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Tzu Chi recycling volunteers unaffected by COVID-19
Amidst the outbreak of the new coronavirus, most people are staying home to avoid being infected. However, there is a group of elderly recycling volunteers who still report for duty at Tzu Chi Eco-Awareness Centre every day. The reason they...
A place to call home for returning long term pass holders
Beginning February 2020, Tzu Chi works with a dormitory operator to make it easier for returning foreign workers to serve their stay home notice at the temporary facilities set up for those who has difficulties returning to their rental places.
Tzu Chi Makes Quarantine Easier for Returning Workers from China
The novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, is a highly infectious virus. Around one third of the 5.7 million total population in Singapore are non-resident, among which, Chinese nationality is no a minority. According to local media dated 7 February, about...
Social Enterprises Thank Frontline Healthcare Workers the Gastronomic Way
Healthcare workers are on their toes fighting the virus to safeguard the health of the public amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Despite the heightened risk of infection and increase in workload, they have remained in their position. Just like most...
Preschool children responded positively to adopting a vegetarian diet
Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool has been promoting vegetarianism to parents, teachers and students all the time. The delicious vegetarian food provided by the school has won the hearts of the teachers and students. Amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, the...
Tzu Chi’s epidemic relief programme for care recipients
The inconveniences caused by COVID-19 outbreak did not stop the charity home visit volunteers from caring and sending warm reminders to their care recipients. The volunteers have also obtained the latest updates of their care recipients’ condition and provided these...
Home Visits with Loving Care amidst COVID-19 outbreak
How are the 700 care recipient households under the care of Tzu Chi coping with the COVID-19 outbreak? Through phone calls to these care recipients, Tzu Chi home visit volunteers ensure that priority is given to those who has pressing...
Learning Contemplation and Mindfulness amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Unhindered by the COVID-19 outbreak, youths from both National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) had an enriching and meaningful evening as they gathered with their peers in their respective campus and explored the concept of contemplation...
Protecting students through daily disinfection of classrooms
The new coronavirus outbreak has continued to spread globally. With the escalation of the DORSCON alert to orange, Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool has also heightened its alert by complying with the guidelines laid out by the government and strengthening...
Tzu Chi offers moral support to frontliners amidst the coronavirus outbreak.
Tzu Chi Singapore has set up an epidemic relief committee to launch a series of projects such as the epidemic relief programme, to gather love and support from the public to cheer for those who are working at the frontline....