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Promoting Water Saving and Food Waste Prevention at SG50 Carnival
The two-day Clean & Green SG50 Carnival, which was organised by the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore and held from 31 October to 1 November, attracted some 20,000 people. Tzu Chi volunteers served as docents at the Carnival’s NParks...
Tzu Chi Youth Camp Nurtures Positivity
Every one of us have our own dreams, and an image of an ideal world inside our hearts. But how does one realise these dreams? The Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) organised a Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth camp from 31 October...
Volunteers Clean Up the Home of an Elderly Nun
72-year-old Venerable Chuan Zhi suffers from Meniere's disease, and has difficulty getting around and taking care of her daily needs. Seeing her plight, Tzu Chi volunteers visited her home on the morning of 25 October 2015, and did a thorough...
A Collaboration to Commemorate International Day of Older Persons
To commemorate the International Day of Older Persons, which falls on 1 October, the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) launched a month-long celebration, inviting business organisations and voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) to support and participate in the various activities...
Student Delegates from Ten Countries Learn About Recycling at Tzu Chi
A number of teachers and a hundred students who were participating in the Round Square International Conference 2015 hosted by the United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) visited the Tzu Chi Eco-Awareness Centre on 5 October 2015. Hailing...
First Tzu Chi Singapore Flag Day Plants Seeds of Good
On 26 September, 2015, Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held its very own flag day where it organised its first island-wide street fundraiser for its local charity programmes. Just four days before, on 22 September, the organisation marked its 22nd anniversary,...
A Litter-Free Yellow Ribbon Run
During the 2015 Yellow Ribbon Prison Run, Tzu Chi was there to promote a clean, litter-free environment and to engage in recycling. Also present were helpers from the waste collection companies who were happy to provide first-level sorting of waste...
My Teacher the Good Madam Liu
“Good, good!” Bending over as she raises her thumb, eyes crinkled as she flashes a generous smile—that is the image of teacher Liu Lian Qiu that many people have. Liu is a Chinese language teacher at the Tzu Chi Great...
Celebrating SG50 with IMH Patients
2015 marks the year that Singapore celebrates 50 years of nation building, and Tzu Chi volunteers who have been making care visits to the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) decided that they would bring some of that celebratory cheer to...
Flowers Bring Spiritual Realizations on the Tzu Chi Path
A self-proclaimed person “born of a good life,” Xue Shu Ru from Taiwan came to Singapore in 2004, accompanying her children who were studying here. In the blink of an eye, 11 years passed by and the seeds she had...
Training to be Bodhisattvas
From 7-9 August, 2015, Tzu Chi Singapore held its inaugural retreat for its volunteer cadres at the Jing Si Hall, where the invited speakers included two Dharma Masters and staff members from the Jing Si Abode (Tzu Chi HQ), as...
Training to be Bodhisattvas
From 7-9 August, 2015, Tzu Chi Singapore held its inaugural retreat for its volunteer cadres at the Jing Si Hall, where the invited speakers included two Dharma Masters and staff members from the Jing Si Abode (Tzu Chi HQ), as...