E-ready Administrator Course (Online)
Boost your employability by joining the E-ready administrator course! An online course for persons with disability.
Mode & Accessibility of Training
This will be an online course conducted by our trainers via video meeting platforms such as Zoom and / or Google Meet.
Live captions and transcripts of the lessons will be made available to trainees. Sign interpretation available upon request. For enquiries on accessibility kindly contact us at training@lightofdawn.com.sg or via Telegram: https://t.me/Training_LightofDawn_GasAcademy.
What will trainees learn?
- Fundamental administration skills such as document preparation, handling money matters and also communication
- The use of digital tools for productive administrative work (e.g. Google Suite, Trello)
- How to maintain and update information in company website / E-commerce website
- Introduction to digital marketing
- Apply learning to hands-on work-tasks simulated practice
- Job interview skills
Course Duration & Dates
- 1st Dec 2020 – 4th Feb 2021
- Total: 25 training days
- 3 training days a week – Mon, Tue, Thurs
- 9am – 5pm
Subsidises & Course Fees
95% course fee subsidy by SG Enable
- Payable course fees: $139.25*
- Training allowance: $6 per training hour*
- Training commitment award: $100 for completing course*
*Trainees may receive 95% course fees funding, training allowance and training commitment award, subject to attendance and other terms and conditions.
*Trainees may also make use of SkillsFuture Credit and CPF Post-Secondary Education Account to offset their payable course fees.
Employment Opportunities
- Office Administrator, Administrative Assistant, Department Assistant (e.g. Purchasing Assistant).
- We will arrange for our trainees to attend job interviews with a pool of interested employers during or after the course
Application Process
- Email completed Application Form with supporting documents to training@lightofdawn.com.sg
- Application Period: Until 16 Oct 2020
- Shortlisted Applicants informed: end of Oct 2020
- Successful Applicants confirmed: Nov 2020
- Start of course: Dec 2020
Enquires and More Information
For more information refer to Course Website
For enquiries, please contact training@lightofdawn.com.sg
Chef and teacher among those who share how they overcame hearing loss
Mr David Lee, a specialised teacher at Mayflower Primary School; Mr Ken Tan, who runs his own food stall; Mr Muhammad Ammar Nasrulhaq Abdul Karim, a choreographer and instructor with Redeafination, a hip-hop group for the deaf; and Ms Vanessa Chea, an undergraduate from Nanyang Technological University’s biological sciences.
Some features of our #DeafAtWork series during the International Week of the Deaf 2020 were interviewed by Straits Times.
Read more about their experiences in the link.
Purple Parade 2020
ABOUT THE PURPLE PARADE The Purple Parade is a movement to support inclusion and celebrate abilities of People with Disabilities in Singapore. It is the largest ground-up initiative started by passionate Special Needs organisations and groups and supported by the Central Singapore CDC and other corporate and community partners. HELP RECORD and SEND IN AS MANY PURPLE PLEDGES AS POSSIBLE IN OCT 2020
- Record a Purple Pledge YOURSELF.
- Share and invite all Your team members, friends and/or families to RECORD too!
- Share all pledge video recordings on social media with the hashtags #PP2020 #CelebrateAbilities #SupportInclusion
- Send the video to purpleparade@unearthedproductions.com.sg by 11 October to be featured in our Purple Pledge montage
- Here’s an instructional video and info on How to Record your Pledge for your reference
Decommissioning of Emergency SMS ‘70999’
Announcement – Decommissioning of Emergency SMS ‘70999’
Emergency SMS Helpline service ‘70999’ (SPF) will stop on 1 Oct 2020.
Please use the number ‘71999’ (SPF) and ‘70995’ (SCDF) instead. No registration is needed, these numbers are to be used only in emergencies.
What are these Emergency SMS Helpline services for?
Members of the Deaf Hard of Hearing and Speech Impaired community (DHS) may not be able to make voice calls.
Emergency SMS Helpline services allow the DHS community to use a mobile phone to send an SMS to Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) during emergencies.
History & Background
| 70995 | 71999 | ||
| Year Established | 2008 | 2008 | |
| Contact | SCDF | SPF | |
| Registration | No | No | |
| Service | In use | In use |
The Emergency SMS Helpline services – SMS ‘70999’ and SMS ‘70995’ – started in 2008. Subsequently, in 2016, the ‘71999’ SMS service was launched as part of the SG Secure initiative.
‘71999’ and ‘70999’ SMS services serve the same function. The difference was that users of the ‘71999’ SMS service are not required to pre-register. To prevent confusion, the ‘70999’ SMS service will be decommissioned on 1 Oct 2020.
This will not have any impact on individuals from the DHS community who SMS the Police for help.
For more information
SMS 71999: www.police.gov.sg/SMS-71999
SMS 70995: www.scdf.gov.sg/home/about-us/information/sms-70995-emergency-service
Original Text
The Emergency SMS Helpline services – SMS ‘70999’ and SMS ‘70995’ – were established in 2008 to enable the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Speech Impaired (DHS) community to communicate with SPF and SCDF in an emergency. Members of the community could sign up for the Emergency SMS Helpline services by registering their information in a database.
In 2016, the ‘71999’ SMS service was launched as part of the SG Secure initiative. The ‘71999’ SMS service serves the same function as the ‘70999’ service by enabling the DHS community to communicate with SPF via SMS in an emergency. Users of the ‘71999’ SMS service are not required to pre-register. With the new ‘71999’ SMS services, it would be confusing and duplicative to maintain the old ‘70999’ SMS service and the database. The ‘70999’ SMS service will be decommissioned. We have received support from social service agencies serving the DHS community, as well as SPF and SCDF. The decommissioning of the ‘70999’ SMS service will not have any impact on individuals from the DHS community who SMS the Police for help.
Please note that the ‘70995’ service provided by SCDF will continue to be in use. Pre-registration is not necessary.
We seek your assistance to update your clients on the decommissioning of ‘70999’ which will take place with effect from 1 Oct 2020. They may instead SMS to ‘71999’ in an emergency. Please also update your agency website on the ‘71999’ number where relevant.
For queries on the Emergency SMS numbers, you may contact:
- SPF (on the decommissioning of ‘70999’ or on ‘71999’) – Ms Goh Pei Sze, Goh_Pei_Sze@spf.gov.sg
- SCDF (on ‘70995’) – Mr Faizal Mamasan, Faizal_Mamasan@htx.gov.sg
Individuals may also visit www.police.gov.sg/SMS-71999 on SMS 71999, or www.scdf.gov.sg/home/about-us/information/sms-70995-emergency-service on SMS 70995, for more information.
National Day Celebration (A Gift for Singapore – Song Signing Remotely Project)
The Singapore Association for the Deaf is spearheading this first ever project of having 55 signers using Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) to sign a song remotely online in line with social distancing measures during this Covid-19 period. Why 55 signers? To celebrate Singapore’s 55th Anniversary.
Happy 55th Birthday, Singapore!
This project showcases the beauty and versatility of SgSL through song-signing, and to create interest among the public to learn about Deaf Culture and sign language, and raising Deaf awareness.
The song is entitled “Reach Out for the Skies” by Taufik Batisah and Lu Rui En, our local singers, with music by Elaine Chan and lyrics by Selena Tan, both of whom are from Dream Academy Productions Pte Ltd. This song was written as a theme song for National Day 2005 and we thank Dream Academy Productions Pte Ltd for the kind permission granted in the use of this song.
During this COVID-19 situation, many passionate participants joined in this project remotely. They are Deaf and hearing participants and volunteers from the Singapore Association for the Deaf, polytechnics and university. They have learnt sign language and applied sign language to do this song signing.
Participants spent a month learning and practising through online platforms. They went through many rehearsals together, guided by the trainers from our volunteer group, Signifique.
The Singapore Association for the Deaf would like to thank all our participants from the bottom of our hearts. Specially, they are:
1
Abigail Cheung Wing Yiu
2 Alison Cheng Sue-Min
3 Chan Jun Heng
4 Chia Kim Tat
5 Chia Rui Ying
6 Chiu Yan Yu
7 Chong Sher Ney
8 Chua Ru Yuan
9 Clarissa Sim Shi En
10 Daryl Wang Jiale
11 Er Puay Puay
12 Gelene Toh Qiao Wen
13 Gina Tan Shin Yi
14 Glenn Lee Sheng En
15 Goh Yan Hui
16 Goo Li Keng
17 Gophi Nathan
18 James Ong
19 Jessica Lim Jiaying
20 Joanne Lim Tze Yen
21 Justin Yeo Wei Jie
22 Kat Ng See Lai
23 Kelly Ng Sze Yin
24 Kwan Seing Fong
25 Leon Woo
26 Lim Zhi Chiaw
27 Lok Xin Yu
28 Low Hui Yu
29 Low Wei Yan
30 Mae Teo Kah Bee
31 Maureen Aquino
32 Meerashree Goel
33 Natalie Koh Yin Wei
34 Neo Hock Sik
35 Neo Yin Jie
36 Nicole Lee
37 Noreen Taha
38 Nurhidayah Bte Yazid
39 Nurul Shaheedah Bte Rahmat
40 Pang Jia Yan Germaine
41 Pet Tan
42 Peter Im Wai Hoe
43 Poh Gek Hiang
44 Poh Huan Rong
45 Salmah Ibrahim
46 Sandy Phang
47 Shalini Gidwani
48 Shannon Lee Xin Ying
49 Shellia Oktavina
50 Shireen Yeo Shi Yun
51 Sun Wenhao
52 Suzanne Lim Tze Yin
53 Vanessa Tai Ying Hui
54 Vincentia
55 Yvonne Goh Min Rui
Special thanks, once again to Dream Academy Productions Pte Ltd for granting the use of the song for this project!
Through the effort of our 55 participants, we appeal to your generosity to donate towards the cause of people with hearing loss. Your donation towards this campaign will be granted a dollar-for-matching with Tote Board and the government. SADeaf is a registered charity and an Institutions of A Public Character (IPC); hence, all donations to SADeaf entitles you to a 2.5 times tax deduction. The more you donate, the greater your tax deduction. Thank you for your kind donations and great support during this Covid-19 period!
Learn Sign Language: https://sadeaf.org.sg/sgsl-course/
Deaf Awareness Programmes for Corporates & Groups: https://sadeaf.org.sg/deaf-awareness-programme/
Donate: sadeaf.org.sg/donate
National Day 2020 – Learn the Pledge & Anthem in SgSL
Learn the National Anthem and Singapore Pledge in Singapore Sign Language!
The Singapore Pledge
The National Anthem
Join the Anthem Moment and Pledge Moment of NDP2020. Find out more about the Anthem Moment and Pledge Moment by clicking the links.
SgSL for Political Parties in Singapore
Having a common and widely accepted sign vocabulary is important in promoting discourse and equal participation. Headed by SADeaf’s Sign Language Instructors sub-committee and Deaf Access Service department, we are pleased to present suggestions on how the names of the political parties can be signed.
Big strides made to accommodate deaf, hard-of-hearing community
The Singapore Association For The Deaf (SADeaf) replies to a Straits Times forum letter on accessibility to information for the community during the recent elections.
SADeaf had provided sign language interpretation and note-taking on our own media platforms to accompany the election-related broadcasts on TV, including the marathon 7-hour election results/analysis.
This was a first for us, and we will continue to advocate for improved accessibility for future national events.
Read more here: https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/forum-big-strides-made-to-accommodate-deaf-hard-of-hearing-community
Student-athletes score winning marks in IB exams
Kimberly Quek, the winner of the Outstanding Deaf Student (Tertiary Education) Award 2019, scored 40 out of 45 for her International Baccalaureate (IB) results.
LESSONS FROM BOWLING
“Bowling is like life itself because there will always be things out of my control. What is important is to take things in my stride and keep trying until I succeed, as well as celebrate the little successes such as getting a strike.”
MS KIMBERLY QUEK, on how the sport has taught her resilience, in the face of uncertainties.
Read more: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/student-athletes-score-winning-marks-in-ib-exams
Also read a short feature on Kimberly on page 6 of our latest signal newsletter: https://sadeaf.org.sg/news-media/newsletter/
#HerWorldHerStory: This Artist Doesn’t Let Her Deafness Affect Her Passion For The Arts
Remember the article on “Accessibility needs for a Deaf-friendly show“? Meet the Artist behind the beautiful drawings!
Chen Ziyue was featured in June’s issue of #HerWorldHerStory for her passion for the Arts.
“Growing up was tough because I was often left out of conversations. I was diagnosed with profound hearing loss in both ears when I was two and a half years old. I first studied at Canossian School (then Canossian School for the Hearing Impaired). When I was nine, my late mother transferred me to St. Anthony’s Canossian Primary School. It was a big change going to a mainstream school. But my mum wanted me to learn survival skills that would help me function independently in society.
As a child, art became my “escape” from a confusing world, not being able to understand others, and vice versa. The late American author Helen Keller who was deaf and blind once said blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts us off from people.
Drawing and playing with art helped me to forget the frustration of my struggles with verbal communication. It also helped me express my emotions.
“Drawing helped me forget the frustrations of my struggles”
I’ve been a freelance artist-illustrator for mostly children’s books since graduating from Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD) in Florida in 2013.
The most recent book I worked on is How Women Won the Vote by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, published by HarperCollins. I now see myself as an equal to others. Living overseas alone made me more independent, and more aware of my identity as a deaf person. It was one of the best experiences I’ve had.
I hope the arts scene and disability inclusiveness will continue to grow…it’s promising to know that someone like me has a fair chance to work on my art. My wish is to work on a book to tell my story… I haven’t been able to finish illustrating my feelings on my mum’s passing but it’s something that I’m working on.”
– Published in Her World’s June issue
Also watch the Deaf “Deaf Entrepreneur – Chen Ziyue”
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