Role Of NGOs

Overview :-

Non-governmental organization (NGO) are legally constituted organizations created by natural or legal people that operate independently from any form of government. The term originated from the United Nations (UN), and normally refers to organizations that are not a part of a government and are not conventional for-profit businesses. In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments, the NGO maintains its non-governmental status by excluding government representatives from membership in the organization. The term is usually applied only to organizations that pursue wider social aims that have political aspects, but are not openly political organizations such as political parties. India is estimated to have had around 3.3 million NGOs in 2009, just over one NGO per 400 Indians, and many times the number of primary schools and primary health centres in India.

Types Of NGOs :-

Some of the Famous terms used for NGO are mentioned below. BINGO It is a short term used for business-friendly international NGO CITS It is a type of NGO that basically devoted in helping the scientific community by motivating the young talent towards R & D. CSO It is short term for civil society organization DONGO It refers to the Donor Organized NGO ENGO It is an abbreviated form of environmental NGO like Global 2000; GONGO It refers to the government-operated NGOs INGO It is an abbreviated form of international NGO like Oxfam QUANGO It refers to the quasi-autonomous NGO like an ISO non-governmental organizations, such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

TANGO It refers to the technical assistance NGO GSO it stands for the Grassroots Support Organization MANGO It refers to the market advocacy NGO CHARDS It is a short form for Community Health and Rural Development Society

As per the World Bank Typology, the NGOs can be classified into Operational and Advocacy NGOs. Operational NGO The main purpose of operational NGO is to design and implement the development-related projects. The scope of the Operational NGOs can be national, international or even community-based. Advocacy NGO The main purpose of an Advocacy NGO is to promote a specific cause. It makes efforts to raise awareness and knowledge by doing various activities like lobbying, press work and activist events. NGO type by level of co-operation

Community-based organization City-wide organization National NGO International NGO

List Of Reknowned NGOs :-

1. Help Age India 2. Sargam Sanstha 3. Smile Foundation 4. Give India 5. Lepra Society 6. Udaan 7. Deepalaya 8. Uday Foundation 9. Karmayog 10. Pratham

Contribution :-

Many NGOs and organizations for social change have mushroomed in India in the previous decade but very few have expanded on the basis of scale and the impact on the community. After all, its a herculean task to scrape through red tapism in the government to be able to establish an NGO in the first place. And considering the lack of transparency in transactions in our country, donations and sponsorships too are not easy to receive too. In spite of all these hurdles, there are a few NGOs that have made substantial social impact in India until now.

Smile Foundation

Formed in 2002, the Smile Foundation promotes the cause of education amongst underprivileged children. The people behind the Smile Foundation have envisaged children to be the building blocks of the future and hence have developed programs ranging from healthcare, education, livelihood, women empowerment to a system where privileged children can help their underprivileged counterparts. To cite a more familiar example, the award winning documentary "I am Kalam" that was based on a cause for children was supported by the Smile Foundation.

Nanhi Kali

Nanhi Kali is a sponsorship project that was started by Anand Mahindra in 1996, with the aim of breaking the vicious circle of poverty in India by educating the girl child. In partnership with 21

others NGOs that help the Nanhi Kali project to implement its cause, every sponsor gives a selected girl child the required academic and material support. You too, can sponsor the education of a girl child with just Rs. 2400 or Rs. 3600 a year and get regular reports regarding her progress. Did you know that the goal of Project Nanhi Kali is to support education for 1,00,000 girl children by this year end?

GiveIndia Foundation

Most of you might have heard about the Joy of Giving Week celebrations that find national coverage in the Indian media each year. This week of giving is hosted by GiveIndia Foundation which doesnt do hands-on grassroots community work, but holds a unique position amongst Indian NGOs because. Why? Because it acts as an online and offline donation platform for more than 200 Indian NGOs that have been scrutinized through the GiveIndia scanner for their transparency and credibility in operations. If you donate through GiveIndia, they will tell you exactly where your money has gone and follow it up with a feedback report. This organization for social change set up by an IIM-A alumnus has been the recipient of many awards for their work in creating accountability in the area of donations.

Goonj

Listed by Forbes as India most powerful rural entrepreneur organization, Goonj has overtaken several milestones in adding value to the community in the past. With the famous "Vastra Samman" program, Goonj has mobilized recyclable and re-usable items like clothes, books, grains, exports surpluses and much more from urban to rural centers. With many donations points across the country, Goonj has been successfully channelizing more than more than 70,000 kgs of material every month, has a team of more than 300 volunteers and partners with 250 other organizations.

HelpAge India

Set up all the way back in 1978, HelpAge India has been providing support to Indias abandoned, poor and isolated elderly folk. Amongst many other ancillary functions to support the grey population of India, HelpAge India plays a critical role in influencing policy change for the elderly in governments and providing emotional and material support to the abandoned elderly. From opening physiotherapy centers to sponsoring cataract operations, from providing help lines for the elderly to help them understand and fight for their rights, HelpAge India has come a long way. Did you know that this NGO also represents its cause in the National Planning Commission of India? Whether you have monetary resources to give away or your time to be donated with some handson community work, you have many transparent donation options in India to choose from. With a variety of methods of giving now available, make sure you do your bit of good towards the society!