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Recruiting 2500 Kind Hearts
At the trainee commissioner training camp held in July 2014, a few Malaysian Tzu Chi volunteers shared their efforts in promoting the campaign, “A Million Good Bodhisattvas,” by recruiting donating members for Tzu Chi locally...
Tzu Chi Stalwarts Receive Awards from Singapore Prison Service
Ceremony” in recognition of the tireless efforts of 269 individuals and partner organizations. Four volunteers from the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) attended the event and received recognition in five award categories...
New Seeds of Hope Meritorious Awards Benefit 45
Five years into the launch of the Seeds of Hope Financial Assistance Scheme, Tzu Chi introduced the “Seeds of Hope Meritorious Awards”in 2014 to encourage a more holistic development in students. The Award has a focus on moral education and...
Fear Not During the Seventh Lunar Month
Since young, Kuang Guo Mei’s elders had inculcated in her a lot of misconceptions and superstitions regarding the “ghost month” which falls on the seventh month of the lunar calendar. She was warned to observe a list of do’s and...
When Hunger Strikes, a Four-Year-Old Makes His Choice Wisely
The educational exhibitions during the auspicious seventh lunar month prayer and blessing ceremony has certainly left deep impressions on many visitors. The interactive exhibitions showed the enormous amount of water needed to support livestock farming and the resulting effects on...
Walking the Tzu Chi Path with Faith in Cause and Effect
During the three-day 2014 trainee commissioner training camp, with lecturers made up of experienced commissioners and invited speaker Sister Ci Lu, CEO of Tzu Chi Selangor and Kuala Lumpur branch, more than 200 participants gained an in-depth understanding of Dharma...
Only with Love Can One Give Back
A child’s wrongdoings are countless. How many times have our young, innocent and immature selves hurt our parents’ feelings? And yet, we are still forgiven time and again. The study sessions of “The Profound Parental Love” musical took place on...
The Love That Continues On–Caring for the Koh Family
For seven years, Singapore Tzu Chi volunteers have been caring for the Koh siblings. The two brothers their only sister never married, and had only one another to depend on. Eldest brother Hock Seng, even in his 80s, was the...
Giving that Transcends Religion– When Ramadan meets Auspicious 7th Lunar Month
During its fourth distribution event on 13 July this year, Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) invited care recipients from different ethnic groups to come together and as it was also the Auspicious Seventh Lunar Month for Buddhist and the Muslim holy...
Doctors Promote Humanistic Medicine
During the second 2014 Commissioner Training Course, a few medical doctors took to the stage to give talks on Tzu Chi’s Mission of Medicine, joining hands with the community volunteers in learning to progress together. A total of 67 members...
Playing Host to Mum and Dad
Open for barely two months, the Tzu Chi Great Love Preschool organized its very first filial piety activity on 27 June 2014. Three to five year old children were taught how to “play host” to their parents; they made biscuits,...
Never Forget the Ten Acts of Parental Kindness
On the 16th, 23rd, and 26th of June 2014, a total 82 Tzu Ching participants hailing from the junior colleges, institute of technical educations and tertiary institutions of NUS, NTU and SIM gathered together during a group study session with...