News & Stories
Friendships Revived After Six Years
On 4 June 2016, the fragrance of dumplings wafted out from the premises of the Tzu Chi Free Clinic, where five students from Singapore Management University (SMU) had the opportunity to meet and learn more about Tzu Chi. They were...
Of White Rice Gruel and Bamboo Coin Banks
Seeing the tasty meal that was normally served during lunch become a bland meal of white rice gruel, the expressions on the face of the preschoolers said it all. In June, the Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool conducted a unique...
Parent’s Day Celebration at Tzu Chi
On 22 May 2016, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) organized an event in honour of parents. 499 attendees from 163 families participated in the activity, which was held at the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Cultural Academy. Children participants expressed their...
A Smile from an Elephantiasis Sufferer
After more than a year of care from the Tzu Chi medical home care team, Salih, an elephantiasis sufferer for the past 20 years, finally walked out of the dark days in his life as his sores started to heal....
Gearing Up for New Tenants for Grandma Wong
Grandma Wong, aged 79, is one of the many elderly folk living alone in the Redhill estate. Her home is filled to the brim with clutter and she is unable to clean up her living quarters herself as she cannot...
Tzu Chi Signs MOU with Ren Ci to Provide Free Dental Services
On 23rd April 2016, Tzu Chi Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ren Ci Nursing Home located in Bukit Batok Street 52 (which started operations in 2015). The partnership enables dental professionals from the Singapore branch of the...
Purifying Our Minds Through Spiritual Practice
“If we do not seize every little opportunity (to do good), we would find it difficult to attain great deeds,” said David Liu, former CEO of Tzu Chi Singapore and Malacca. On the 16th and 17th of April, Liu delivered...
Little Children Learn Culture from Tea Appreciation and Flower Arrangement
Are flower arrangement and tea appreciation classes suitable for children? Since April 2016, Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) has been conducting twice monthly flower arrangement and tea appreciation classes for the five and six year olds at the Tzu Chi Great...
Recycling Starts from the Grassroots
On 10 April 2016, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) partnered Yio Chu Kang Zone 7 Residents' Committee (RC) and opened a new recycling point at Ang Mo Kio block 624. The Residents’ Committee members lent their ardent support from the...
Tzu Chi Da Ai Gallery—Dharma Through Historical Events
Three pencil stubs, each 1-cm in length, and three cabbage props—can these seemingly puzzling exhibits really tell the story of Tzu Chi? The Da Ai Gallery established by the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) officially opened to the public on 19...
Sowing Seeds of Great Love among Kidney Patients
Since 2005, Tzu Chi Singapore has been providing financial assistance to needy kidney patients undergoing dialysis. On 3 April 2016, some 340 of its Home Visit volunteers attended a training session where they gained a better understanding of the anguish...