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Tzu Chi Senior High School Affiliated With Tzu Chi University (2004 CyberFair Project ID 3454)
Taiwan, ROC, Huelien
Official Status: Incomplete: under Development
Teacher:
Category: 3. Business and Community Organizations

We estimate 12 student(s) from 14 to 18 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: We live in Hualien City, a retreat away from the turmoil of the world, where you can hardly find any pollution or clutter. It is usually considered that Hualien is a less developed rural area compared with other cities in Taiwan, while it is not true. Life here is quite convenient with hustle and bustle shopping streets. If you visit Hualien, you would enjoy the rural life with natural scenery and find yourself baptized by nature. Moreover, there is Tzu Chi Merits Society, the hometown of spirit, headquartered in the center of Hualien city. It is a non-profit organization supported by compassionate people worldwide. Owing to their dedication without any regret, even the remotest corner in the world could be filled with unlimited hope.

Project Description: In our Humanity Class, teacher showed us “Bone Marrow Donor”, a program produced by Da-Ai Television, covering stories behind bone marrow donation and the umbilical cord blood, giving us preliminary understanding of related medical nouns. Later, we read a note from Tzu Chi Monthly concerning bone marrow donation and reports on the umbilical cord blood in Da-Ai TV, which deeply attracted and touched us, making us realize the importance of setting up a bone marrow donation center. In the past, with the traditional ideas and misconception of bone marrow donation and the umbilical cord blood, people believed that it would lead to sequela in the donor of bone marrow. Luckily, in response to Master Cheng Yen and Tzu Chi commissioners’ appeal that it never hurts to save someone’s life, people roll up their sleeves and provide a 10 c.c. sample of blood (not marrow) to help build up a data bank of HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) In the world, plenty of people are struggling on the blink of death with their blood disease. However, the best remedy by now is through the transplant of bone marrow or the umbilical cord blood. In order to provide blood disease patients more opportunities to survive, donating bone marrow and the umbilical cord blood will indeed put your affection into effect. With the establish of this website, we hope that more people will understand, even try to know more about bone marrow transplant and the umbilical cord blood, then go a step further to benefit all human beings.

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