Recently, Brightness Buddhist Charity Project, jointly organized by Ningbo Buddhist Association, Ningbo Municipal Commission of Ethnic and Religious Affairs and Ningbo Charity Federation, was officially started.
A fund of 1.5 million yuan was founded for assistance of poverty-stricken families. Of the first fund of 500,000 yuan, 300,000 would be used to help about 10 children of congenital heart defects, and 200000 would be used for the surgical operations of 100 sufferers of cataract in Yuyao and Jiangbei.
It is learned that the project started early this year, since then, the Buddhist associations in the city and Tiantong Temple, Asoka Temple, Seven-pagoda Temple and Xuedou Temple opened up their wallets and by the end of June, the donations had totaled over 1.5 million yuan.