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Bringing Cheer to Elderly Residents During the Chinese New Year

Bringing Cheer to Elderly Residents During the Chinese New Year

On 21 February 2016, a care visit team consisting of 47 Tzu Chings (members of the Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth Association), Tzu Ching seniors, and their school mentors went to the Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home to bring special new year greetings to the thirty ov

Charity, Education |

Who is Coming Over for the New Year Cleanup?

Who is Coming Over for the New Year Cleanup?

Before the Lunar New Year, many families were busy spring-cleaning their homes. However, this task was a difficult challenge for those plagued with physical or mental illnesses. Such was the case with Tzu Chi beneficiary Grandpa Jiang, who suffers from de

Charity, Medicine |

Charity Bazaar Starts the Lunar New Year on the Right Note

Charity Bazaar Starts the Lunar New Year on the Right Note

To many Tzu Chi members and business people, the yearly Tzu Chi charity bazaar is like a fixed appointment, no matter how busy they may be, they still hope to do their part for its success. The organization takes the opportunity to promote vegetarianism a

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Celebrating Chinese New Year by Sharing Love and Joy

Celebrating Chinese New Year by Sharing Love and Joy

To bring festive cheer and warmth to its charity beneficiaries, Tzu Chi Singapore held a pre-Chinese New Year celebration event on Sunday, 17 January 2016, which was attended by some 200 families receiving regular care and aid from the organization. Many

Charity |

Spreading Awareness of Recycling ─ Juying Students Do Their Part

Spreading Awareness of Recycling ─ Juying Students Do Their Part

For over two years, Juying Secondary School, whose students have benefitted from the Tzu Chi Seeds of Hope (SOH) Financial Assistance Scheme, has worked together with the organization to hold talks on environmental awareness for its Secondary Four student

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Tzu Chi Year-End Appreciation Celebrates Great Love in the Lion City

Tzu Chi Year-End Appreciation Celebrates Great Love in the Lion City

The Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held its 2015 Year-End Appreciation Ceremony at the Kallang Theatre on the 9 and 10 January 2016. Apart from recapping Tzu Chi’s footprints globally, the organization also took the opportunity to thank its volunteers for

Miscellaneous |

Vegetarian by the Power of a Thought

Vegetarian by the Power of a Thought

At Tzu Chi Singapore’s 2015 Year-End Appreciation ceremony, 25 volunteers, Tzu Chings (Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth Association members) and staff from the organization presented a short sign language musical, “A Matter of the Mind《一念之间》”. The presenters also

Miscellaneous |

Tzu Chi Holds Eco Awareness Fair by the Sungei Api Api

Tzu Chi Holds Eco Awareness Fair by the Sungei Api Api

Situated by the banks of the Sungei Api Api, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) jointly organised a green exhibition with the neighbourhood grassroots committee on 20 December 2015. Residents were invited to the “Sungei Api Api Neighbourhood Eco Awareness

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Seeds of Hope Recipients Learn to Sow Blessings

Seeds of Hope Recipients Learn to Sow Blessings

The hopes of a country lie in the hands of its younger generation while their future depends on education. As 2015 drew to a close, and before the commencement of the new school term, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held six Seeds of Hope (SOH) Financi

Education |

Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool Graduation

Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool Graduation

On 5 December 2015, the Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool held its second graduation ceremony at Tzu Chi Singapore’s Jing Si Hall in Pasir Ris, attended by 164 people. Apart from the 14 graduates from the class of 6-year-olds, also present were their parents a

Education |

Tzu Chi Teenagers Celebration Inspires Kindness

Tzu Chi Teenagers Celebration Inspires Kindness

At the conclusion of their two-day camp, Singapore Tzu Shaos (students of the Tzu Chi Teenagers Class) held a celebration at the Jing Si Hall on 22 November 2015. The celebration was attended by 300 people and featured a talent showcase, as well as a food

Education |

Joining the Town for a Recycling Day Out

Joining the Town for a Recycling Day Out

On 7 November 2015, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) was invited to take part in Marine Parade Town Day and the Clean & Green Litter Picking Exercise, organised by the Marine Crescent Ville Residents' Committee. The event aimed to heighten eco-conscious

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Promoting Water Saving and Food Waste Prevention at SG50 Carnival

Promoting Water Saving and Food Waste Prevention at SG50 Carnival

The two-day Clean & Green SG50 Carnival, which was organised by the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore and held from 31 October to 1 November, attracted some 20,000 people. Tzu Chi volunteers served as docents at the Carnival’s NParks & PUB ex

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Tzu Chi Youth Camp Nurtures Positivity

Tzu Chi Youth Camp Nurtures Positivity

Every one of us have our own dreams, and an image of an ideal world inside our hearts. But how does one realise these dreams? The Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) organised a Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth camp from 31 October 2015 to 1 November 2015 for 83 stude

Education |

Volunteers Clean Up the Home of an Elderly Nun

Volunteers Clean Up the Home of an Elderly Nun

72-year-old Venerable Chuan Zhi suffers from Meniere's disease, and has difficulty getting around and taking care of her daily needs. Seeing her plight, Tzu Chi volunteers visited her home on the morning of 25 October 2015, and did a thorough spring clean

Charity |

A Collaboration to Commemorate International Day of Older Persons

A Collaboration to Commemorate International Day of Older Persons

To commemorate the International Day of Older Persons, which falls on 1 October, the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) launched a month-long celebration, inviting business organisations and voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) to support and par

Charity |

TIMA Dentists’ Commitment Benefited Over a Hundred

TIMA Dentists’ Commitment Benefited Over a Hundred

Choking back his emotions, TIMA dentist Dr Eugene Tang Kok Weng related, "Having operated the free dental clinic for patients from MINDS (Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore) for eleven years, we see how these children have grown up. Som

Medicine |

Student Delegates from Ten Countries Learn About Recycling at Tzu Chi

Student Delegates from Ten Countries Learn About Recycling at Tzu Chi

A number of teachers and a hundred students who were participating in the Round Square International Conference 2015 hosted by the United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) visited the Tzu Chi Eco-Awareness Centre on 5 October 2015. Hailing from te

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