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In this photo provided by the Taiwan Presidential Office, the then President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen meets with Cheng Yen in Hualien county, eastern Taiwan, Sept. 21, 2022. In 1966, Cheng Yen, a Buddhist nun living in eastern Taiwan, asked local housewives to contribute 50 cents a month to fund her charity. That grassroots effort grew into Tzu Chi, a global organization that responds to disasters and builds schools and hospitals around the world. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

In this photo provided by the Taiwan Presidential Office, the then President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen meets with Cheng Yen in Hualien county, eastern Taiwan, Sept. 21, 2022. In 1966, Cheng Yen, a Buddhist nun living in eastern Taiwan, asked local housewives to contribute 50 cents a month to fund her charity. That grassroots effort grew into Tzu Chi, a global organization that responds to disasters and builds schools and hospitals around the world. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

People walk out of Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

People walk out of Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Jing Si Abode, the headquarters of Tzu Chi, stands in the morning light in Hualien, Taiwan, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Jing Si Abode, the headquarters of Tzu Chi, stands in the morning light in Hualien, Taiwan, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

A medical technologist performs tests at the department of laboratory medicine of the Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Tzu Chi is a global organization that responds to disasters and builds schools and hospitals around the world, started from a grassroots efforts by Cheng Yen, a Buddhist nun living in eastern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

A medical technologist performs tests at the department of laboratory medicine of the Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Tzu Chi is a global organization that responds to disasters and builds schools and hospitals around the world, started from a grassroots efforts by Cheng Yen, a Buddhist nun living in eastern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)