Mr George Chan, MNZM, for services to philanthropy and the community
Mr George Chan, MNZM, for services to philanthropy and the community.
George Chan is a leader within the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, which provides free health check-ups, blood donation, education programmes, financial assistance scholarships, environmental conservation, disaster relief and other services to the community. He has been the organisation’s secretary and CEO and raised almost $3 million, including a personal donation of $400,000, to build its Auckland headquarters. Tzu Chi distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of cash cards to low-income families after the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes and Edgecumbe floods. Mr Chan has actively supported St John and volunteers at the City Mission and the Auckland South Correctional Facility.