Society, joined volunteers from Jungto\u2019s sister organization, JTS Korea, and local relief groups to assist in providing humanitarian aid to survivors of the disaster.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"engaged-buddhism-ven-pomnyun-sunim-joins-jts-korea-volunteers-for-humanitarian-relief-work-in-turkiye","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-14 06:11:22","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-14 11:11:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=15043","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":14528,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2023-02-23 11:46:37","post_date_gmt":"2023-02-23 16:46:37","post_content":"\n

The Buddhist humanitarian relief organization Join Together Society Korea (JTS Korea), founded by the revered Korean Seon (Zen) monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, has reported the successful distribution of a second round of emergency relief supplies in southeastern Pakistan in response to the ongoing humanitarian emergency that resulted from last year\u2019s devastating floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record-breaking rains in Pakistan, which fell from June to October 2022, submerged a third of the country beneath floodwaters, killing at least 1,739 people, including 647 children. A further 12,867 people were reported to have been injured, and more than 2.1 million people were lost their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The floods, which have been described as the worst in Pakistan\u2019s history and one of the costliest natural disasters of all time, also resulted in damage to property and infrastructure estimated at US$14.9 billion, and an estimated US$15.2 billion in economic losses. Environmental authorities have blamed the flooding on heavier-than-usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers coming in the wake of a severe heatwave, both of which have been attributed to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Published by BDG on February 22, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25b6\ufe0f Read more: <\/a>https:\/\/www.buddhistdoor.net\/news\/engaged-buddhism-jts-korea-distributes-humanitarian-aid-in-pakistan\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","post_title":"Engaged Buddhism: JTS Korea Distributes Humanitarian Aid in Pakistan","post_excerpt":"Record-breaking rains in Pakistan, which fell from June to October 2022, submerged a third of the country beneath floodwaters, killing at least 1,739 people, including 647 children. ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"engaged-buddhism-jts-korea-distributes-humanitarian-aid-in-pakistan","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-23 15:59:04","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-23 20:59:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=14528","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":13596,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-09-11 23:32:56","post_date_gmt":"2022-09-12 04:32:56","post_content":"\n

Join Together Society (JTS) field officers Jungyeon Choi and Soonyoung Kim were deployed to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on January 10, 2018 for emergency relief aid. They successfully distributed a 15 kg (33 lbs) bag of rice and 1 blanket per household to 2000 households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=djHVsG8VJ24\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

• 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
  • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n","post_title":"JTS Relief Aid for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"jts-relief-aid-for-rohingya-refugees-in-bangladesh","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:35","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:35","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=13596","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12777,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-06-17 19:02:36","post_date_gmt":"2022-06-18 00:02:36","post_content":"\n

    Follow-up Story of JTS\u2019s Gas Stove Donation to the Rohingya Refugees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KG7XCjEJ3tM\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In 2019, JTS provided 100,000 gas stoves to the Rohingya refugees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At the time, 700,000 refugees who escaped the genocide in Myanmar were living in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox\u2019s Bazar, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The UN World Food Programme (WFP) provided the refugees with food, and the refugees cut down trees to cook the food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This caused deforestation around the refugee camp, and women and children had to walk far to gather firewood, which exposed them to sexual assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Also, cooking with firewood inside a closed space created excess smoke, which caused various health problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The gas stoves provided by JTS helped 500,000 refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Since women and children don\u2019t have to gather firewood, they are now much safer. Also, children have time to study and play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Three years later\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Three years have passed since the gas stoves were delivered to the Rohingya refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When JTS volunteers revisited the refugee camp in 2022, they were impressed by the green forest that has regrown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    In October last year, upon receiving a request from the UN for additional gas stoves, JTS visited manufacturers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We hope that the second shipment of the gas stoves are delivered safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n","post_title":"For a Green Rohingya Refugee Camp","post_excerpt":"Follow-up Story of JTS\u2019s Gas Stove Donation to the Rohingya Refugees\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"for-a-green-rohingya-refugee-camp","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:36","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=12777","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":11382,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-03-02 14:45:16","post_date_gmt":"2022-03-02 19:45:16","post_content":"\n

        We Now Have a School at Our Village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        A remote mountain village of Mindanao Island in the Philippines. There was no school there. So, JTS decided to build a school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        JTS builds schools in villages that have over 40 households and are more than 4 km away from the nearest school. JTS purchases the materials, the municipality provides the construction techniques, and the villagers volunteer their labor for the school construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \u201cIt has been my dream and those of my ancestors to have my children attend school. JTS has realized my dream. The biggest basket in the world could not hold the amount of gratitude I feel today.\u201d -A resident of Gagahuman-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        To date, JTS Philippines has built 59 schools and 154 classrooms in Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The aim of building the schools lies not only in eradicating illiteracy but also in helping the residents strengthen their ability to overcome poverty through voluntary participation in the school construction. JTS provides the construction materials, but the villagers must volunteer their labor in building the schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        By building schools in Mindanao, JTS is planting seeds of peace in the conflict region of Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        March is a time when the new school year begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The volunteers of JTS Philippines head to the village today with the hope that going to school will soon become an everyday routine for the children living in the remote villages on Mindano Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            <\/p>\n","post_title":"Join Talk, February 2022","post_excerpt":"We Now Have a School at Our Village\n","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"join-talk-february-2022","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-05-07 02:11:49","post_modified_gmt":"2024-05-07 07:11:49","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=11382","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":11284,"post_author":"13","post_date":"2022-02-08 21:20:03","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-09 02:20:03","post_content":"\n

            The Warmth of Love Delivered with a Coal Briquette<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            During the cold winter, there are many neighbors who still need coal briquettes for heating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            (As of 2021, about 80,000 households use coal briquettes, according to the Food Table Community Coal Briquette Bank)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Continuing from 2020, in 2021, JTS provided 36,600 coal briquettes to 122 households in 28 regions in Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            (Provided a total of 38,800 coal briquettes to 125 households from November 2020 to January 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Since the COVID-19 outbreak, overall donation of coal briquettes and delivery volunteers have decreased by more than 30%.
            
            Upon hearing the news, JTS started donating coal briquettes since November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cThanks to JTS, I have sufficient coal briquettes to keep warm this winter. Thank you\u201d - A recipient of coal briquettes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cI felt like I went back to my childhood when we used to burn coal briquettes. I can finally appreciate my father\u2019s hard work at the time.\u201d - A volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            \u201cThe coal briquettes were heavier than I expected, but it was fun working with other volunteers.\u201d - A volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Next winter, JTS plans to deliver the warmth of love with coal briquettes to more neighbors in more regions around the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            • 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              • The member of the Jungto Society International can make one-time or recurring donations to JTS America. Please visit https:\/\/www.jtsamerica.org<\/a> for more information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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