The Power of Volunteering
By Lee Khiam Jin
September 2022 FEATURE
THE ARMY OF volunteers from the Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society are used to sprucing up almost-forgotten, old residential areas. Their latest project involves the community in Padang Tembak (Rifle Range), which resides in nine blocks of 17- and 18-storey low-cost flats built by the Penang state government in the late '60s. The Tzu Chi-backed initiative was launched in June and July 2019, and has proven to be a turning point in the promoting of volunteerism.The initiative undertaken by Tzu Chi...
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Lee Khiam Jin
As a former officer in the UN and ASEAN intergovernmental body, Dr. Lee Khiam Jin is passionate about sustainable development, disaster risk reduction and community volunteering. He has a PhD in dynamics of cross-sector collaboration between national government agencies and external partners in emergencies.
