Grassroots Partnerships Sustainable Donations Tzu Chi Foundation NVOAD 2012
Workshop Presenters • • • • • •
1. Tzu Chi Foundation – Debra Boudreaux 2. American Samoa – Turner Pittkin 3. San Diego VOAD – John Chavez 4. American Red Cross – April Wood 5. Emergency Network of Los Angeles – Alix Stayton
Overview Mission and Goal Principles of Disaster Relief Preparation – North Korea famine aid Response – Japan tsunami disaster relief Recovery – Myanmar post-cyclone development Grassroots Footprint – USA Grassroots Donations – from bamboo bank model to plastic bottle recycling program in American Samoa Grassroots Awareness – 80/20 Diet
5 Principles of Disaster Relief
Directness & Priority Respect Timeliness & Practicality
Phase 1: Preparation Engaged Partnerships in North Korea
NK 2
Phase 2: Response Community Mobilization in Japan
Emergency Command Center at International HQ – Hualien, Taiwan
Fundraising from 39 Countries
Phase 3: Recovery Seeds of Hope in Myanmar
Grassroots Footprint in USA
2011-06-05 Joplin, MO24
2012-01-23 Center Point, AL
25
2012-03-24 Henryville, IN 26
2008-07-05 Cedar Rapid, IA 27
2012-04-03 Lancaster, TX
28
Activation by ZIP
29
VIS MANAGEMENT
30
GRASSROOT VOLUNTEER BY REGION Northwest （6）
NY （3）
Midwest （3） New Jersey （3）
Central South （2）
Washington DC （1）
West （10） Hawaii （1）
South （2）
31
EOC USA
4
AZ, CA, NM, NV,
2
CO, UT
NCA
4
CA, NV, OR, WA
4
AK, ID, MT, WY
Chicago
7
IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI
4
IA, ND, NE, SD
NJ
2
NJ, PA
3
DE, KY, WV
NY
2
MA, NY
5
CT, ME, NH, RI, VT
DC
2
NC, VA
2
MD, SC
TX
4
FL, GA, LA, TX
2
AL, MS
Dallas
3
KS, OK, TX
2
AR, TN
HI
1
Tzu Chi Service Centers
Waiting for establishing TC （24） Service Centers State
states （26）
HI
Pending
32
Existing Service Centers 26 States Pending 24 States
AK
WA OR CA
MT
ID WY
NV NV
ND
MN
SD NE
UT
CO
KS
CA AZ
NM
TX
NH VT
OK
TX
ME
WI
NY MA MI RI IA PA CT NJ OH IL IN DE WV VA MD MO KY NC TN AR SC MS GA AL LA
FL
HI 33
Sustainable Donation Management Plastic Bottle Recycling Program in American Samoa
Talofa! Short for 'Si o ta alofa atu,’ which means, 'I am happy and delighted to give you my love’
TEO Deputy Director Christian Rawson and Senior Engineer Michael Vehar were impressed by the quality of the shirts that Da Ai Technology makes out of recycled plastic bottles.
Led by TEO director Reupena Tagaloa, our team visited the overflowing landfill site by Fagatele Bay.
It was sad to see so much plastic waste marring the beautiful island landscape instead of being recycled.
When Governor Tulafono met with our team, he expressed his deep gratitude for all the work that Tzu Chi Foundation has done for American Samoa in the past. He was delighted to find out that Tzu Chi does much more than disaster relief work all around the world.
The Governor was very excited to learn what Da Ai Technology can do with recycled plastic bottles.
We met with American Samoa’s largest soft drink distributor, GHC Reid, to discuss possible recycling effort partnerships.
CRAG’s Trevor Kaitu’u shared innovative incentive suggestions to get the islanders interested and involved in new and exciting recycling programs at local schools.
Our team shared Tzu Chi’s mission and purpose with students at American Samoa’s Community College. The students were inspired to care for Mother Earth and to remember the three R’s: Recycle, Reduce, Reuse.
Native Tzu Chi volunteer, Evelyn T. Sao-Stevens, reminded the college students how Samoans used to take care of the land in the old days.
American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) presented their own vision of a sustainable future.
Andra Samoa, ASPA’s CEO, was overjoyed to wear a beautiful and comfortable Da Ai polo shirt made entirely out of recycled plastic bottles.
After our presentation, the team’s first question was “How do we become Tzu Chi Volunteers?”
Our team visited LBJ Hospital, site of past Tzu Chi Medical Outreach programs on American Samoa.
We met Dr. Jim Malone, who is already known as a recycling fanatic. He packs plastic bottles in his suitcase to recycle when he travels to the mainland. He was very excited about Tzu Chi.
Local Tzu Chi Volunteers helped prepare for the main event at Lee Auditorium
Ready for the crowd
A full house of over 150 residents came to our community gathering to hear about recycling on the island.
The event was a complete success! 1. Identify Tzu Chi local POC 2. Starting the Grassroots Movement 3. Encourage volunteer concept 4. Establishing the local recycling centers 5. Display Products at various site 6. Plan to make lavalava with local plastic bottles at Da Ai Technology
Keeping the island beautiful
one plastic bottle at a time‌
Diet Donation Bank -80/20
The Bamboo Bank Model
Q&A
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation serving with compassion, relief with joy! www.us.tzuchi.org