Closing Date Application is opened throughout the year Background of the Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1966 by Dharma Master Cheng Yen in Hualien , Taiwan. For more than 40 years, the Foundation has been active in four Missions namely , Charity, Medicine, Education and Culture. The missions subsequently exended to include Bone Marrow Donation, International Relief, Environmental Protection and Community Volunteerism to its operation. Collectively, they are known as ‘One Step, Eight Footprints ’. Tzu Chi operations are funded by donations from the public and from its volunteers. The disbursementof donations is always transparent and properly supervised; and that has earned the confidence and support of the public. Volunteers form the backbone for organizing and implementing the Foundation’s activities. Tzu Chi came to Malaysia in 1989 through Ye Ci Jing, a Commissioner of Tzu Chi Taiwan,