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News from Tzu Chi Philippines missions, ceremonies and community work across the country.
Tzu Chi signs MOA with Lao Foundation for Tech-Voc Scholars
Tzu Chi and the Lao Foundation continue to make skills training and livelihood opportunities more accessible to disadvantaged youth.
Paving Her Own Path The Resilient Journey of Renancie Abiera
From working various odd jobs throughout her life and facing tough family challenges during the pandemic, Renancie Abiera found hope and paved her path through a caregiving scholarship with the Tzu Chi Foundation. Her journey is a testament to how a single act of kindness can transform a person's life in the most beautiful way possible.
From walking to eating and grooming, scholars learn Tzu Chi etiquette
553 scholars from Pampanga, Bicol, Palo, Iloilo, Davao, Zamboanga, and NCR attend the lecture-demonstration held at the third Humanities class
Tzu Chi Great Love Preschool Philippines celebrates United Nations Day
The learners of Tzu Chi Great Love Preschool Philippines pose together in their vibrant cultural costumes.
This caregiver’s first patient was her mother
Tzu Chi’s caregiving course prepared Mera Daganasol to serve a most important person
For her better walks through life
New scholar Hannah Lyka Mabatan reflects on the paths she has walked and the journey that lies ahead.
Handling Hardship with Grace and Gratitude
Tzu Chi Zamboanga scholar Trisha Padilla learned that she doesn’t have to deal with her family issues alone. Besides funding her studies, Tzu Chi stood by her during her mother’s brain surgery, providing medical support, monthly assistance, and a part-time job that helps her continue her studies.
Tzu Chi brings Plant-based Food to Universities
Students and faculty at the Philippine Normal University (PNU) showed their support for the plant-based movement by adopting Veg-Up!, a project by the Tzu Chi Foundation that advocates for a plant-based lifestyle. In July, PNU successfully transformed its canteen menu, shifting to 40 percent plant-based dishes. Two months later, it opened its campus to a whole-day Veg-Up! caravan, featuring simultaneous screenings of environmental documentaries, the playing of trivia games, and the selling of plant-based tocino sandwiches, plant-based snacks, and starter kits of textured vegetable protein. “What we want is to sustain this project, so that even without us, they can do it on their own,” said Tzu Chi Program Officer Lineth Brondial. “We are also bringing Veg-Up! to other schools so the project doesn’t stop at PNU.”
Bound for a greater Purpose
Tzu Chi Zamboanga scholar Carll Maverick Salac lost his mother during the pandemic. He learned responsibility at a young age. Despite grief; financial challenges and his youngest sibling’s medical needs, he found help through Tzu Chi’s Educational Assistance Program.
The cycle ends with her
Renancie Abiera became her family’s sole graduate through Tzu Chi’s caregiving program.