News Vegetable seller and amazing philanthropist

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Wearing a thick support belt and hunched over thanks to back and leg problems, 63-year-old Chen Shu-chu puts peppers, taro and mushrooms into bags for customers at her vegetable stand in eastern Taiwan.

She does this for up to 18 hours a day, six days a week. But no matter how much money she makes, she spends no more than a few dollars a day on herself so that she can give away the rest.

Meet one of the world's most unlikely and humble philanthropists.

Full article: BBC News - The Taiwanese vegetable seller turned philanthropist (6. Oct. 2014)

It says Ms Chen has donated more than 350,000 USD / 210,000 GBP, partly funding the building of a school library and a new hospital wing.

It also says she's a strict vegetarian.