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Veros Support a Green Cause
As a logistics and financial hub, Singapore has an exciting spread of culinary delights to offer. Vegetarian cuisine is no longer the standard fare of green vegetables and tofu of yesteryear; today one can see vegetarian menus influenced by the...
Turning Trash into Resources
In his opening speech during the Clean & Green Singapore 2016 event, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that climate change has brought about greater challenges for Singapore. Apart from rising temperatures, drought and water shortages are also occurring more...
Go Vegetarian to Save Mother Earth
Six-year-old Khor Xin Yi from the Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool will sometimes tell her mother that she wants to have a vegetarian meal. Though the request is unexpected, her mother will try her best to fulfill it. The menu...
Free Dental Services Bring Smiles to Elderly Patients
For TIMA (Tzu Chi International Medical Association) members who provide free monthly dental services to the Ren Ci Nursing Home at Bukit Batok, the joyful smiles of their patients is the best form of reward. Though they face many challenges,...
Maturing with the Great Love PreSchool – A Little Boy Grows Up
Before he turned five, Boo Ray Sheng was a handful for his teachers. His mother’s choice of adjectives to describe him were namely, “dependent” and “anti-social”. After two years of preschool life, however, six-year-old Ray Sheng has not only made...
The Joy of Life-Long Learning
From steeping tea, one learns the art of interacting with others; from flower arrangement, one finds the inspiration to continually improve. On 22 October 2016, graduating students of the Tzu Chi Continuing Education Centre (CEC) shared the joy of lifelong...
The Earth is More Than Just a Sphere
Children’s Day is usually a day where the little ones get to enjoy themselves and have fun, but the Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool has a special way of celebrating this event. Its students get to go outdoors and engage...
Seniors Appreciate the Thought that Counts
Apart from Children’s Day and Youth Day, are you aware that there is an International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP)? To raise international awareness of population aging and the needs of the elderly, the United Nations has designated 1 October...
A Tzu Chi Donor Becomes a Street Fundraiser
“In the past I was a donor, I never expected that I would be bowing 90 degrees to raise funds from passersby,” said Zheng Wen Chuan, an entrepreneur and first-time participant in Tzu Chi’s flag day. On 24 September 2016,...
Tzu Chi Youths Embrace Humanity
A three-day youth camp for Tzu Chings (members of Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth Association) was held from the 23rd to the 25th of September 2016. In consideration that today’s youth live life at a fast pace in an age of...
An ALS Patient Faces Life With Positivity
Back in June 2014, the Tzu Chi Home Care Services team were notified about an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patient. ALS, also commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a rare affliction that causes muscular weakness and atrophy in patients....