About Us and Some Changes

This Site has been founded by Students of Venerable Master Hui Li 慧禮 and Venerable Hui Re 慧日 of the Amitofo Charity Association (ACA) 阿彌陀佛關懷協會.

Any views or opinions posted are those of the author of the specific post or comments, unless otherwise stated (for instance translations or quotes). All the Master’s teachings posted here have been translated and interpreted from Mandarin Chinese into English, therefore any mistakes or misinterpretations are commonly the fault of the translators and/or editors of the text.

The Masters rely on us to spread their teachings in English to the rest of the world through this Site and other means; therefore it is our responsibility to make sure that the Buddha Dharma is accurately expressed here for the benefit of infinite sentient beings in the ten directions (or those with internet connection in any way).

However we are all fanfu 凡夫 (non-enlightened, ignorant beings with afflicted minds), so please help us keep our information pure and accurate, if you discover mistakes, inconsistencies or any other problems with the Site or it’s contents please be so kind as to inform the Administration:
aca.benle@gmail.com

Giving Africa Love

Amitofo Charity Association

The Amitofo Charity Association is a Taiwanese based Buddhist charity organization. Its primary goal is to build orphanages to care for and educate orphans in all 53 countries of Africa. Up until now it has been funded mainly by Far Eastern Buddhists and well as overseas Chinese Buddhists, it will now begin to raise funds in South Africa and other Western countries.

The three basic goals of ACA are:

1. To assist, care for and educate vulnerable and orphaned children and teenagers in Africa.
2. To promote world peace and protect the environment
3. To help propagate the Buddha Dharma throughout the world

In 2001 the Malawi Amitofo Care Centre was established near Blantyre. By 2008 it is providing care and education for nearly 300 children. It also provides support to more than one thousand needy children in community based organizations in the surrounding area.

A second care centre is planned, near Lilongwe in Central Malawi, which will include a high school and a vocational training college. In Zimbabwe ACA has erected 15 buildings to house orphans in the Zimbabwe Amitofo Care Centre. This first phase will accommodate more than 200 children when construction is complete in early 2009. Care Centres are planned for Lesotho and Swaziland. Land is being sought for a care centre in Cameroon. ACA is looking for support to build a vocational training school in Cape Town.

ACA plans to build one orphanage every year in a different country. Each orphanage will include an administrative centre, children’s residences, teenager’s residences, kindergarten, primary school, middle school, library, health centre, play ground, sports fields, activity centre, vocational training centre and a Buddha Hall. The centres will assist local people improve and develop their villages through community based organizations.

2008/03/29

Change is dependable

It has been a while since I've posted anything, for which I apologize.

We have moved to Johannesburg and settled down. The new Dharma Centre is at 249 Bayers Naude Drive, Honeydew (some say the area is in fact Muldersdrift).

At present there isn't very much going on, we are still building and renovating. However there is much talk of Dharma Classes in the coming months. Master Hui Re is living here and I are living here, although Master also often flies to Malawi to work at the Amitofo Care Centre.



The place is beautiful and getting more so every day as so many people chip in and help us improve things.

Keep in touch everyone.

Amitofo

Benle
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