泉州著名的四大民间慈善机构中，有两个设于转道长老所住持的泉州开元寺中，即泉州妇人养老院与泉州开元慈儿院。其中慈儿院由转道法师独自承担费用，“遂慨出钵资数万元，以为开办费用”。次年圆瑛长老往南洋继续为慈儿院筹款，结果由于 “转道长老，登高一呼，群谷响应，不数月竟募集十二万金，俾作慈儿院永久基础”。
Venerable Sik Zhuan Dao, who was the then Abbot of Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, set up two of the four charity organisations — a women’s and elderly nursing home and the Kaiyuan Orphanage.
Venerable Sik Zhuan Dao single-handedly bore the cost to set up Kaiyuan Orphanage. In the following year, Venerable Shi Yuan Ying came to Singapore to help raise funds for the orphanage. Venerable Sik Zhuan Dao personally participated in the fundraising which raised a total of $12,000 over a span of a few months. The fund helped to set up the foundation for the orphanage.