News & Stories
Volunteers Host Friends and Neighbours at Home for Vegetarian Cooking Session
There is a saying that it is easier to promote kindness than to persuade people to give up meat, because it is difficult to change people’s dietary habit. However, Tzu Chi volunteers are ready to brave the difficulties and step up on their effort to promote vegetarianism amid the pandemic. Task groups have...
A Different Celebration of Parents’ Day Amidst COVID-19
To celebrate the upcoming Parents’ Day, a series of online filial piety activities were jointly held by Great Love PreSchool, Parent-Child Bonding Class, Great Love Student Care Centre and Teenagers' Class. Besides the heart-warming family interactive session, the children also...
“Your Spirit Will Live on Forever” – In Loving Memory of Brother Sim Hee Chew
On 6 June 2021, a member of Tzu Chi Singapore Board of Directors cum leader of Tzu Chi Singapore Entrepreneurs Association, Mr. Sim Hee Chew, affectionately known as Grandpa Sim, has passed on peacefully in his sleep on his 72nd birthday....
Mr. Sim Hee Chew – Viewing The World Through the Lens of Gratitude
"I now understand what ’Gratitude‘ means. (We) really need to practise gratitude constantly. Being born a human, one must be grateful to their parents for raising them. Being out in the society, one must be grateful for the people who...
Free Dental Services for Ren Ci Nursing Home Residents is Revived
With the approval from the Ministry of Health and Ren Ci Hospital, the free dental services for residents of Ren Ci Nursing Home is now back in operation after being suspended for more than a year due to the pandemic....
Kidney Failure is a Life Changing Disease. Fear not, I’m Here for You
In Singapore, an average of 5.5 people are diagnosed with kidney failure every day. To better serve care recipients with kidney failure, Tzu Chi Singapore has invited professional social workers from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) to customise a training...
Finding Peace in Buddha Bathing Ceremony Amid a Pandemic
The second Sunday of May is a special day for Tzu Chi volunteers around the world as they celebrate Buddha's Day, Mother's Day and Tzu Chi anniversary on the same day. In 2020, Tzu Chi volunteers could only attend the...
Medical Supplies are Shipped to Cambodia to Support Local Efforts in Fighting COVID-19
Due to the worsening of the COVID-19 situation in Cambodia, Tzu Chi Organization (Singapore) had arranged for medical supplies donated by Tzu Chi Taiwan and two local entrepreneurs to be delivered to this ASEAN country.
Fast Fashion, a fast-rising global problem?
In today’s society, we live in a world of fast fashion where social media becomes a platform for influencing consumers on impulse buying cheaply yet trendy manufactured clothes that could become tomorrow’s trash.
Disaster Awakened Teenagers to Learn from Mother Nature
“Natural disasters are much more common than we thought”. Learning to coexist with mother nature for the rest of their life has become inevitable for two teenagers. After surviving and escaping a major disaster, they want to speak up for...