
For over two years, Juying Secondary School, whose students have benefitted from the Tzu Chi Seeds of Hope (SOH) Financial Assistance Scheme, has worked together with the organization to hold talks on environmental awareness for its Secondary Four student
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Situated by the banks of the Sungei Api Api, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) jointly organised a green exhibition with the neighbourhood grassroots committee on 20 December 2015. Residents were invited to the “Sungei Api Api Neighbourhood Eco Awareness
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On 7 November 2015, the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) was invited to take part in Marine Parade Town Day and the Clean & Green Litter Picking Exercise, organised by the Marine Crescent Ville Residents' Committee. The event aimed to heighten eco-conscious
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The two-day Clean & Green SG50 Carnival, which was organised by the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore and held from 31 October to 1 November, attracted some 20,000 people. Tzu Chi volunteers served as docents at the Carnival’s NParks & PUB ex
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A number of teachers and a hundred students who were participating in the Round Square International Conference 2015 hosted by the United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) visited the Tzu Chi Eco-Awareness Centre on 5 October 2015. Hailing from te
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During the 2015 Yellow Ribbon Prison Run, Tzu Chi was there to promote a clean, litter-free environment and to engage in recycling. Also present were helpers from the waste collection companies who were happy to provide first-level sorting of waste picked
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On 25th and 26th July, 2015, when the Fengshan Diamond Residents’ Committee was distributing SG50 fun packs to residents, volunteers from the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) were also present to promote environmental awareness. Over the two-day period, abo
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More than 90% of the food consumed in Singapore is imported, but little do people know about the journey food takes from farm to table. After a 3-year hiatus, it was on the morning of 16 May, 2015, that 40 youths from the Tzu Chi Collegiate Association...
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On 3 May 2015, “Operation WE Clean Up!” commenced in 133 locations across Singapore. The day before, cleaners in the designated areas were asked to stop work so that the public could see for themselves the true state of the island city’s cleanliness...
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The Tzu Chi Eco-Awareness Centre not only collects and sorts recyclables. In addition to educating the public on being environmentally friendly, it is also the second home to many “aunties”. Since it became operational in August 2014, the coordinator...
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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
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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...
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On 14th September 2014, during the 6th Yellow Ribbon Prison Run, Tzu Chi not only shared with others its care of inmates, but also brought the theme of environmental protection to the event...
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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...
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On 18th May 2014, in conjunction with the Global Tzu Ching activity "In Praise of the Hands that Recycle," Singapore Tzu Chings engaged in a street cleaning and upcycling activity. A group of youths took up the call and picked up cans and bottles along th
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In conjunction with Earth Day, the Master of Science Environmental Management Programme (MEM) Alumni organized a seven-hour long “Waste Minimisation—Recycling and Vegetarianism” seminar at the Shaw Foundations Alumni House located at the NUS...
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The Tzu Chi Free Clinic TCM department organized a “Health and Vegetarianism” talk on 22 March 2014 to educate the public about the benefits of a vegetarian diet. The topic was explained from both the standpoints of western nutritional science and the eas
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With the Mid-Autumn Festival coming up, volunteers from Tzu Chi Singapore shared the idea of celebrating the festival by encouraging vegetarianism to protect the environment. Care recipients were invited to collect...
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