The Singapore Association for the Deaf (SADeaf) is a voluntary welfare organisation that has been serving the Deaf and Hard-of-hearing community in Singapore for the past six decades. Established in 1955, SADeaf serves more than 5,300 Deaf and Hard-of-hearing persons. A member of the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and, is also supported by the Community Chest of Singapore, Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). Internationally, SADeaf is affiliated to the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and locally to the Children Charities Association (CCA). SADeaf mission is to assist the Deaf and hard-of-hearing persons to achieve a better quality of life and to enable them to integrate and contribute to society. It costs SADeaf approx. $4.3 million per year to run all its services and programmes and is dependent on bulk of its funding on the generosity of corporate and the general public.