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Introductory Course on Conducting Home Visits – Taking the First Step towards Compassion
How much do you know about the basic etiquette when it comes to visiting the underprivileged at their homes? To encourage more people to participate in charity home visits, an “Introductory Course on Conducting Home Visits” was specially organised to...
First Large-scale Mobile Dental Screening Service to Enter Disability and Long-term Care Facilities Pushes On
The CASA-MODAL (Clean And Screen All Mouths Of Disability And Long-term care facilities) project was started in November 2018 with a noble mission of connecting disability and long-term care facilities to accessible dental services. However, over the past two years,...
Bathing Parents’ Feet is Not Merely “School Work”
In recent activities for Parents Appreciation Day in Tzu Chi Great Love Preschool (Yishun), young children learned to bake cookies, make cards, serve tea, and bathe feet. Besides creating a heart-warming interaction between parents and children, it was to guide...
“Kidz Hideout” After-school Support Adds Fun to Learning
In the past two years, 33 out of every 10,000 students in Singapore have been absent from school for long periods of time. To tackle this problem, an enhancement plan was launched by the Ministry of Education to provide comprehensive...
Students Express Filial Piety and Gratitude to Parents in the Heart-warming Month of May
“Electrifyingly surprising and powerful” was what Chee Chen Sin felt when his children bathed his feet and massaged him. Elated and touched beyond words, he could only convey his gratitude with a warm hug for his children. Adding on, he...
Elderly Folk Transforms Grief into Beautiful Paintings
No words can describe the pain of mourning for the loss of a loved one. For 78-year-old elderly Tan Meng How, painting is an outlet for him to pour the grief of losing his spouse. To promote awareness of how...
Volunteers Rally to Support a Fellow Dharma Brother as he Sails through the Darkest Moment in his Life
This is the story of Mr Ng Chye Hock and his family and their steadfast resilience to overcome adversity. Behind this family's remarkable story is a miracle of love and embodiment of the care and blessings of many people.
Medical Mission During the Pandemic
It has been more than two years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that there is a vaccine, many countries have begun to coexist with the disease, gradually relaxing pandemic prevention measures, marking the start of the post-pandemic...
Local Artiste Shares Joy of Being a Vegetarian at “Super Veggie Super Fun” Event
Although she is nearly 60 years old, the secret to her good health is adopting a vegetarian diet! Famous Singaporean artiste Liu Lingling was one of the visitors to Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre. Having been a vegetarian for 6 years,...
Protecting the Oral Health of the Elderly and Disabled with Casa-Modal
Since 2018, the Tzu Chi Singapore dental team has been conducting a monthly dental screening and health education programme called Casa-Modal (Clean And Screen All Mouths of Disability facilities And Long-term care facilities) for residents at nursing homes and institutions...
Public Members Gain New Perceptions about Vegetarianism at Super Veggie Super Fun
“I have a tiny wish. I wish for everyone to experience and get in touch with different life forms in person, not through presentations on plates.” Liu Ling Ling, a celebrated artiste in Singapore, conveyed her love for and attitude...
In Memory of Ng Kok Leong – It is Never Too Late for a Deep-rooted Affinity to Blossom
As the saying goes: "Life only begins at 70". It is best used to describe veteran volunteer Ng Kok Leong. Although he only joined Tzu Chi at the age of 67 and became certified as a Tzu Chi commissioner at...