Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society
316 Jalan Macalister, 10450 Penang

Buddhist NGO that provides emergency relief

The Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society is a non-profit organization that provided emergency relief, community services and medical care. In Penang, the Tzu Chi Malaysia Liaison Office, which was set up in 1993, is housed in its newly completed premises at 316 Jalan Macalister, between Solok Bell and Lorong Bell. The massive building is finished in grey granite and also houses the Jing Shi Tang Buddhist Temple.

The Penang Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society is part of the international Buddhist Compassionate Relief Tzu Chi Foundation which was founded in Taiwan in 1966. It is one of the largest Buddhist organisations in Taiwan. From just a group of thirty housewives who pooled their money to work for Buddhism, the organisation has grown to a 10 million strong membership today.

Among the relief work that the Tzu Chi Merit Society had undertaken in recent years included granting assistance to the tsunami-stricken villages in southwest Penang. It was also involved in offering aid to victims of the 2008 earthquake which hit Sichuan province in China, one of the few instances where a Taiwan-based organisation was allowed into China.

Contact

Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society
316 Jalan Macalister, 10450 Penang
Tel: 04 228 1013
Fax: 04 226 1013

Getting there

Take Rapid Penang Bus No. 304 and get down at either Jalan Macalister or Jalan Residensi, then walk the short distance to the Tzu Chi complex. The complex is at a stretch of Jalan Macalister not service by Rapid Penang buses.

Nearby Sights

St George's Girls' School

YMCA Penang

Island Hospital

Baobab Tree

Northern Corridor Implementation Authority

Penang Home for the Infirm and Aged

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