In particular the devotion and efforts of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation have received much commendation. By September 30, Tzu Chi had already collected NT $ 2.5 billion in donations from NT $ 5.9 billion of disaster relief and reconstruction plans. In addition to disaster relief, temporary shelters, psychiatric counseling and long-term medical care, NT $ 4.1 billion of this expenditure will be used for the reconstruction of 25 schools.
截至九月三十日為止，慈濟已收到各界捐款二十五億元，慈濟功德會擬定五十九億元的賑災、重建計畫，除了急難救助、搭蓋簡易屋、心理輔導、長期醫療照顧等花費外，其中四十一億的經費將用來認養二十五所中小學災後重建。