News & Stories
Tzu Chings Send Warmth Straight from the Heart
The familiar tunes of songs from their youth and merry dancing rekindle past memories, lighting up the faces of the elderly folk. It was the first meeting between Tzu Chings and residents of the SASCO Senior Citizens’ Home, but they...
Spreading the Word on Recycling
Every new Tzu Chi community recycling point needs the support of the neighbourhood Residents’ Committee (RC) as well as the residents themselves. On 12 June 2016, Tzu Chi Singapore’s 35th recycling point officially opened at the void deck of Block...
Little Ones Care for the Elderly
For the past three years, the Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool has been organizing filial piety themed activities for their students. In June this year, the little children learnt how to treat others with the same care as they would...
Let’s not Talk about Financial Aid and Be Friends!
In the years that Tzu Chi volunteers have made care visits to the needy, there was an instance where financial help was declined. A single mother who was still in bereavement over the passing of her spouse, was the sole...
Tzu Chi Kicks Off Island-wide Charity Day
Charity is at the very core of Tzu Chi’s existence. Therefore, in June 2016, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) designated the first Sunday of every month as “Charity Day”, to encourage volunteers to participate in care visits and bring love...
Friendships Revived After Six Years
On 4 June 2016, the fragrance of dumplings wafted out from the premises of the Tzu Chi Free Clinic, where five students from Singapore Management University (SMU) had the opportunity to meet and learn more about Tzu Chi. They were...
Of White Rice Gruel and Bamboo Coin Banks
Seeing the tasty meal that was normally served during lunch become a bland meal of white rice gruel, the expressions on the face of the preschoolers said it all. In June, the Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool conducted a unique...
Parent’s Day Celebration at Tzu Chi
On 22 May 2016, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) organized an event in honour of parents. 499 attendees from 163 families participated in the activity, which was held at the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Cultural Academy. Children participants expressed their...
A Smile from an Elephantiasis Sufferer
After more than a year of care from the Tzu Chi medical home care team, Salih, an elephantiasis sufferer for the past 20 years, finally walked out of the dark days in his life as his sores started to heal....
Gearing Up for New Tenants for Grandma Wong
Grandma Wong, aged 79, is one of the many elderly folk living alone in the Redhill estate. Her home is filled to the brim with clutter and she is unable to clean up her living quarters herself as she cannot...
Tzu Chi Signs MOU with Ren Ci to Provide Free Dental Services
On 23rd April 2016, Tzu Chi Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ren Ci Nursing Home located in Bukit Batok Street 52 (which started operations in 2015). The partnership enables dental professionals from the Singapore branch of the...
Purifying Our Minds Through Spiritual Practice
“If we do not seize every little opportunity (to do good), we would find it difficult to attain great deeds,” said David Liu, former CEO of Tzu Chi Singapore and Malacca. On the 16th and 17th of April, Liu delivered...