News & Stories

As Filipinos race against time to buy holiday gifts for their loved ones, Tzu Chi’s Charity Bazaar offers Boholanos an affordable—even charitable—source. The three-day bazaar at Bohol Cultural Center in Tagbilaran City sells a plethora of goods from clothes to grocery...

On March 2017, Tzu Chi volunteer Liziel Sasutil referred the case of Ponciano and Genara Leonar to the foundation’s Bohol office in Tagbilaran City. Genara is suffering from stage-four breast cancer, while Ponciano has slurred speech and mobility problems as a result...

Newsflash: A decade of suffering cataract and a year of having no vision, 70-year-old Olimpio Clemen was blessed with an opportunity. On July 11, Tzu Chi conducted a turn over ceremony to Olimpio the new and safe constructed house. Happiness draws in his face as he...

Over a decade of suffering has ended for 21-year-old Rejean Ligue in just a little over a month. From Taiwan, she returns to the Philippines on October 4, to a loving family’s welcome by an entourage of no less than a dozen Tzu Chi volunteers. A bouquet of roses...

Tzu Chi Foundation renews the scholarships of 110 college students and welcomes 58 new college scholars in a simple ceremony on June 24. The event is held at the Cultural Center in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. During the program, local Tzu Chi volunteer Joven Uy shares an...

As part of their annual summer cultural exchange immersion program, 17 medical students, volunteers and 7 faculty staff from the Tzu Chi University (TCU) in Hualien, Taiwan visited the province of Bohol on July 20. Upon arrival in the City of Friendship, as Tagbilaran...

Tzu Chi Foundation Bohol Operations Office, in partnership with the Ramiro Community Hospital and Bohol Medical Care Institute and in cooperation with the Philippine Gift of Life Foundation, conducted an Eye Surgical Mission at Ramiro Community Hospital, Tagbilaran...

It has been a great year for 22-year-old Ronald Calamba of the municipality of Catigbian, Bohol. Unable to attend the awarding of new Tzu Chi scholars of Bohol on July 4 due to a busy review regimen, he shares his story of success via prerecorded video. He’s proof...