News & Stories
Tzu Chi Singapore 29th Anniversary: Volunteer Retreat (2022)
"Welcome home everyone!" Tzu-Chi Foundation (Singapore) celebrated its 29th anniversary on 11 September 2022. On this day, volunteers returned to Jing Si Hall for a half-day retreat and celebrated the anniversary of this "home" which belongs to everyone.
The Secret of Plant-based Food is Hidden in the Bento
In order to promote vegetarian food, volunteers from Tzu Chi Singapore South Zone collaborated with vegetarian restaurants to promote a 10-day vegetarian bento campaign. Volunteers reached out to the community and invited 188 people to participate in the campaign over...
Why does one 10-year-old vegetarian kid insist on not eating meat?
She can be seen in many activities promoting vegetarianism. 10-year-old Khoo Jing Yue has been a vegetarian since birth. She understood that the purpose of not eating meat was to protect animals from a very young age. Besides being a...
Great! I Have a Bed for Tonight!
Peh Hock Lai, a Tzu Chi Singapore home care patient, has lived in a house full of clutter with his younger brother for a long time. There is no space for a bed. The lack of air circulation, coupled with...
Tzu Chi Preschool Celebrates Teachers’ Day with Tea Ceremonies
In conjunction with Teachers’ Day, the children from Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool expressed their gratitude to their teachers through various actions, like hugging their teachers and presenting thank you cards and gifts to their teachers.
Are you eating right? There is a healthier way of eating!
Want your life to be healthier but don't know where to start? At the 4th Singapore Vegan Festival, a booth was set up by Tzu Chi volunteers to share a healthier way of eating. A dazzling array of goods, ranging...
A Teacher-Student Relationship that Blossomed into Lifelong Friendship
"Ms Soh is like our second mother!" During a simple and warm Teachers' Day dinner, Lew Zhen Wei and his brother paid tribute to their teacher, Alice Soh Geok Kwee, with whom they shared a 27-year-long teacher-student relationship.
Tonic for Seniors’ Body and Mind
Gym Tonic at Tzu Chi is more than just physical exercise for the seniors. Through the dedicated efforts of the staff, they have experienced great warmth and even picked up useful learning pointers about life.
Migrant Workers Gather to Celebrate Singapore’s Birthday at National Day Carnival
Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre jointly organised the "Celebrating 57th National Day with Our Migrant Workers" carnival in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower, JTC Corporation and five other non-profit organisations. This event was held after Singapore further loosened its...
Migrant Worker Story Showcase – Have You Seen it?
In Singapore, a prosperous city with a population of more than 5 million people, migrant workers account for 1.4 million. They are the primary workforce resources in family businesses, construction and production industries, yet they are rarely seen. Tzu Chi...
“Do You See Me?” Story Exhibition (2022)
On August 7, 2022, Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre and IAMinVISIBLE co-organized the "Do You See Me?" story exhibition, bringing together stories from Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Thailand, China, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Through the life stories of 43 foreign workers,...
Migrant Workers Share about their Life through Storytelling at “Do You See Me?”
These migrant workers are not merely a “foreign workforce” in Singapore, but also individuals with unique stories. Beyond their working hours, they are also dancers, poets and photographers. Every one of them is also someone else’s child, spouse or parent...