No Dogs Left Behind (NDLB) is an international emergency rescue organization on a mission to end the dog meat trade in Asia. Jeffrey Beri, a vegan, is the founder of No Dogs Left Behind. Although he loved his career, he decided to follow the true calling of his heart and devoted his life to rescuing the helpless dog friends in Asia, healing their physical and mental pains, and finding them loving new homes. “I got involved with dog rescue when, like many of us, hear the atrocities that take place within the dog meat trade. And we all saw these videos, and I’m an animal lover. I’m also a vegan. So I decided to pack my bags and hang my suit. And travel to China, and work with amazing people, and formulate a foundation called No Dogs Left Behind.” Since the beginning of their presence in China in 2016, members of No Dogs Left Behind have participated many times in stray dog rescue and recovery.

Today’s “Shining World Awards” program features The Reverend Dr. Uta Elisabeth Düll from Germany, who has whole-heartedly dedicated over 24 years of her life to care for patients in Rwanda, many of whom require special care and treatment. “My name is Uta Elisabeth Düll. To work in a country in need, was always the aim of my life. Our aim is to be better. Our aim is to get our service more perfect, to make our service more helpful, to be close to the people. That is our aim, not to increase in numbers but to increase in quality, medically but as well as humanly.” Supreme Master Ching Hai “gratefully present the Shining World Compassion Award to The Reverend Dr. Uta Elisabeth Düll, plus US $25,000 for her noble work that helps ease people’s pain. May your life be lengthened and full of joy, in God’s love.” Dr. Düll will be in for more surprise, as Supreme Master Ching Hai is sending another US $50,000 to lovingly support furthering her noble mission in God’s mercy.

The Rabbit Haven, founded in 1987, is a shelter devoted to the rescue, rehabilitation, and care of injured and abandoned bunnies with the goal of finding loving forever homes for them. The story of how the Rabbit Haven began is a story of love, the love of a bunny named Bernstein who entered the life of Heather Bechtel, the eventual founder of the shelter. In the past few decades, people at the Rabbit Haven have saved thousands of rabbits and transformed their lives. They did so through rescuing, caring as well as fostering. In 2018, Supreme Master Television had the honor to feature Ms. Heather and the Rabbit Haven in the Good People, Good Works series. After seeing the program, our Beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai graciously conferred the Shining World Compassion Award to the Rabbit Haven’s founder, Heather Bechtel and her team, plus US$15,000.

Today, Iet’s travel to Kathmandu, Nepal, to meet a saintly social worker, Mr. Ram Bahadur Neupane. Gentle and kind, he has dedicated nearly a decade of his life to rescue distressed and neglected cows wandering the streets of Nepal. Apart from providing them with food, medical care, and love, he has created a safe haven to shelter them for life. Our Beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai, upon learning of Mr. Neupane’s noble efforts, gratefully offered: “US$30,000 and the Shining World Compassion Award.” “I believe the Earth is a common home for everyone. Everyone should be allowed to live. We want to provide shelter and protection for everyone, from the elderly fathers, mothers, mentally challenged people, from our brothers and sisters living in the streets, to street dogs and to all the beings. This is our broader vision.”

We're privileged to introduce several distinguished individuals, animal companions, and organizations who were honored with the Shining World Award by Supreme Master Ching Hai after She returned from Her intensive retreat in September 2019. "Warmly present the Shining World Leadership Award for Protection to India's Northeast Frontier Railway, with high salute, praises and loving gratitude. May the Heavens bless you and the majestic elephants forevermore." The President of Kazakhstan, His Excellency Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, was honored with the Shining World Leadership Award for Good Governance for providing debt relief to vulnerable citizens. "Joyfully present the Shining World Invention Award to Hoola One Technologies, plus US$10,000 toward this environment-protecting project. May Heavens shine on you with more innovative success to benefit our world." Last, but not the least, is Ms. Ori Shavit from Tel Aviv, an extraordinary individual honored by Supreme Master Ching Hai for pioneering the vegan movement in Israel.

Everywhere in the world, we can observe and be touched by acts of kindness. People from all walks of life, faiths, and cultures extend themselves beyond the call of duty to help others unconditionally. Through their noble deeds, humanity as a whole is elevated. To commend virtuous actions and encourage more people to be inspired by their examples, Supreme Master Ching Hai has lovingly created a series of awards, including the Shining World Leadership Award, Shining World Compassion Award, Shining World Hero Awards, Shining World Inventor Award, etc., to recognize some of the most exemplary, generous, caring, and courageous people who walk amongst us. Let’s start by meeting a special therapy dog named Maggie. With astounding love and patience as her superpower, she became registered as a therapy dog to help those in need.

Hi, my name is Iñaki and I work as a scuba diving instructor in Byron Bay, Australia. Now in winter, we are diving with a grey nurse shark. It was a beautiful day in Byron Bay, until we went underwater and saw this. A 2-meter Grey Nurse Shark with a long piece of netting rope stuck between its jaws. A slow, painful death awaited this shark, if not removed. I knew I had to help the shark. I was radiant to be able to get such a deadly net off its jaws. Seconds later the shark returned with a buddy, and looked me in the eyes, as if to say thank you! Well, I havebeen vegetarian for the last ten years. Since then, my life is very healthy, always clear mind. And I even feel that animals have a different interaction with myself.

In July 2016, the wise government of Morocco implemented operation “Zero Mika” to eliminate single-use plastic bags. “Mika” is the Arabic word for plastic. This operation has opened a door for new eco-friendly materials to be developed and introduced to the market, steering people towards new choices that are good for our planet. A Moroccan student, Saif Eddine Laalej, invented an eco-friendly paving building material called Paveco that became a finalist of the ENCGT’s Enactus Social Cup competition. In recognition of his brilliant eco-innovation, Supreme Master Ching Hai graciously presented the Shining World Invention Award to Saif Eddine Laalej.

Today’s show, will feature heroes from the animal kingdom and the outstanding government leadership of our world. In India, a canine friend named Ruby was honored with the Shining World Hero Award for rescuing and adopting an orphaned monkey. In Pakistan, the Prime Minister, His Excellency Imran Khan, was honored with the Shining World Leadership Award for Good Governance. Pakistan currently hosts approximately 2.4 million Afghan refugees of which 1.4 million are documented. His Excellency Imran Khan has promised to grant legal citizenship to children of Afghan refugees born in Pakistan. We thank you, for your compassionate acts towards your Afghan brothers and sisters. May our world soon be transformed into paradise by the loving energy of all people and animal friends.

Today’s show, Part 2 of 3, will feature individuals and animal friends who were honored for their noble deeds. In Brazil, a couple was bestowed with the Shining World Earth Protection Award for replanting an entire forest. In the United States, Tanner Wilson, a teenager from Arkansas, was conferred the Shining World Generosity Award. In order to purchase an electric wheelchair for his good friend, Brandon Qualls, to replace his manual one, Tanner worked at a local car repair shop in his spare time to save money for two years. In Japan, an Akita dog named Mame was also bestowed with the Shining World Hero Award for helping rescue a woman in her 90s.

Everywhere in the world, we can observe and be touched by acts of kindness. People from all walks of life, faiths, and cultures extend themselves beyond the call of duty to help others unconditionally. Through their noble deeds, humanity as a whole is elevated. To commend virtuous actions and encourage more people to be inspired by their examples, Supreme Master Ching Hai has lovingly created a series of awards, including the Shining World Leadership Award, Shining World Compassion Award, Shining World Hero Awards, Shining World Inventor Award, etc., to recognize some of the most exemplary, generous, caring, and courageous people who walk amongst us.

In September 2018, as the Carolinas were facing long-lived and powerful Hurricane Florence, the volunteers of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue rushed to the animal shelters in South Carolina that were in danger of being flooded and transported the animal residents north even before the storm struck. Lucky Dog Animal Rescue's story was covered by a dozen local and national media outlets, including the Washington Post and Fox News, warming the hearts of those affected by the hurricane. Supreme Master Ching Hai was touched by the loving, courageous deeds of Lucky Dog Animal Rescue and honored the organization's founder and executive director Ms. Mirah Horowitz and her team with the Shining World Hero Award along with a contribution of US$ 30,000.

Our world has been blessed by many young and noble souls who kindly render assistance to the less fortunate through creative and thoughtful ideas. The ten-year-old Oliver Edwards from Tasmania, Australia, is one of these special souls. Oliver founded a novel initiative called “Free On A Tree” that helps keep the needy people warm. You can do“Free On A Tree”, and you put it on a tree with a little badge, which says “If you need it, it’s yours.” The help is delivered in a way that makes it easy for people to accept.“Free On A Tree”is spreading to larger areas in Australia and even other country, creating a loving ripple effect.

Matibabu is a smart device kit that diagnoses malaria within a minute without the need to draw blood. In Swahili, Matibabu means "treatment." Quick and precise diagnosis is crucial for the life of millions. My name is Gitta Brian from Matibabu Team. Our dream is definitely to close the gap between the communities and the rightful access to healthcare. And we are doing that by offering kits just like Matibabu that do diagnoses of diseases so that they empower their communities.

Supreme Master Ching Hai has lovingly created a series of awards, to recognize some of the most exemplary, generous, caring, and courageous people who walk amongst us. For nearly forty years, Mr. McHenry has been a courageous advocate for world peace and a tireless humanitarian activist. He and his co-founder friends named their nonprofit organization to deliver a clear public message: As long as there are fellow humans who go hungry every night, our money and effort should be put into making food, not weapons. Ending war and poverty awaking the kindness in humanity.

People are changing, mentalities are changing. You know, to change the world, you have to be the change. When you teach people and show them to be loving and caring towards other living beings, and you show them that an animal has feelings just like we do. And educate the community and make them understand that every life is precious, they realize and understand this state change. We need to show people, you are doing right. When you do good and carry on doing good. Don’t then let others put you off. Because the more of us that speak up for the voiceless, the sooner we will make this world even better.

On June 11, 2018, Supreme Master Ching Hai learned about the story of Grace. She wrote a warm letter to the young Chilean inventors and honored them with the Shinning World Invention Award. The Award comes with a gift of US$10,000 to “celebrate the inventive brilliance” of the team and to help accelerate the advance of Grace. We hereby applaud and celebrate the inventive brilliance of Federico Jensen, Alex Carimán and Felipe Nagel, Students of Project “Grace”, Digital Health, Adolfo Ibañez University, Chile.

“I guess one of the main things is that everyone has a choice in the world to do something. You have a choice to, for instance, not use products that are made with plastic packaging and you have a choice to use those and if you use those you have a choice to recycle or reuse them or just throw them away.”Shining World Invention Award from Supreme Master Ching Hai for Anna Du. In recognition of Ingenious Eco-friendly Solutions cleverly creating an ROV to detect harmful plastics reducing ocean pollution and saving our planet.

In 2003 Ms.Cornella and her coworkers started the FAADA to rescue and sponsor wild and companion animals, help with adoption, and find suitable sanctuaries for the animals. After years of devoted work, the FAADA became an influential organization that seeks to eliminate the root causes of animal suffering. The FAADA’s outstanding achievements in raising awareness about and protecting numerous defenseless animals was recognized and honored by Supreme Master Ching Hai with the Shining World Compassion Award.

Learn about the ingenious invention of Polish design student Ms. Roza Janusz and witness her acceptance of the Shining World Invention Award! As part of her graduate project at the School of Form in Poznań, Poland Ms. Janusz invented an eco-friendly, edible type of food packaging from an organic membrane called SCOBY(for symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast), using the same fermentation process as used in the manufacture of the popular probiotic drink, kombucha. So maybe the packaging production will no longer litter the environment and it will even enrich it.