On August 9 2009 Typhoon Morakot struck Taiwan, continuing for a period of 3 days. The damages inflicted, particularly to southern provinces of Taiwan, were catastrophic.

On the morning of 30 August 2009, a group of community remodeling experts led by DDM Social Welfare and Charity Foundation (DDMSWCF) headed to Liukuei Township in Kaohsiung County to sit down face to face with local villagers to discuss how they could best offer their help to rebuild Liukuei Township.

Dharma Drum Mountain Social Welfare and Charity Foundation (DDMSWCF) collaborated with the Nantou County Government on the reconstruction project of Lunghua Elementary School that was heavily damaged in the flood last month.

Dharma Drum Mountain Social Welfare and Charity Foundation (DDMSWCF) collaborated with the Nantou County Government on the reconstruction project of Lunghua Elementary School that was heavily damaged in the flood last month.

On the morning of September 19, 2009, Dharma Drum Mountain Social Welfare and Charity Foundation (DDMSWCF) hosted a ceremony at the Zhongxin Hall in Nantou County of central Taiwan to give financial aid to 420 economically disadvantaged students from the Nantou, Chushan, Taichung, Fongyuan, Dongshi and Miaoli districts.

Following the devastating earthquake that caused severe causalities to the Padang district of Indonesia in early October of 2009, the relief team of Dharma Drum Mountain Social Welfare and Charity Foundation (DDMSWCF) headed to Padang on the morning of October 14th to provide the quake-affected people with the needed relief materials and spiritual care.

With proactive coordination from the government, Dharma Drum Mountain Social Welfare and Charity Foundation (DDMSWCF) is working on the project of building permanent housing for the typhoon survivors in collaboration with other domestic humanitarian organizations.

With proactive coordination from the government, Dharma Drum Mountain Social Welfare and Charity Foundation (DDMSWCF) is working on the project of building permanent housing for the typhoon survivors in collaboration with other domestic humanitarian organizations.

On 24 July 2009, Vice Abbot President of Dharma Drum Mountain, Venerable Guo Pin arrived in Sichuan to sign agreements with the Anxian County Government and Beichuan County Government to provide a dormitory, a kindergarten and a medical building on behalf of Dharma Drum Mountain Social Welfare and Charity Foundation (DDMSWCF).

On 24 July 2009, Vice Abbot President of Dharma Drum Mountain, Venerable Guo Pin arrived in Sichuan to sign agreements with the Anxian County Government and Beichuan County Government to provide a dormitory, a kindergarten and a medical building on behalf of Dharma Drum Mountain Social Welfare and Charity Foundation (DDMSWCF).