Tzu Chi and the Philanthropy of Filipino Volunteers

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Cornelio, Jayeel S
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2015
• الموضوعات: ious philanthropy; Tzu Chi; Philippines; volunteerism; disaster; aspirations; Development Studies; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/1; https://brill.com/view/journals/ajss/43/4/article-p376_4.xml

This paper examines how local Filipino volunteers frame their participation and membership in the Tzu Chi Foundation, a worldwide Buddhist philanthropic organisation headquartered in Taiwan. These volunteers were recruited into Tzu Chi after receiving disaster aid in the wake of Typhoon Ketsana in 2...