“not-for-profit, voluntary citizen’s group, which is organised on a local, national, or international level to address issues in support of the public good. Task oriented and made up of people with common interests, NGOs perform a variety of services and humanitarian functions, bring citizens concerns to governments ,and encourage participation of Civil Society stakeholders at the community level”
3. In a broadest sense:
Not based on government
Non profit making
4. “not-for-profit, voluntary citizen’s group,
which is organised on a local, national, or
international level to address issues in
support of the public good. Task oriented
and made up of people with common
interests, NGOs perform a variety of
services and humanitarian functions, bring
citizens concerns to governments ,and
encourage participation of Civil Society
stakeholders at the community level”
5. Impossible to give one unique answer, but
NGOs have following characteristics:
Engaging in suffering relief activities
Promoting interest of the poor
Protecting the environment
Providing basic social services
Advocating community development
6. Orientation:
Charitable: Needs of the poor/disaster
relief (Feed the Hungry, Red Cross)
Service: Provision of health, family
planning or education (Planned
Parenthood)
Participatory: Self-help project with
local people involvement (Habitat for
Humanity)
Empowering: Help poor people
develop a clearer understanding of
social, political, and economic factors
(Amnesty International)
7. Level of operation:
1. Community-based organizations
2. Citywide organizations
3. National NGOs
4. International NGOs
8. Key Issues:
Environment
Labor Standard
Poverty
Globalization
Animal Rights
9. 1. Began in 1800s as catalyst for social reform (Red
Cross – 1859, Save the Children Fund after WWI)
2. "non-governmental organization" only came into
popular use with the establishment of the
United Nations Organization in 1945 with provisions
in Article 71 of for a consultative role for
organizations
3. In the early years of 19th century, voluntary agencies
provided services to the under-privileged and
weaker sections of the society. The areas of
operation were largely in the fields of religion and
social reforms. Raja Ram Mohan Roy(1772-
1833)and many more…..
10. Per Boutros-Ghali in 1995
“ Non-governmental organizations are a basic
element in the representation of the modern
world. And their participation in international
organizations is in a way a guarantee of the
latter’s political legitimacy…From the stand
point of global democratization, we need the
participation of international public opinion
and the mobilizing powers of non-
governmental organizations.”
11. 1. Increasing role in development
From relief services (logistics
management) to development services
(strategic management)
2. Creating a smaller, but more
interdependent, global community
Internet: Bring forth issues to many
12. 1)
Sammaan Foundation-
The purpose of establishing
Sammaan foundation (Jan 25,
2007) was empowering the
downtrodden and linking
them with the main stream
through education, training
and financial support.
13. Goonj’s mission is to solve
the clothing problems of
the underprivileged. It was
the recipient of the NGO of
the year award in 2007 at
the India NGO Awards.
Vastra Samman- Goonj
believes that reusing old
clothes can help solve the
Clothing problem of the
poor
14. The mission of Akshaya trust is to care for
the helpless, forsaken, mentally ill, old,
sick and the road side destitute who live
in Madurai .
15. Formed in 2002, the Smile
foundation comprises
corporate professionals
who
had a target of providing
universal education and
healthcare services to the
underprivileged thereby
changing their lives forever.
16. The Udaan Welfare foundation
was formed with a mission to
empower lives of the
downtrodden.Their main areas of
focus are children, destitute
women, senior citizens and
environment protection.Till date,
they have launched various health
and education initiatives involving
children and destitute women.
They even have a cancer
chemotherapy centre as one of
their main projects.
17. Pratham is one of the largest NGO which works
towards educating the underprivileged children
in the slums of Mumbai .The programs of Pratham
are designed in such a way that enrolment of
children in schools increases, their learning
levels increase and those people who are unable
to attend school receive education receive it in a
proper manner.
18. LEPRA society actively promotes quality
health care through various initiatives. It
aims to support various health
programmes in the prevention and
control of diseases like AIDS, Leprosy,
and Tuberculosis etc.Their programmes
are mainly focussed to communities
which are poor comprising women and
children.
19. Deepalaya is a development-based NGO which
works on issues pertaining to the poor and the
downtrodden, especially children. It has
successfully made inroads into slums of Delhi
and initiated rural development in Haryana and
Uttarakhand. It works in collaboration with both
governmental and non-governmental agencies
and makes interventions in the state’s policy
making.Their areas of focus include education,
healthcare, and gender equality, vocational
training, empowering other NGOs which have
the same vision and upliftment of the differently-
abled.
20. Based in New Delhi, the Uday foundation
provides support to the families of children
suffering from critical disorders, congenital
defects and other diseases and syndromes which
affects their health, growth and education. It has
launched various health related projects for the
common man in general.Their special focus is
child rights i.e. providing a right to live with
dignity. It is more of a parents support group who
tackle the problem of saving the lives of the
future of our country.They also support research
to develop new healthcare technologies.
21. Help Age India, since its establishment in 1978
has constantly been striving to raise resources to
protect the rights of senior citizens of our country
.They are involved with the local and national
government to implement policies which will be
beneficial to the elderly.Their objective is to
make the senior citizens aware of their rights so
that they can play an active role in the society.To
accomplish this, they are also working constantly
to make the society aware of the concerns
regarding the elderly and also promoting better
understanding of similar issues.
22. Jaago Re! One BillionVotes is a
non-partisan nationwide
movement that aims to awaken
and enable the citizens of India,
especially the youth, to register to
vote
It was launched by Tata Tea and
Janaagraha (a non-profit
organization.) The communication
was created by Lowe, Mumbai.
23. We understand that it is
just a matter of chance
that we are where we are
today. We didn't choose
the family that we were
born into, or choose the
fact that our parents
could afford to give us
quality education
In June 2009, we placed
our first cohort of Fellows
in low-income municipal
and private schools in
Pune and Mumbai.
24. Lack of Funds
Inadequate Trained Personnel
Misuse of Funds
25. o Lack of Public Participation
o Centralization in Urban Areas
o Lack of Coordination
26. •to liberalize the rules and regulations of grants
in-aid
•has to conduct the public seminars, meetings,
symposiums etc.,
universities, colleges and schools has to
collaborate with NGOs and conduct a campus
interviews for the young graduates .
•. Monopolization of leadership should be avoided
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30. List of NGOs:
www.etown.edu/vl/ngos.html
Union of International Associations:
www.uia.org/uiafaqs/faqorg.htm#NGO
Textile activist:
www.cleanclothes.org
Definition of an NGO:
www.undp.org/ppp/library/files/maslyu01.html
Academics Studying Nike:
http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~dboje/nike/nikemain1.html
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