NTU students have been raising awareness for the Deaf community for the last 24 years. Approximately 100 volunteers are trained in sign language and every year, they visit various shopping malls to spread the joy of Christmas with their song-signing performances.
Other than dedicating time and effort into learning the hand signs, volunteers also choreograph formations, as well as incorporate acting scenes, to bring their performance to the next level.
The idea of deafness and music together still makes little connection to those outside of the culture. Volunteers also interacted with the audience to further raise awareness about the Deaf community in Singapore.Volunteers hard at work practising weeks before the performance.
About Welfare Services Club (WSC)
Founded in 1985, the Welfare Services Club (WSC) is a non-academic constituent club in NTU that provides an umbrella of voluntary activities for all students.With a current strength of about a thousand members, WSC is constantly seeking to extend its outreach to the underprivileged in society.
Currently, WSC runs 7 Regular Service Projects (RSPs), serving the Elderly,Children, Hearing Impaired, Intellectually Disabled, Physically Challenged,Visually Handicapped, and Youths-at-risk. These RSPs consist of volunteers serving the beneficiaries weekly at various locations in ways such as conducting personal development workshops and leisure activities, and giving academic mentoring.
On top of that, WSC also runs 6 Special Projects (SPs) and 4 Supporting Committees (SCs) to provide additional support to beneficiaries, both local and overseas. These projects involve the planning and execution of ad hoc events throughout the year.
