"Oil-free, sugar-free and low-salt, can food really taste good this way?" In response to this question by seniors at the Active Ageing Carnival 2025, Tzu Chi Food Farmacy volunteers responded with a smile, "We use the natural flavours of ingredients and preserve the essence of the food, making it both healthy and delicious!"
From embracing the corporate grind to volunteering and now working in a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Sharifah Faizah has led quite a colourful life. She shares more about how she got to this place in her life, the challenges and her own personal development.
Ang Chin Koon, an entrepreneur who has a deep affinity with Tzu Chi and has been engaging in charitable activities for 24 years, delved into the worlds of culture and art to contribute to charity.
The contact between healthcare professionals and their patients tends to be closer when medical services are delivered at the patient's home. Dr Ho Xin Qin revealed, "When you step into the patient's home, the patient becomes a person with a family.“
Not only does Tin Tin take care of Madam Koh's domestic work 24/7, but she also plays a vital role of a “saviour” in extraordinary times.
With a declining birth rate and a rapidly ageing society, elderly people are having a tough time looking after each other. The community’s varying degrees of medical care and everyday living care services are critical to the elderly Toh couple’s retirement life at home.
Nobody knows how long her journey as a caregiver is going to be, but Ho Ngit Wah still looks forward to her golden years.
Reaching our golden years would often signal an opportunity to sit back and enjoy a long-awaited break after slogging hard for the better part of our lives. However, for one senior, she is bucking the trend through her zeal to learn and help fellow seniors.
Every visit is a valuable opportunity despite the time constraint and limited contact for volunteers to provide the most in-depth and targeted support possible.
While most seniors would typically be enjoying a life of leisure upon retirement, this has not been the case for two senior Tzu Chi volunteers. Find out how they have remained active through volunteering at Tzu Chi TCM Free Clinic (Redhill) in their golden years.
Compared to other commercial TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) clinics, the Tzu Chi TCM Free Clinic is mainly supported by a pool of volunteer TCM practitioners, with more than 70% of its practitioners serving on a pro bono basis. We shine the spotlight on two of them who have been actively contributing their services at the Redhill branch.
Do you have any gifts given to you as a child which you still hold on dearly to? For Ms May Tai Nyeok Moi, one particular present she received as an eight-year-old helped change the trajectory of her entire life.
“I don't know if it's too cliché to say that, but 'as long as it is right, just do it!' because there may not be a second chance.” Chua Hwee Pheng, who suffered from a rare brain disease, once said firmly. And she practised what she preached as she always went out of her way to ensure that no regret remained.
What would you do if you were unwittingly involved in a devastating accident that changed the entire course of your life? At the age of 24, after a horrific accident that badly injured his brain, the promising life of Mr Takalah Tan, then a fresh graduate from National University of Singapore (NUS) seemed all but over . . .
At the memorial service held at Mandai Crematorium Service Hall, there was no solemn grief full of tears. Instead, it was brimming with a sense of calmness and peace. For the children and grandchildren of the late Tzu Chi volunteer Echo Ong Pei Leng, the day was a “farewell” after two long years.
"Eating meat is not good for our health! If we ate the mother chicken, the chicks will have no mother and they will be very scared!" On this day, two children who have been vegetarians since birth courageously stood on the stage to advocate vegetarianism and appeal to all to love all living beings.
With the easing of most pandemic restrictions, the light at the end of the tunnel has become brighter as Singapore has seemingly started to turn the corner in its COVID-19 battle. We take a look at how three Tzu Chi volunteers, who are nurses in their day jobs, have coped in their line of work over the past two years. They also shared about the integral role that Tzu Chi has played in supporting them.
This is the story of Mr Ng Chye Hock and his family and their steadfast resilience to overcome adversity. Behind this family's remarkable story is a miracle of love and embodiment of the care and blessings of many people.
As the saying goes: "Life only begins at 70". It is best used to describe veteran volunteer Ng Kok Leong. Although he only joined Tzu Chi at the age of 67 and became certified as a Tzu Chi commissioner at the age of 72, Ng Kok Leong did not waste his time and life. Instead, he spent the remaining of his life volunteering with Tzu Chi and seized every opportunity to care for those in need and set a good example for other volunteers.
Tolerance and accommodation can prevent disputes;
gentleness and great love can transform disasters into blessings.
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