Every morning, a videoconference is held with Master Cheng Yen. In attendance are volunteers and various medical personnel from the six Tzu Chi's hospitals across Taiwan. Thanks to new technology, volunteers in Singapore have participated in the morning meeting for the first time on 12 April 2008 through computer videoconferencing.

Thanks to modern technology, local volunteers now get to participate simultaneously in the morning meetings of Tzu Chi Taiwan.

Brother David Liu, CEO of Tzu Chi Singapore, urged the fellow volunteers not to forget to keep up and “synchronize” with Tzu Chi’s missions even after the simultaneous videoconference.

Brimming with tears, Sister Lin Jing-er confessed with much emotion that she now feels much closer to Master Cheng Yen. The volunteer wished she could immerse deeper into Tzu Chi’s works and looked forward to the next Saturday session.

Every morning, a videoconference is held with Master Cheng Yen. In attendance are volunteers and various medical personnel from the six Tzu Chi's hospitals across Taiwan.

The hospitals include Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, the Hsientien branch in Taipei, the Taichung branch, the Dalin branch, the Yuli branch, and the Kuanshan branch.

The participants share their thoughts and experiences with each other and also update Master Cheng Yen on the conditions of the patients and Tzu Chi's care recipients.

Besides Taiwan, the live videoconference has also been ongoing at more than 20 Tzu Chi contact points in countries around the world, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, England, Canada, U.S.A, El Salvador, and Argentina.

Thanks to new technology, close to 100 volunteers in Singapore have participated in the morning meeting for the first time on 12 April 2008 through computer videoconferencing.

The session, scheduled to hold every Saturday morning at 6.45am starting from today, has received many positive feedbacks from the volunteers who either carpooled or traveled by foot from the neighborhood to Jing Si Hall.

“I used to feel far-away from Master,” confessed a volunteer present that day. Now with Singapore joining the procession, many volunteers responded that they feel much closer to Master Cheng Yen and the Jing Si Abode in Hualien, the birthplace of Tzu Chi and the spiritual home of the global Tzu Chi family. Contemplating on Master’s three vows to “purify minds, harmonize society and free the world from disasters”, some volunteers mused, “We still have much to do.”

Thanks to the real-time meeting that showcases the works of their brothers and sisters abroad, the local volunteers vowed to keep up with the pace of the large army of Tzu Chi volunteers scattered around the globe.