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 particip
Medicine |
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 was able to impart effective strate
Education |
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 March 2015, 250 volunteers from Tzu Chi Singap
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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 children took pea shoot and wheatgra
Education |
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
Charity |
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 comforting prese
Charity |
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 Understan
Medicine |
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, c
Medicine |
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 holi
Medicine |
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 medical...
Medicine |
With its theme of “Towards Humanistic Medicine,” the conference organized by the Singapore chapter of the Tzu Chi International Medical Association (TIMA) in March 2015 had attracted a total of 488 healthcare professionals from 11 countries and regions fo
Medicine |
The Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) will be organizing the first Tzu Chi International Medical Association (TIMA) Conference outside of Taiwan at the Matrix@Biopolis on 6 March 2015. Already, 460 local and overseas healthcare professionals have registered
Medicine |
With songs, music and dance, Tzu Chi volunteers brought Chinese New Year cheer to residents at the Institute of Mental Health, enlivening their lives with festive joy and warming their hearts with loving care.
Charity |
Many who came forward to help out at the Tzu Chi charity bazaar have their own life stories, and be their stories blissful or sorrowful, all of them were single minded in their wish to bring loving kindness to others. Among them were Madam Yang and...
Miscellaneous |
“When countless others benefit, so too will one’s blessings be limitless.” Master Cheng Yen’s words made an indelible imprint on Tzu Chi volunteer Tang Pei Ling’s heart when she was at the June 2014 volunteer leaders’ retreat organized in Taiwan; these wo
People |
Eight officials from the National Environment Agency visited Tzu Chi Singapore’s Jing Si Hall for the first time on 24 January 2015. The NEA team and ten experienced recycling volunteers from Tzu Chi exchanged ideas and knowledge on environmental conserva
Env. Protection |
25-year-old Neqqi stopped school for almost ten years after failing the PSLE. He used to live in despair, thinking that he had no future, and had also lost hope in society. But with the support of his family and Tzu Chi, the young man finally found hope i
People |
Bi Yu Kun and Chen Ya Ting, a husband-and-wife team from Shun Fu Road who have been Tzu Chi volunteers for 21 years, remain dedicated to their beliefs and have never looked back. Their family is not well-to-do; they have to work hard to make ends meet...
Env. Protection, People |
