
When Typhoon Haiyan, a maximum category-five storm, ravaged the Philippines, it left a massive trail of destruction in its wake. The Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) started receiving numerous calls from the public, asking if they could make donations to...
Charity |

After understanding the law of cause and effect, Lin Hua Zhen decided to face up to her karma with an attitude of calmness and acceptance as challenges unfolded in her life. A language barrier too, was no obstacle in the face of her determination to...
People |

2013 marks the third year of Tzu Ching’s VERO (short for ‘Veggie Hero’) campaign to promote vegetarianism. Following the lead of the “Consume 80% and save the rest” campaign, students donated the remaining 20% into their bamboo coin banks to help...
Education |

“Is she really my biological mother?” Wang Yong Zheng had asked himself in anguish. As a child, Wang had never been on the receiving end of kind and caring words from his mother; after the passing of his maternal grandmother, mother and son drifted even..
People |

Tzu Chi Singapore’s first collaborative effort with the Bukit Batok community, a parent-child educational course, was organized this year. At the conclusion of six months of classes, 64 people from the RC, volunteers, parents and students participated...
Education |

“Yes, daddy is not considered a good man, but he is willing to change,”says Shen You Cheng. His daughter, En Qi, is his“little teacher.” She not only urges him to learn sign language...
People |

On 26 and 27 October 2013, Tzu Chi volunteers took up their places on each side of the stage tagged A and B. With 504 actors on each side of the stage...
Miscellaneous |

In life, there are many different combinations of factors that give rise to happiness. What makes up the sum total of your happiness? Pre and post cancer...
People |

Taking to heart the sense of urgency that Master Cheng Yen so often speaks of, Zhou Chun Hua does not allow herself to slacken for even a moment...
People |

Lin Jin Yan is a nursing coordinator of TIMA and also a sign language facilitator for TIMA members. Watching her singing and confidently using the accompanying sign language on stage as she knelt down and stood up...
People |

Whenever she heard Master Cheng Yan say that “time is running out”, Zhuang Mei Hui would hang her head feeling ashamed, because she had put off what was important for too long. Having known of Tzu Chi for 12 years...
People |

For over ten years, Su Xiu Zhen had experienced a rollercoaster of emotions in her life due to an unhappy marriage. Despite the suffering in her heart, she did not confide in others; she did not know where to start...
People |