At the same time, they know too what a difference international aid made for Taiwan. In the relief efforts for the tsunami victims, Taiwan displayed an incomparable spirit of compassion. Taiwan Rescue, the Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps, the Tzu Chi Buddhist foundation, and other groups dispatched medical and aid teams as soon as the disaster struck.
當時曾經受到國際社會溫暖協助的台灣，在這次南亞海嘯救災行動中，也展現了無比的大愛精神，中華搜救總隊、路竹會及慈濟等醫療救難團隊在第一時間趕抵災區，而無論是政府或民間，各界紛紛慷慨解囊。