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Tzu Chi Singapore Branch Chinese New Year Charity Fair
On Jan 26th & 27th, 2013, Tzu Chi Singapore Branch held a Chinese New Year Charity Fair to gather funds for charity, cultivate good deeds for a year of peace and harmony.
Water Repentance Sutra Adaptation – Real Life Story of Chen Ming Fu’s Family
The Chen family’s affinity with Tzu Chi began some eight years ago, when their son, Chen Guan Zheng contracted leukaemia. With his subsequent passing, the unwavering support and concern of Tzu Chi volunteers touched them greatly, and they slowly began...
Purging Greed, Ridding Vices——Living The Sutras: Cai Jiuan Hua
To sow the seeds of ridding greed and desire…” The young Cai Jiuan Hua contemplates the depth of these words as he recalls his ordeal when he slipped into the abyss of gambling. Having deeply repented, Jiuan Hua stopped participating...
Ushering into the New Year with Tzu Chi Musical & Sign Language adaptation of the “Water Repentance Sutra”
On 12 and 13 Jan 2013, Tzu Chi Singapore Branch held 4 sessions of the Year End Blessing Ceremonies at Kallang Theatre with a Musical & Sign Language adaptation of the “Water Repentance Sutra” as its main theme. This is...
A Hail to Life—How an Eighteen Year Old Young Man Makes His Life Fulfilling
18 year old Rakin has to learn to control his food intake to minimize his medicine intake frequency due to his family’s tight financial situation. He was born with ventricular septal defect (hole in the heart), and later on developed...
Singapore Tzu Chi Seeds of Hope Bursary Presentation Ceremony 2012
On 15 and 16 December 2012, more than a thousand students under Tzu Chi Seeds of Hope (SOH) bursary programme received blessings from their teachers, parents and Tzu Chi volunteers during the four sessions of SOH Bursary Presentation Ceremony held...
Gratitude and Teamwork – Tzu Chings Promoting Vegetarianism
The stage curtains have fallen for the second season of the VERO campaign. In order to show their token of appreciation to everyone involved, the VERO committee held a warm appreciation tea at the Tzu Chi Singapore Free Clinic on...
Launch of Street donation for Hurricane Sandy’s victims ~ Gathering love and kindness in Singapore
Together with Tzu Chi Chapters from 20 other countries, Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore Branch) launched the “Help Hurricane Survivors, Send Love to USA” Street Donation Drive to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. On 25th November 2012, Tzu...
Tzu Chi invited to the 8th Singapore AIDS Conference for the first time
Tzu Chi Singapore Branch has been taking care of HIV patients for close to 15 years, gaining in recent years recognition and identification from many in the society. To top it all, Tzu Chi Singapore Branch is even invited to...
No More Tearful Kids– Thanks to “Panda” Dentists
On the 11th of November, TIMA dentists, together with medical assistants and Tzu Chi volunteers, completed dental check up for 15 mentally challenged kids. The children received their dental examinations amidst laughter in a relaxed environment, much to the relief...
Challenging Translation of ‘The Raindew Waltz’
In the afternoon of 23 September, when Brother David Liu came over to Singapore to have the launch of his new Book ‘Journey of the Heart’, the Singapore translation team (with 11 of them participated in the subtitle translation of...
Leaving the Mark of Great Love on the Abdomen
An 18-month-old Malaysian baby girl, Zheng Huixin, was diagnosed to suffer from congenital biliary atresia shortly after she was born. Fortunately, with the generous donations from the public and Tzu Chi volunteers’ care and company along the way, a successful...