On September 2nd, the 7th Zhejiang Charity Award Ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People of Zhejiang Province. The Zhejiang Anfu Lisheng Charity Foundation, headquartered in Anfu Temple, Wencheng County, Wenzhou City, won the 2022 “Zhejiang Charity Award” Charity Model Award and was recognized by the provincial party committee and government.
Yuan Jiajun, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, congratulated the advanced collectives and individuals who were commended at the award ceremony and fully affirmed the achievements made in the development of charity in our province in recent years. To achieve kindness in every aspect of Zhejiang, to always do good, to do good in everything, and to be charitable for everyone, and to make greater contributions to the faithful implementation of the “August 8th Strategy”, the resolute implementation of the “two safeguards”, and the vigorous promotion of the “two priorities”.
The Zhejiang Anfu Lisheng Charity Foundation was established in 2017. Over the past five years, it has raised over 130 million yuan in donations and spent over 90 million yuan on public welfare and charitable expenses. It has been awarded a 5A level social organization by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Civil Affairs. Over the past five years, the Foundation has actively promoted the implementation of the “Seven Safety Plan”, and carried out a series of charity projects and activities in the fields of excellent traditional culture education, caring for the elderly, social assistance, rural revitalization, etc., making due contributions to helping common prosperity. Dharma Master Da Zhao, the director of the foundation, stated that the award of the Charity Model Award is not only the best affirmation of the foundation’s entrepreneurship in the first five years, but also the best incentive for its development in the next five years. With the opportunity of winning the “Zhejiang Charity Award”, the Foundation will start a new journey of the “Second Five Year Plan”, draw a clearer blueprint for further exploring and promoting the participation of public welfare in rural revitalization and helping common prosperity, and strive to continue to play its own advantages in public welfare philanthropy, drive more people to join in public welfare philanthropy, and always play the role of “good helper of the government and warm hearted person of the society”.