If you want to make a donation to the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH)

The subject of making donations to organisations serving the disabled came up during a brief email discussion with 2 of my colleagues. I was asking if Singapore School for the Deaf (SSD) accepted donations in cash or kind. Then my colleagued mentioned about the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH).

I told her I’d post the information she shared in sgLEAD, so here it is:

This page is from SAVH on ways to donate to SAVH. For those who wish donate specifically for their library, pls specify your cheque to “library services”. From the ‘Donations‘ page:

New Library Services
The library loans out braille and audio books/reference materials/magazines, descriptive videos, and music CD. The fund is used to purchase / produce more materials, to give our clients more up to date information and more reading choices.

My colleague added that because SAVH had to give up their IPC status (due to recent events), it means SAVH (at this time of posting) cannot collect tax-exempt donations — which means anyone choosing to donate to SAVH would not be able to obtain tax exemptions during the annual income tax declaration exercise. My colleague also adds that the SAVH library is, in her opinion, in a poor state of affairs. While donations might not change the situation immediately, a little bit might help, especially if one just donates out of the kindness of giving.

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