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SAVH Flag Day 2011 @ Friday, January 21, 2011

SAVH Flag Day 2011

Be a Sport and Champion fo the Blind

Give your support and volunteer at the SAVH Flag Day 2011!
Date: Saturday, 12 March 2011
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (1st shift)
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm (2nd shift)
9:00 am to 5:00 pm (full day)
Venue: Island wide

You can download the SAVH Flag Day 2011 Information and Registration Form for more details.

For more details and volunteers, please contact Ms Margaret Woo at 62514331 ext 162 or email mailto:%20enquiries@savh.org.sg.

Some of the photos from the SAVH Flag Day 2010 held on 14 August 2010

Volunteers at Tampines Regional Library
Photo of Client selling flag at Ang Mo Kio

Our clients lending a hand selling flag at Ang Mo Kio

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About SAVH
The Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH), formerly known as the Singapore Association for the Blind (SAB), is a voluntary welfare organisation, founded in 1951. The association is affiliated to the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and is an approved Institution of a Public Character (IPC).

Mission To Help the Visually Handicapped Help Themselves. Our mission is to help the Visually Impaired help themselves by acquiring new skills and gaining self reliance to cope with the integration into society.

Vision SAVH is the national voluntary welfare organisation. Our vision is to promote the needs, interests and aspirations of the visually impaired.

Objectives

To serve as an Association for the visually handicapped
To promote the welfare of the visually handicapped in the Republic of Singapore
To facilitate and encourage greater participation of the visually handicapped in the administration of their affairs and activities and in the management of the Association
To work towards the abolition of architectural, attitudinal, social, cultural, educational, employment and any other barriers that prevent the total integration and equal treatment of the visually handicapped in the community
To encourage eye-care and safety and research in the prevention and cure of blindness and related diseases
To do any or all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects and shall include the appeal for funds in aid of the visually handicapped

Who we serve Singapore citizens and permanent residents of all age groups. They must be certified as having low vision (partial sight), or blind, by an eye specialist or ophthalmologist. This includes people who are born blind as well as those who have lost their vision through accidents or illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension, tumour, eye infection and others.

Differences between Clients and Members
Clients: All vision impaired persons residing in Singapore who are certified blind or low vision by an Ophthalmo- logist may register with us as our clients.

Benefits of a client include:

Being entitled to the whole range of services provided by the Association free of charge;
Being able to opt-in for subsidy of assistive devices.

Members: Members have to sign up as members of the Association by completing the membership form and paying the prescribed membership fees. They must be proposed and seconded by members. Members can be sighted or visually handicapped.

You can sign up as a:

Life Member - One-time membership fee of S$150.00;
Ordinary Member (visually handicapped) - S$5.00 a year;
Ordinary Member (sighted) - $15.00 a year.

To apply for SAVH membership, please complete the Membership Registration Form and email it to Ms Pierrene Lim.

Benefits of a member include:

The right to attend and speak up at Annual General Meetings of the Association;
Vote on all matters within the objects of the Association and to elect Executive Committee members – the highest policy-making body of the Association;
Stand for election as Executive Committee Members. Executive Committee members are accountable to the general membership of the Association – the supreme body of the Association.

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About SAVH

Low Vision Clinic The Low Vision Clinic (LVC) is a specialized centre established to offer people with different levels of vision impairment the benefits of low vision devices to maximize remaining vision whenever possible. The clinic provides a comprehensive clinical assessment and advisory services conducted by a team of qualified Ophthalmologists and Optometrists.

What is Low Vision?
Low Vision is an impairment of vision that has adverse effects on the daily functioning of an individual. The person with low vision retain some usable vision may have difficulties in reading newspaper print, recognizing faces, see bus numbers or watching television even with he use of spectacles or contact lenses. Low vision often may occur as a result of birth defects, injuries, aging or as a result of complications from diseases such as diabetes. It usually manifests itself in several forms, namely, loss of acuity (the visual ability to see fine details) or loss of visual field. Low vision cannot be adequately corrected with surgery, spectacles or contact lenses. However, the remaining vision can be maximized to its fullest potential through the use of specially prescribed magnifiers and other low vision devices. If you are experiencing difficulties in reading small prints and carrying out daily activities due to sight related problems, please call Ms Alyse Wong at +65 6251 4331 for an appointment for consultation.

For Eye Care Professional who wish to refer patients to our Low Vision Clinic, please complete the Referral Form and email it to alyse@savh.org.sg or fax it to us at 65 62537191.

A nominal fee is charge for consultation at the Low Vision Clinic. Clients who are registered will pay a special rate and private patients will be charge at a regular rate with a small fee to cover administrative services. Please refer to our fees table fees table for more information.

Vision Rehabilitation Programme The Vision Rehabilitation Programme aims to work towards the improvement of the quality of life of our visually handicapped clients through specialized self-help services that help them to raise self-esteem and to gain self-reliance to cope with integration into mainstream society. This is done by helping them to develop their support system, foster links with the community, learn new skills and more importantly adopt positive attitudes towards whatever situation they find themselves in.

Main Services:
Casework and Counselling

To help visually handicapped individuals and their family members adjust to visual impairment
To help visually handicapped persons cope with family or interpersonal problems

Information and Referral
To offer information and advice to visually handicapped persons and their family members on the appropriate resources available in the community, such as special schools for early intervention and job placement services; and to provide referral where necessary.

Financial Assistance and Home Ration Programme
Home Improvement Scheme
Financial help for minor home renovation and purchase of basic household equipment
Elderly Activity Group
Developmental Vision Programme

Rehabilitation Services

Orientation & Mobility Training
Activities of Daily Living Skills Training
Environmental/Home Modification
Sighted Guide Techniques
Caregiver Training

Operating hours
8.00 am to 5.00 pm (Monday - Friday)
For further information, please contact our Case Managers at 6251 4331 ext. 129 or 121. You can also email them at sockpeng@savh.org.sg or smauel@savh.org.sg. Towards Barrier-Free Accessibility

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What's New? Revamp of SAVH clients Identification Card
The Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) has revamped the SAVH Clients’ Identification cards. The new card was in use since 1st October 2008 as we phased out the old card on 31 December 2008. Clients who are still holding the old identification Card, can request for a replacemnet from the the Social Work Department during office hours from 8 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. The following table indicates the new charges for the revamped cards. The below table provides information on the cost for the replacement of the SAVH Client's ID Card.

Exchange of old card for new revamped card (This offer is valid till 31 December 2008 when the old card becomes invalid)	Charges
Exchange of old card for new revamped card (This offer is valid till 31 December 2008 when the old card becomes invalid)	Free
First issue of revamped card	$5.00
Replacement for damaged card	$5.00
Replacement for loss card	$10.00

Should you have any further enquiries, please contact the SAVH Social Work Department.

National Library Board's project Deliver Me with SAVH
The National Library Board (NLB)’s Project Deliver Me was launched in January 2009 to reach out to the less mobile in our community. This is part of NLB’s continuous effort to promote reading and lifelong learning. Sometimes we say that NLB stands for “No One Left Behind” because we believe that everyone has the right of access to our rich resources of library materials and collections. Project Deliver Me is a special service that rallies NLB’s staff, volunteers and other stakeholders in the delivery of library materials to the doorsteps of our less mobile library members. More than 100 members have benefited from this special service since its launch. Members get to enjoy the benefits of borrowing privileges with the Premium Membership which is extended to them at no cost. This membership entitles them to borrow eight library items for a ten-week loan period.

Sign up today! Please register with Ms Pang Siew Gek, Library Co-ordinator either via email: siewgek@savh.org.sg or 62514331 extension 181.

Dining In The Dark
Dining in the Dark is a programme to promote awareness of vision loss to the public. It aims to give participants the experience of how a visually handicapped person copes with the simple task of having a meal.

You will enter a totally dark room escorted by our experienced visually handicapped servers. Apart from eating your meal, you will be encouraged to pour yourself a drink from a water container. The experience will heighten your sense of touch, smell and hearing to compensate the repressed vision.

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Click here to download the Registration Form.

Since we started Dining In The Dark in 2002, we have had tremendous response from those who had gone through this wonderful and exciting experience.

Hear what our diners have to say about "Dining In The Dark"

Channel News Asia feature on Dining In The Dark

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