News & Stories
Passing on Experience with Love at the Four-in-One Cadres Camp
2022 is the year when new volunteer cadres take office. Tzu Chi Singapore held a two-day Four-in-One Cadres Camp to allow cadres to pass on their experience to each other. Although the local pandemic situation has escalated, resulting in temporary...
Injecting Vitality with a Long-awaited Gathering
The Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre (HYC) opened soon after the COVID-19 hit. Despite this, it maintained its regular opening hours with the help of the reception team’s volunteers who leveraged their strengths and worked in shifts.
Seeds of Hope Beneficiaries Awarded for Repaying Parent’s Kindness with Filial Piety
Mr Ee suffers from ALS. From a young age, the Ee siblings have understood how hard their mother has been working to support the family, and they have been using their ways to reduce her burden. They are among the...
Tzu Chi Bids Goodbye to a Dedicated Volunteer with a Heavy Heart
Tan Ching Swee, a Tzu Chi volunteer in Singapore, has recently passed away due to illness. The volunteers from Johor Bahru accompanied and assisted his family members in Malaysia in completing the necessary travelling procedures, enabling them to enter Singapore...
Seniors Find Solace from SEEN Centres’ Support amid the Pandemic
With the pandemic limiting the number of physical activities held over the past two years, a rare opportunity for seniors to be engaged in a physical setting came in the form of a Chinese New Year party held at Tzu...
Welcoming the Lunar New Year with Mutual Help and Shared Kindness
"Happy Lunar New Year!" The home visit volunteers were greeted with smiling faces, home-cooked desserts, and some donations by the care recipients. Although the pandemic situation continues to be ever-changing, Tzu Chi volunteers still racked their brains to organise festive...
In Memory of Tan Ching Swee – A Genuine and Indelible Affinity
As a member of the General Affairs team, Tan Ching Swee has always walked the talk - "If it is right, just do it." For more than ten years, from packing to setting up event venues, Ching Swee has contributed...
Seeds of Hope Award Ceremony Goes Virtual
The Seeds of Hope Merit Awards Ceremony was held virtually for the first time in 2021. Heartfelt well-wishes were delivered to student beneficiaries instantly through the internet. The Tzu Chi team and parents witnessed 49 beneficiaries of different ages who...
Volunteers render Undisrupted Support for Care Recipients despite Pandemic Restrictions
“We need to promote the awareness that Tzu Chi volunteers will always be there”. In times of uncertainty and living under “abnormal” conditions like these, the care recipients could feel a sense of assurance through communicating with the volunteers. Even...
Tzu Chi Holds Online Sign Language Competition to Promote Eco Awareness
Tzu Chi Teachers’ Association and Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre jointly organised an online sign language competition with a theme on environmental protection. Participated by twelve groups of students from five schools, the competition had to be conducted online due...
Chief Physiotherapist J.Vinoth Sees Tzu Chi as More than a Workplace
As the Chief Physiotherapist of Tzu Chi Singapore’s Day Rehabilitation Centre (DRC), Mr Jothiramalingam Vinoth has been an integral part of the organisation since 2015. We delve deeper into his life to find out what has kept him going all...
“How would others remember me?”
"If my time is up, how would others remember me?" Chua Hwee Pheng had delved deeper into the meaning of life after her nephew's sudden passing. When she completed her brain tumour removal surgery, she was thankful that she learnt...