Issues And problems faced by NGOs Anuj paul

Issues And problems faced by. NGO’s Anuj paul 12 -PSO-08

Problems Faced by NGO’s face a lot of problems as follows : � Absence of Erstwhile spirit of Volunteerism � Lack of dedicated Leadership � Lack of funds � Inadequate Trained Personnel � Lack of Coordination � Centralization in urban areas � Deterioration in quality of services � Misuse of funds

Absence of erstwhile spirit of Volunteerism � The basic characteristic of a NGO is volunteerism. The extent of volunteerism is declining day by day and it is turning in to professionalization � The organizations hesitate to undertake new experiments and are content with settling down in certain areas � Thus betraying the spirit of vigorous adventurism which should be the hallmark of Voluntary Action

Lack of Dedicated Leadership � Leadership qualities of the leaders in a NGO determines the quality and condition the services rendered by any Voluntary Organization � Dedicated Leadership is a most important governing in this regard � The style of functioning of these elderly people exhibits authoritarianism and frustrates younger people who are embodiments of new ideas , initiatives and innovations of

Lack of Funds � Most of the NGO’s suffer from paucity of funds � These organizations have to make matching contribution which they sometimes are unable to manage � The funds allocated for various schemes are not revised for so many years which is rather most necessary to match the unabating rise in prices

Inadequate Trained Personnel � It is believed that the personnel � The main requirement working in the NGO may be of different kind of the personnel is a sense of dedication and commitment and interest in social services

Lack Of Coordination � The Absence of Coordination Council has led to common problems like overlapping , duplication , non-coordination � The absence of such common forum also incapacitates NGO’s to offer united stand against the government when it humiliates them by extraneous considerations

Centralization in Urban Areas � NGO’s are more developed in urban areas as compared to rural areas. The backwardness and ignorance of the rural people and the lack of interest among the social workers has lead to less availability of NGO’s in rural areas � The government has made some efforts to motivate to decentralize the NGO’s by way of making some special provisions of eligibility conditions for getting grants �

Misuse of funds � It is a matter of fact that some unscrupulous elements have made fortunes by floating Ngo’s for their personal gains and managing grants from the government � It is a common experience that there have been serious charges of misuse and misappropriation of funds received as grant in aid from the government , foreign donors and raised through their own resources

Issues faced by NGO’s

Introduction � On one side, demand for their services is rising, thanks to the slow pace of poverty reduction and a backlog of social deprivation. � On the other, the NGOs face tough internal challenges -- from weak leadership to organisational irrelevance, from inadequate funding to an inability to market themselves to their target audience.

Why they fail? � Most of the NGOs haven't been able to make the system work in a significant way. � Sometimes, it is felt that no two NGOs can come together for a greater cause. � The donor agencies are also responsible for such a problem as they normally impose tangible targets on the NGOs they fund.

Contd � Size, scale and structure are the other challenges. But most NGOs realize now that a structure needs to be in place to manage an organization. � It's also been seen that in case of a large number of government schemes, only 2 -3 per cent percolates down to the bottom.

Weak foundation � Traditionally, many Indian NGOs began life with one person's dream to make a difference to society. � They set up NGOs, which gather strength and resources over time. but with size comes the problems of age, obsolescence and irrelevance � The problems are compounded because most people believe they operate at margins of the mainstream economy. But a few numbers dispel this myth. � According to the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), there are nearly 1. 2 million NGOs operating in India, and their total funding in 1999 -00 was close to Rs 18, 000 crore -- around 1 per cent of the country's GDP. Moreover, NGOs employ nearly 20 million people -- some paid, others not.

Contd � The problems are compounded because most people believe they operate at margins of the mainstream economy. But a few numbers dispel this myth. � According to the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), there are nearly 1. 2 million NGOs operating in India, and their total funding in 1999 -00 was close to Rs 18, 000 crore -- around 1 per cent of the country's GDP. � Moreover, NGOs employ nearly 20 million people -- some paid, others not.