Tainan Jing Si Hall is one of the long-term day care centers for the local seniors. Sixteen elders, with an average age of 70, took public transportation for nearly one hour to reach the venue. The center offers programs that maintain seniors' agility and strengths, even a 91-year-old elder find it enjoyable.

In recent years, vegetarianism gradually becomes a dietary trend. Starting this January, Kempas Medical Centre in Johor Bahru, Malaysia has increased their Meatless Monday campaign from once a month to every Monday.

Malaysia has recently started the stricter safety measures due to the pandemic. Before the control order was implemented, volunteers visited care recipients to repaint their homes. Among them is a group of businessmen who join the action.

Tainan Jing Si Hall is one of the long-term day care centers for the local seniors. Sixteen elders, with an average age of 70, took public transportation for nearly one hour to reach the venue. The center offers programs that maintain seniors' agility and strengths, even a 91-year-old elder find it enjoyable.

In recent years, vegetarianism gradually becomes a dietary trend. Starting this January, Kempas Medical Centre in Johor Bahru, Malaysia has increased their Meatless Monday campaign from once a month to every Monday.

Malaysia has recently started the stricter safety measures due to the pandemic. Before the control order was implemented, volunteers visited care recipients to repaint their homes. Among them is a group of businessmen who join the action.

In Malaysia's Johor Bahru, a volunteer adopted the vegetarian diet two years ago when she was participating in Tzu Chi's Water Repentance Sutra Adaptation. Now with the COVID outbreak, she has changed her restaurant to selling vegetarian food.

Under the recent pandemic regulation, Tzu Chi Malaysia Chapter kept to a strict safety measure when they hosted a private year-end blessing ceremony for the volunteers. They are also planning a virtual blessing ceremony for February so community members can join them to pray for a better year.

Also in Penang, Malaysia, a Tzu Chi care recipient's husband has passed away, leaving her in despair. Her house is filled with her husband's belongings. Tzu Chi volunteers have come to care for her and cleaned up her living environment. They hope she can start a new chapter of her life.

Goh Hooi Ling, who was born in a traditional puppet show family, recently opened an art space to teach courses in this topic. Despite the pandemic and movement restriction orders, she continues to do her best to preserve this ancient art form.

In 2020, Tzu Chi and Chiayi city government has signed an MOU to work together in promoting environmental protection and charity work. The mobile recycling education car that tours around Taiwan, has taken off from Chiayi. As Dharma Master Cheng Yen came to Chiayi, volunteers shared their experiences.

At the year-end blessing ceremonies in Yunlin and Chiayi, volunteers arrived to show their dedication to future recycling work. A couple shows us how they are doing this together while some volunteers show recycling can help them recover from previous injuries. No matter the reason, every recycling volunteer is ready to give.

Goh Hooi Ling, who was born in a traditional puppet show family, recently opened an art space to teach courses in this topic. Despite the pandemic and movement restriction orders, she continues to do her best to preserve this ancient art form.

Tony Cheong Chee Wai is a tour guide with more than 30 years of experience. However, the COVID-19 pandemic, caused him to lose his main source of income. A friend suggested he become a street performer visiting a shopping plaza every day where he plays a guitar and sings.

In Kelantan, Malaysia, Tzu Chi volunteers delivered Jing Si Folding Beds to a mobile cabin hospital, so the frontline medical staff can have a good rest.

Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chi-Mai and his team visited Master Cheng Yen at Kaohsiung Jing Si Hall, both parties hope to further cooperation on senior long term care services and to promote social welfare.

In Butterworth, Malaysia, Tzu Chi volunteer Ong Beng Keong is promoting one person, one good deed campaign on social media. The reminders to have good thoughts and do good deeds everyday is especially important during the pandemic to accumulate kindness and blessings.

In Malaysia, January has been a tough month. Not only has the pandemic worsened, in just ten days, Johor Bahru was devastated by floods twice. As a result, village and nursing homes have been flooded. Tzu Chi volunteers delivered daily supplies to a shelter and nursing home.

In Kaohsiung, a year-end-blessings ceremony for recycling volunteers was held recently. Over 2000 volunteers participated in the sutra adaptation performance, ranging from 19-years-old to 90-years-old.

In Kaohsiung, Dharma Master Cheng Yen had a warm meeting session with the recycling volunteers. Volunteers also shared their touching stories with the Master

In Penang, Malaysia, 80-year-old Tho Lai Hoe, who is living in Butterworth, has been taking the Penang Ferry to Penang Island to collect monthly donation for the past 20 years. After hearing that the Penang Ferry is about to close, Tho Lai Hoe felt saddened, but she promised to still continue her duties as a Tzu Chi volunteer.

In Kaohsiung, a year-end-blessings ceremony was held recently. A retired Lieutenant General Pan Jinlong, has vowed to be responsible of spreading the awareness of stem cell registry in the army after he was certified as a Tzu Chi volunteer.

More and more people are eating vegetarian food and visiting special veggie restaurants. However, some people find it troublesome to cook their own veggie food. A Tzu Chi volunteer from Penang, Malaysia, posts her vegetarian recipes online. She's even eager to share her food with neighbors so that more people can fall in love with vegetarian food. Let's meet this passionate Tzu Chi volunteer.

Dharma Master Cheng Yen visited Taitung to certify new Tzu Chi volunteers and attend a year-end blessing ceremony. 400 volunteers attended in person while 850 teams in 12 countries attended online. Master Cheng Yen also encouraged every Tzu Chi volunteer to make a concerted effort for all living beings.

In Malaysia, a single mother, Maslina, raises four children while serving her senior mother. Due to this, she's unable to work as the family grew into economic difficulty. Upon learning her situation, Tzu Chi volunteers have provided her with a second-handed laptop and even a sewing machine.

At the start of 2021, it rained for two days in southern Malaysia, and many areas in Johor Bahru were flooded. In Skudai, a nursing home was affected. Upon receiving the news, Tzu Chi volunteers rushed there to provide help immediately.

In Penang, Malaysia, Island Hospital donated over 100 old computers to the Tzu Chi Recycling Education Center. These computers will be cleaned and upgraded and then sent to schools for impoverished student to use.

In Johor, Malaysia, it rained heavily in April, leading to floods in low-lying areas. In the aftermath of the flood, Tzu Chi volunteers in Batu Pahat mobilized to help clean up schools and residents' homes.

In Malaysia, people who are helping Tzu Chi sew protective gowns for medical personnel include a teacher and a fashion design school student. Both of them are willing to dedicate their skills and time.

In Malaysia, a single mother, Maslina, raises four children while serving her senior mother. Due to this, she's unable to work as the family grew into economic difficulty. Upon learning her situation, Tzu Chi volunteers have provided her with a second-handed laptop and even a sewing machine.