News & Stories
Tzu Chi Spirit Alive and Strong among Entrepreneurs
Close to 100 entrepreneurs and volunteers from Tzu Chi Indonesia branch, KL-Selangor branch and Klang branch gathered in Singapore to lend their support to our ‘Voices of Great Love’ charity concert on 22 July. Capitalizing on the rare occasion, our...
Beach Cleaning, Mind Cleansing
Year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth Association. In celebration of the momentous occasion, members of the association (Tzu Chings) in 13 countries and 57 regions initiated a global environmental protection relay on 15 July. Here...
TIMA Took Up Coordinating Role in Health Screening
Since 2008, Tzu Chi Singapore has worked together with Yuhua Community Club (CC) in organizing free health screening for the public annually. The aim is to raise health awareness and provide tailored screening in order to prevent occurrence of major...
Thank You TIMA Members, From the TIMA Committee
More than a month after the Tzu Chi 46th Anniversary Celebration cum World Peace Interfaith Prayer Ceremony, the Singapore Tzu Chi International Medical Association (TIMA) members gathered themselves once more to relive the touching moments of the event and to...
Team Sri Lanka’s Unexpected and Fruitful Stay in Singapore
They were supposed to leave for Taiwan with team Singapore on the 20th of June for the 2012’s second Tzu Chi seminar for overseas volunteers, but team Sri Lanka had to cancel the trip due to unexpected change and stay...
Foundation’s Sustained Effort Affirmed in WBDD 2012
On 14 June, countries worldwide celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) with events to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. Tzu Chi...
Volunteers Pay Respect to Late Indonesian Industrialist
After a long battle with illness, Indonesian tycoon Liem Sioe Liong passed away in Singapore on the afternoon of 10 June 2012 at the age of 96. His third son, Anthony Salim (Liem Fung Sen) was a big help to...
Sincerity & Hard Work Pays Off in Inception of Bt Ho Swee Recycling Point
A new community recycling point was formally established in Bukit Ho Swee in early June, making it the first daytime recycling point of Tzu Chi Singapore. Like all of its other recycling points, the new spot is an amiable place...
Fun Learning in Bottle Tree Park
How much “resources” in daily life do we unknowingly throw away? Besides water and electricity, what other resources has Mother Nature provided us? On 3 June, 110 children from the Parent-Child Bonding Class embarked on an outdoor learning journey to...
Back To Basics
The Singapore Tzu Chi Collegiate Youths have been actively promoting vegetarianism since last year by kickstarting a campaign called VERO, short for Veggie Heroes. This time, they hope to bring the youths’ attention to the origins of daily food, unraveling...
TTSH Staff Gathers for First Welcoming Session
On 26 May, seven active Tzu Chi medical volunteers who are working in Tan Tock Seng Hospital organized the first Tzu Chi welcoming session in TTSH. The session aims to recruit more volunteers for the Tzu Chi International Medical Association...
Sending a Care Recipient Off – A Life Journey Completed
While everyone was busy preparing for the World Peace Interfaith Prayer Ceremony in early-mid May, the South Zone volunteers received news about the passing of a former care recipient. On 14 May, the day after the prayer ceremony, 11 volunteers...