Today, we return to Chile, a country in South America known for its quality dual healthcare system. By law, Chileans are required to contribute 7% of their salary to the national medical insurance plan, while private health insurers have their own set prices. Chile even placed ahead of the US in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s ranking of the healthcare systems in 31 countries. Yet even with some these good indicators of Chile’s socio-economic progress, medical care is still expensive and the country’s uneven wealth distribution remains a problem. The silent calls for help were evident when Tzu Chi volunteers came across two families in dire need of assistance. In Chillan, Tzu Chi volunteers were surprised to find Angel Poblete and his family of 6 living in destitute conditions. But first, let’s go to Santiago to see how local volunteers helped a couple finally give their 6-month old baby daughter Pascal, who died from a brain tumor, a proper burial. In our next segment, Footprints, we meet Emily Jian, the former CEO of Tzu Chi’s Las Vegas liaison office. During a trip to Houston, Texas, she was devastated to see a lot of children were rendered homeless because of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Many of them had also lost their family members, so the government placed them in temporary homes around the United States. Since returning to school has been another way to give the traumatized children a sense of normalcy, let’s see what Emily has been …
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