Korean Buddhist Humanitarian Organization JTS Brings 100,000 Gas Stoves to Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

Buddhistdoor Global

• January 30, 2019

The Korean Seon (Zen) master Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, founder and chairman of the Join Together Society (JTS), an international Buddhist relief organization, last week led a delegation of aid representatives to deliver a consignment of 100,000 gas stoves to a refugee camp in Bangladesh that is housing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution and violence in neighboring Myanmar.

Also present at the handover ceremony in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, were JTS President Gena Park, JTS Goodwill Ambassadors screenwriter Noh Hee-kyung and actor Jo In-sung, along with the state Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) chairman Lee Mi-kyung.

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