Stricter measures during Circuit Breaker period
With immediate effect, the government has put in force some safety measures to step up on our efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Anyone caught flouting the circuit breaker measures even for the first time will be fined $300 right away.
Note: No more warnings will be issued beforehand. Here’s a video explaining the new measures.
(Video length: 4min 28s. In SgSL with English captions. To read the captions, click on the gear icon, and then set Captions to ‘on’.)
Building a Deaf Empowered Future – Rashidah’s Story
Here’s Rashidah’s story of family, love, sacrifice and hope
Watch a one minute video of Rashidah and her Family!
My name is Rashidah, and I am Deaf. I am 29 years old this year. Our father passed away from cancer in 2007. I was in Secondary 3 and youngest brother Zainul, who is Deaf like me, was only two years old then. My two sisters, Huda and Syafiqah were still in school. My mother suddenly became the sole breadwinner to a family of four young children.
I started working at 22 years of age to help ease my mom’s financial burden and am currently working in the F&B industry. My greatest satisfaction in life is to be able to provide for my family.
We are thankful for the immense support our family has received from The Singapore Association for the Deaf (SADeaf). SADeaf kept in contact with us during our most difficult period and is always ready to offer us financial aid and social support such as daily essentials and a tuition programme for my brother and I. They also included us in their educational and social events.
Please donate generously to empower and inspire future generations in the Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing and Deafblind community so that they too can see light at the end of the tunnel, and beneficiaries who have been receiving aid now may one day be able to pay it forward. Your sustained giving can help them regain their footing and integrate with society.
Please visit our website for other forms of donation: sadeaf.org.sg/donate
All donations are entitled to 250% tax deduction. (Donation amount of $2000 x 250% = $5000 tax deduction)
New Law on Movement Restriction
Find out more about this new law on staying at home, and the 12 reasons you are allowed to go out.
For SADeaf clients, if you need more information, please email cs_enquiry@sadeaf.org.sg or contact Community Services: WhatsApp Zhi Hao at 9437 9565, or Kelvin at 9844 7919.
(Video length: 3min 46s. In SgSL with English captions.)
Live Interpretation & Note Taking: Minister for Culture, Community & Youth, Grace Fu, shares more about the support measures for the arts, culture & sports sector.
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), Grace Fu announced support measures for the arts, culture and sports sectors.
$55 million has been set aside for an Arts & Culture Resilience Package (ACRP) as part of the Resilience Budget. This budget will be used to:
– Protect livelihoods and careers in the arts, culture, and sports eco-systems
– Invest in capabilities that will position ourselves well for the post-COVID recovery.
– Digitalise these sectors to create new markets, provide new job opportunities and ensure that Singaporeans can continue to benefit from the arts, culture and sports.
What does this mean for these sectors and freelancers?
Join Minister Grace Fu this Sunday, 12 April at 9pm on her Facebook page for a Live chat. SADeaf will be providing live sign language interpretation and note-taking.
Live Broadcast: https://www.facebook.com/gracefu.hy
Live Interpretation: https://www.facebook.com/SADeafSG/
Live Notes: https://tinyurl.com/12Apr9pm
Four financial assistance schemes for individuals and households amidst the COVID situation
For Singaporeans affected by the Covid-19 crisis, find out more about the four financial assistance schemes for individuals and households.
For all SADeaf clients, if you need more information, or you need help to apply, please email cs_enquiry@sadeaf.org.sg or contact Community Services: WhatsApp Zhi Hao at 9437 9565, or Kelvin at 9844 7919.
(Video length: 7min 19s. In SgSL with English captions.)
Using FM/Roger System for Home-Based Learning
The move towards full home-based learning comes with additional difficulties for our children with hearing loss. As such, we have put together some tips to help your child better access to online learning. You may wish to share this with your child’s teachers and other parents of children with hearing loss, to ensure that in this trying time, our children with hearing loss get the accessibility they require too.
Should there be anything ISS could help with, do not hesitate to reach out to us. Take care and stay healthy!
Click here for more tips.
Temporary Relief Fund
Online applications for the Temporary Relief Fund opened on 6 April. You may sign up with social services offices (SSOs) and community centres (CC).
The fund provides a one-off S$500 financial aid for lower-to middle-income Singaporeans and permanent residents facing difficulties during the Covid-19 crisis due to job or income loss.
Here’s more information about the fund and how you may apply.
The Solidarity Budget
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the third round of support measures in Parliament 6 April at 2pm to help tide businesses, workers and households through the COVID-19 outbreak. Here’s a summary of the Solidarity Budget.
SUPPORT FOR SINGAPOREANS AFFECTED BY COVID-19
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the third round of support measures in Parliament 6 April at 2pm to help tide businesses, workers and households through the COVID-19 outbreak. Here is a summary of the Solidarity Budget.
Live sign language Interpretation & Notetaking: Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on the ‘Solidarity Budget’
Live sign language Interpretation & Notetaking
6 Apr 2020, 2pm
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will announce a third round of support measures to help tide businesses, workers and households through the COVID-19 outbreak in the new ‘Solidarity Budget’.
Watch it here: https://www.facebook.com/SADeafSG
Live notetaking: https://tinyurl.com/SolidarityBudget
Watch the live broadcast coverage of the ministerial statement on CNA, CNA938 and MeWATCH.