![Uncredited 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)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f30b7d5baa7c48518f98357e52682f31/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
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)
![Chiang Ying-Ying People walk out of Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0e6449cf0c464844be524fa6e6c7e32e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
People walk out of Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
![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)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e95cdec6c02f444283a63a31d2b6eedd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
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)
![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)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f2735feae50640ce81293cb6805003a6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
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)