News & Stories
Little Children Learn Culture from Tea Appreciation and Flower Arrangement
Are flower arrangement and tea appreciation classes suitable for children? Since April 2016, Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) has been conducting twice monthly flower arrangement and tea appreciation classes for the five and six year olds at the Tzu Chi Great...
Recycling Starts from the Grassroots
On 10 April 2016, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) partnered Yio Chu Kang Zone 7 Residents' Committee (RC) and opened a new recycling point at Ang Mo Kio block 624. The Residents’ Committee members lent their ardent support from the...
Tzu Chi Da Ai Gallery—Dharma Through Historical Events
Three pencil stubs, each 1-cm in length, and three cabbage props—can these seemingly puzzling exhibits really tell the story of Tzu Chi? The Da Ai Gallery established by the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) officially opened to the public on 19...
Sowing Seeds of Great Love among Kidney Patients
Since 2005, Tzu Chi Singapore has been providing financial assistance to needy kidney patients undergoing dialysis. On 3 April 2016, some 340 of its Home Visit volunteers attended a training session where they gained a better understanding of the anguish...
Jing Si Books and Café Opens Sims Avenue Branch
The Jing Si Books and Café officially opened its Sims Avenue branch in Singapore on 1 April 2016. To instil its volunteers with the spirit of service, staff from the Jing Si Book Hut, together with Tzu Chi Singapore’s cultural...
Local and Overseas Students Visit Tzu Chi’s Eco-Awareness Centre
Everyone has a part to play in protecting the earth. In 2014, the Tzu Chi Eco-Awareness Centre received many visitors after it was established, doing its bit to spread environmental awareness. Two groups of students, one from Aldrich Bay Government...
Volunteers Sow Seeds of Hope in Students
The Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held a ceremony to present the Seeds of Hope (SOH) Financial Assistance to beneficiaries of the Scheme on 19 March 2016 at the Jing Si Hall. The programme assists students from financially strapped families with...
Winds of Change Bring Recycling to UWCSEA
Over the past two years, Tzu Chi volunteers have been regularly visiting the East Campus of UWCSEA (The United World College of South East Asia) to share their experience in promoting environmental action and awareness with members of the student...
Repaying the Tzu Chi Family by Giving Back
North Zone Tzu Chi volunteer leader Luo Shu Fen was diagnosed with stage two stomach cancer in 2013, but she faced the future with equanimity and regarded the illness as her teacher. With support from the Tzu Chi family and...
A New Venue for Tzu Chi Parent-Child Bonding Class
On 28 February 2016, the first Tzu Chi Parent-Child Bonding Class of the year was held at the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Cultural Academy Home. With proper classrooms and well-prepared lessons conducted by an experienced team, the young participants’ learning...
Tzu Chi Promotes Environmentalism at Chingay Night Fiesta
On the evening of 21 February 2016, volunteers from Tzu Chi Singapore participated in the Chingay Night Fiesta for the first time, and together with two other charity groups, promoted recycling to the masses at the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park....