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Chen Shu-chu (, born circa 1951) is a vegetable vendor and philanthropist from Taitung in southeastern Taiwan. She gives generously with her modest incomes. She said "Money serves its purpose only when it is used for those who need it and always be happy when she helped others." She was selected as one of the Time 100 for year 2010 in the Heroes category.〔 〕 She is also one of the 48 heroes of Philanthropy by Forbes Asia.〔 〕 Reader's Digest also honors her as the winner of 2010 Asian of the year.〔(Asian of the year - The Generous Vegetable Seller )〕 In 2012, she also was selected as one of the Ramon Magsaysay Award winners〔(2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award winners announced )〕 ==Biography== Shu-chu Chen graduated from Jen-Ai elementary school at Taitung City, Taiwan. The household's living of eight people depended on her father as a vegetable vendor. Her mother died due to dystocia and the family could not afford TWD$5,000 for medical expenses. She decided to help her family's living working as a vegetable vendor. Her youngest brother got a serious flu in 1969 and unfortunately died in the same year even though he had donation from Jen-Ai elementary school for medical treatment. Shu-chu took over the burden of living and afforded her older brother to go to college, and she is still single as for now. Her second youngest brother, later, died from traffic accident. When looking back at the past, she has once hated her life for what have happened to her, so she devoted most of her time on working to escape from the darkness. In the past, she thought the society was very crucial and ugly, but things had changed after she took refuge in Buddhism. With the power and support from the religion, she let go the past. After selling the vegetables for decades, she bought herself a small house, but she is still having a very simple life. Her daily spending is under TWD$100 which is equivalent $3 U.S. dollars. As a Buddhist, she has been a vegetarian for a long time, and she makes every penny count. However, she always donates a lot of her deposit to those in need. After her father died in 1993, Shu-chu donated TWD$1 million to Fo Guang Buddhist Academy. In 1997, she donated TWD$1 million to her mother school, Jen-Ai elementary school, to help poor children afford their education. Since she could not afford to go to school in her early age, she has the desire to help more children to receive better education. She then donated TWD$4.5 million to Jen-Ai elementary school to build its own library. In these ten years, Shu-chu adopted three abandoned kids at the Christian KidsAlive International Association,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kids alive International Association at Taitung )〕 and donates TWD$36,000 every year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chen Shu-chu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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