News & Stories
Tzu Chi Sets up An Epidemic Relief Committee to Ward off COVID-19
The Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) was raised to orange on 7 February 2020, which is just one level below the highest red alert level. In response to the heightened alert, Tzu Chi Singapore has set up an epidemic...
A Special Love, For You Who Defend Us at the Frontline
Valentine’s Day arrived a week after Singapore raised its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level to orange. Tzu Chi volunteers visited three partner hospitals to send regards to doctors, nurses and healthcare workers fighting the virus at the frontline....
Everyone is responsible to prevent COVID-19 from spreading
The 2019 novel coronavirus continues to spread globally after it was first discovered end of last year. Since its outbreak, rumors have further aggravated the tension surrounding the outbreak. The Singapore government has set up an official website and communication...
Sending Love amidst COVID-19 outbreak
In the face of a virus outbreak, calming the public is equally important as preventing the spread of the virus. Unhindered by COVID-19 outbreak, Tzu Chi volunteers continue to show up sending love and blessings…
A Caregiver who Pays her Love Forward by becoming a Volunteer
Tzu Chi’s Medical Home Care team conducts regular home visits to the homes of their patients and is available round the clock just like any convenience store. This is a story about the interaction between the medical team and one...
Tzu Chings share their Joy of Learning from attending an oversea camp
“Everyone faces challenges in life, but there is no need to give up hope...” shared Tzu Ching Kenisha Tan after attending the Overseas Tzu Ching Officer's Training Camp in Taiwan.
Care Recipient Pays the Love Forward
A medical team from Tzu Chi Singapore’s Home Care Services started caring for 98-year-old Mdm Foo, who suffered from painful gallstones. Due to her advanced age, she was unable to undergo surgery and could only take medicine to relieve her...
Volunteer Continues to Serve Despite Suffering from Terminal Illness
“The journey of life is a natural course…… Master Cheng Yen says that if we are willing to accept our lot in life, we will suffer less,” said Tzu Chi volunteer Sim Siew Hong. A terminal liver cancer patient, Sim...
The blossoming of Tzu Chi’s great love in South Africa
Through mutual assistance and love among South African volunteers, they helped rebuild the homes of the disaster victims and keep the love going in Africa.
Tzu Chi Celebrates “Spring Festival” Early with Aid Beneficiaries
At the annual pre-Chinese New Year celebration for Tzu Chi’s beneficiaries this year, volunteers and Chinese aid recipients staged performances together to usher in the Lunar New Year. Their gestures of gratitude and blessings for each other filled the air...