News & Stories
Seeing Reality – The Food Journey
More than 90% of the food consumed in Singapore is imported, but little do people know about the journey food takes from farm to table. After a 3-year hiatus, it was on the morning of 16 May, 2015, that 40...
Praying for All Sentient Beings
Tzu Chi’s 49th Anniversary cum World Peace Interfaith Prayer Ceremony was held on 10 May 2015 at the Singapore EXPO. An exhibition area was set up at the venue to enable attendees to learn more about Buddhism through the use...
Amassing Prayers for World Peace
“What does Buddha look like?” A visually handicapped individual asked a volunteer. The day 10 May 2015 marked three occasions—Buddha Day, Mother’s Day and Tzu Chi Day. On this significant occasion, 34 visually handicapped individuals slowly made their way into...
Tzu Chi Singapore Launches Donation Drive For Nepal Quake Victims
The devastating earthquake in Nepal has alarmed the world. To help the disaster survivors, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) has launched a donation drive – “Sending Our Love to Nepal”, and plans to hold street fundraisers around Singapore from 4...
Operation WE Clean Up!
On 3 May 2015, “Operation WE Clean Up!” commenced in 133 locations across Singapore. The day before, cleaners in the designated areas were asked to stop work so that the public could see for themselves the true state of the...
Neighbours Get an Invitation to Bathe the Buddha
On the 19, 25 and 26 April 2015, the Tzu Chi medical home care team organized three separate small-scale Buddha Bathing Ceremonies and 19 beneficiary families benefitted from the blessings. The heartwarming and lively atmosphere even attracted the attention of...
My Second Home — The Tzu Chi Eco-Awareness Centre
The Tzu Chi Eco-Awareness Centre not only collects and sorts recyclables. In addition to educating the public on being environmentally friendly, it is also the second home to many “aunties”. Since it became operational in August 2014, the coordinator of...
A Small-Scale Buddha Bathing Ceremony for the Needy
On 23 April 2015, the Tzu Chi medical home care service team, together with the charity team, organized a small-scale Buddha Bathing Ceremony at the Tzu Chi Free Clinic. In all, 24 beneficiaries, 10 of their family members and 4...
A Vegetarian Diet ─ From the Foetal Stage
Tzu Ching alumnus Lee Yuen Kuan and her husband Phoon Kin Ming decided in 2009 that their future children would all follow a vegetarian diet, right from the foetal development stage. Now, their two children Phoon Yi Xin and Phoon...
Post-TIMA Conference Reconnection Night
From 6 to 8 March, 2015, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held its inaugural Tzu Chi International Medical Association (TIMA) Conference, which was attended by more than 350 participants. One month later, 78 healthcare workers, most of whom had participated...
Thank You Sir for Not Scolding Me
On 10 April 2015, Mr. Lin Cheng Cai, a teacher from the Hualien Tzu Chi High School, shared parenting and counselling techniques with an audience of 318 at the Jing Si Hall. With a wealth of teaching experience, Mr. Lin...
Tzu Chi Singapore Remembers a Founding Father
In the early hours of 23 March 2015, Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed on at the age of 91, and many turned up to mourn his passing at the 18 islandwide community tribute sites. On 28...