News & Stories
National Environment Agency’s First Visit to Tzu Chi
Eight officials from the National Environment Agency visited Tzu Chi Singapore’s Jing Si Hall for the first time on 24 January 2015. The NEA team and ten experienced recycling volunteers from Tzu Chi exchanged ideas and knowledge on environmental conservation...
From Zero to Hero
25-year-old Neqqi stopped school for almost ten years after failing the PSLE. He used to live in despair, thinking that he had no future, and had also lost hope in society. But with the support of his family and Tzu...
A Couple’s Joyous Dedication Towards Protecting the Earth
Bi Yu Kun and Chen Ya Ting, a husband-and-wife team from Shun Fu Road who have been Tzu Chi volunteers for 21 years, remain dedicated to their beliefs and have never looked back. Their family is not well-to-do；they have to...
Year End Blessing Ceremony Spreads the Bodhisattva Spirit
On 10 January 2015, Tzu Chi Singapore held its 2014 Year End Blessing Ceremony at The Star Performing Arts Centre, which saw more than 8000 people in attendance. Tzu Chi volunteers performed the stage adaptation of the first chapter, “Virtues”,...
First Tzu Chi-SMU Bursary Paves the Path of Education
The year 2015 saw the establishment of the first Tzu Chi-SMU Bursary scheme whereby eight students from the Singapore Management University from needy families receive $8,000 annually to support their educational expenses. SMU too, encourages the recipients to participate in...
Volunteers Lend their Might to Street-Fundraiser
“Good morning! Donate with a heart and spread your love across the border!” Across the island of Singapore, this refrain could be heard on the first Sunday of 2015. At short notice, the monthly volunteer training session was cancelled and...
Giving Children the Strength to Dream
The 2015 Seeds of Hope Financial Assistance Scheme Presentation Ceremony was held at the Jing Si Hall of Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore), over two days and six sessions. Fifty-six recipient secondary schools from all across the island, comprising 2,584 teachers,...
Recipients of Tzu Chi Subsidy Give Back Through Recycling
Jian Jian Ming and Situ Yu Shan, two students currently studying in Yishun Secondary School, have been beneficiaries of the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) Seeds of Hope Financial Assistance Scheme for many years. In order to express their gratitude and...
A New Life Gained and a Family Transformed by the Dharma
Cui Li’s husband Xu Liang Tong is one of the beneficiaries of Tzu Chi’s charity mission. In September 2011, his family was in dire straits when he lost his capacity for daily functions due to post-operative complications from a brain...
Graduating Today! A Milestone for Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool
Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool finally welcomed its first batch of graduates six months after its opening. The graduation ceremony was held at its Yishun premises, and though there was only three little ones graduating, the teachers put in their...
Tzu Chi Teenagers’ Class Cleans Up the Coast
In contrast with previous camps organized for the Tzu Chi Teenagers’ Class, a half-day coastal cleanup was specially arranged as one of the 2014 camp activities. On 15 November 2014 which was the first day of the camp, 66 members...
Be Strong—Loving Hearts Encourage One Another On
Charity distribution day is an event organized every two months by our charity volunteers, and also involves entrepreneur volunteers from Tzu Chi who play the role of drivers, fetching care recipients and their families to and from the Jing Si...