News & Stories
A Small-Scale Buddha Bathing Ceremony for the Needy
On 23 April 2015, the Tzu Chi medical home care service team, together with the charity team, organized a small-scale Buddha Bathing Ceremony at the Tzu Chi Free Clinic. In all, 24 beneficiaries, 10 of their family members and 4...
A Vegetarian Diet ─ From the Foetal Stage
Tzu Ching alumnus Lee Yuen Kuan and her husband Phoon Kin Ming decided in 2009 that their future children would all follow a vegetarian diet, right from the foetal development stage. Now, their two children Phoon Yi Xin and Phoon...
Post-TIMA Conference Reconnection Night
From 6 to 8 March, 2015, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held its inaugural Tzu Chi International Medical Association (TIMA) Conference, which was attended by more than 350 participants. One month later, 78 healthcare workers, most of whom had participated...
Thank You Sir for Not Scolding Me
On 10 April 2015, Mr. Lin Cheng Cai, a teacher from the Hualien Tzu Chi High School, shared parenting and counselling techniques with an audience of 318 at the Jing Si Hall. With a wealth of teaching experience, Mr. Lin...
Tzu Chi Singapore Remembers a Founding Father
In the early hours of 23 March 2015, Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed on at the age of 91, and many turned up to mourn his passing at the 18 islandwide community tribute sites. On 28...
Little Farmers Learn About Vegetables and Health
In conjunction with the topic of “My Healthy Food,” teachers from the Tzu Chi Great Love PreSchool brought 56 children ranging from 3 to 6 years of age to a vegetable farm for a learning visit. After the excursion, the...
Seeds of Hope Financial Assistance Benefits Another 400
The Seeds of Hope (SOH) Financial Assistance Scheme by Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) provides meal and transport allowances to students from needy families. The award ceremony was held before the school year started so that students could start the new...
The Dance of a Lifetime of Love
For dance teacher Zarina, hereditary diabetes, kidney failure and the amputation of her two legs meant that her days of dancing were over. Her tough circumstances touched the hearts of Tzu Chi volunteers who came forth with their help and...
Hospitals Join Hands for Health and the Environment
On 8 March 2015, the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) and Taiwan’s Tzu Chi Foundation co-organised the “HPH & Environment Symposium” to further their twin causes of health promotion and environmental protection. Tzu Chi also signed a Memorandum of Understanding...
Healthcare Professionals Renew their Calling
Humanistic medicine is about giving of oneself to patients, and this was a recurring topic at the Singapore Tzu Chi International Medical Association (TIMA) Conference held at The Matrix, Biopolis, earlier in March. Inspired by the program and speakers, conference...
Lighting the Lamp of Humanism in the Medical Field
During the second day of the 2015 TIMA conference held in Singapore, many real life stories of the interactions between healthcare workers, volunteers, patients and their families were shared. The 340 participants gained a deeper understanding in the holistic approach...
A Selfless Gift ─ The Silent Mentor
On 6 March 2015, the first day of the TIMA Conference (Singapore), Prof. Tseng Guo-Fang, director of the Medical Simulation Centre at Tzu Chi University’s medical school, and Assoc. Prof. Ng Yee Kong from the Anatomy Department of the NUS...