<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483</id><updated>2012-02-16T05:54:05.176-08:00</updated><category term='grants'/><category term='Fund Raising Campaign'/><category term='website ngo'/><category term='funding agencies'/><category term='skills'/><category term='list of ngo in india'/><category term='ngo Codes of conduct'/><category term='NGO in Andhara Pradesh'/><category term='funding for NGOs'/><category term='Directory of NGOs'/><category term='World Bank'/><category term='ngo website'/><category term='Starting an NGO'/><category term='ngo'/><category term='ngo directory'/><category term='Grant Writing Tips'/><category term='UNIFEM'/><category term='NGO in North East State'/><category term='ngos Codes of conduct'/><category term='NGOs in Action'/><category term='grants ngo'/><category term='Funding and Fund-Raising'/><category term='Skills required of an NGO'/><category term='Roles of NGOs'/><category term='women ngos in india'/><category term='NGOs in India'/><category term='list of ngos in india'/><category term='List of NGO in AP'/><category term='Codes of conduct'/><category term='ngosinindia'/><category term='List of the leading Non-governmental organizations'/><category term='website nogs'/><category term='ngos'/><category term='NGO funding agencies'/><category term='NGO views on NGO Networking'/><category term='Non-governmental organizations'/><category term='Fund-Raising'/><category term='ngos website'/><title type='text'>NGOs in India</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-4382764938847484842</id><published>2009-12-09T21:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-09T21:22:10.614-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Foreign NGOs creating unrest in Lanjigarh</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Udaipur, Rajasthan, December 9, 2009 /India PRwire/ -- Recently the statement of Hon'ble Steel and Mines Minister of Orissa, Mr. Raghunath Mohanty, stating that 'Not a single tribal family would be displaced due to this mining project' and also that 'No Dongria Kondha tribe live at the proposed mining area of Lanjigarh located between Rayagada and Kalahandi districts' has been a lot unrest in the foreign NGOs who have been circulating a lot of false information about the entire mining activity in Orissa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There has been a sudden movement of foreigners / foreign NGOs in Lanjigarh, Kalahandi district in the past few days. Strangely foreigners coming on tourist visa from countries like Italy, Germany, Australia, Denmark, UK etc. have become frequent and they are freely moving in the region. These people have been forcedly interacting with local tribals and disturbing their peace. A local NGO is supporting the visits. The local people have taken this very seriously and are opposing their entry into their region. The unrest has also got reported to local police authorities who are now looking into the matter of this sudden movement of foreign NGOs including Survival International. These foreign NGOs are provoking innocent tribals to defame the government and the company, Vedanta Group.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-4382764938847484842?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/4382764938847484842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=4382764938847484842' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/4382764938847484842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/4382764938847484842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2009/12/foreign-ngos-creating-unrest-in.html' title='Foreign NGOs creating unrest in Lanjigarh'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-4585307381200540771</id><published>2009-11-26T10:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T10:20:32.251-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Toxic waste still lying at Union Carbide factory, says NGO</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Bhopal:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; Three Non Government Organisations (NGOs) will launch a campaign from November 28 to disprove the Madhya Pradesh Government's claim that the huge waste lying in the defunct Union Carbide Factory here was not toxic and hazardous.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;"The campaign will start on November 28 -- five days before the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in which thousands of people were killed and maimed," Bhopal Group for Information and Action Convener Satinath Sarangi told reporters here on Thursday. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;"We will expose the smear propaganda of the State government that no toxic and hazardous waste was lying in the Union Carbide Factory," he added.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;He said his NGO along with the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationary Karmchari Sangh and Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangarsh Morcha will launch the campaign by inviting Madhya Pradesh Cabinet at a function on November 28 here. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Sarangi said that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and State Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Babulal Gaur were favouring Dow Chemicals which has taken over Union Carbide, claiming that waste lying in the factory was not toxic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;He said the three NGOs will intensify protests against Dow Chemicals from December three to press for the removal of waste from the factory and seek financial and medical help to the Gas Tragedy victims who are still suffering. source: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://sify.com/news/ngos-claim-toxic-waste-still-lying-at-union-carbide-factory-news-national-jl0p4vfjcjb.html"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;http://sify.com/news/ngos-claim-toxic-waste-still-lying-at-union-carbide-factory-news-national-jl0p4vfjcjb.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-4585307381200540771?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/4585307381200540771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=4585307381200540771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/4585307381200540771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/4585307381200540771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2009/11/toxic-waste-still-lying-at-union.html' title='Toxic waste still lying at Union Carbide factory, says NGO'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-252066129698590774</id><published>2009-06-13T06:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-13T06:34:33.269-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO in North East State'/><title type='text'>NGO in North East State</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;ARUNACHAL PRADESH&lt;br /&gt;East Kameng&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voluntary Health Association of Arunachal Pradesh&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.O.Box No. 185, Bank Tiniali, Itanagar,&lt;br /&gt;Arunachal Pradesh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Dr. Biman Natung&lt;br /&gt;                           Executive Director&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ph:   0360-2290977&lt;br /&gt;Fax: 0360-2290977&lt;br /&gt;Mobile : 94360-42741&lt;br /&gt;Email:vhaap@indiatimes.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Assam Health OrganizationEast Kameng Tabak Tajam Memorial Society&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chayangtajo, East Kameng   Niya Loma welfare SocietyLumdung and Nare  P.O SeppaEast Kameng &lt;br /&gt;West Kameng&lt;br /&gt;Voluntary Health Association of Arunachal Pradesh&lt;br /&gt;P.O.Box No. 185, Bank Tiniali, Itanagar,&lt;br /&gt;Arunachal Pradesh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Dr. Biman Natung&lt;br /&gt;                           Executive Director&lt;br /&gt;Ph:   0360-2290977&lt;br /&gt;Fax: 0360-2290977&lt;br /&gt;Mobile: 94360-42741&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:vhaap@indiatimes.com"&gt;vhaap@indiatimes.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kameng welfare    Society&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;West Kameng, Pin- 790102   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niglar Sewa Samity&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pachin Colony,Papum Pare, NaharlagunPin. 791110 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Donyi Polo Youth Federation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C/o Polo Hospital,  Ganga  &lt;br /&gt;Market Itanagar.&lt;br /&gt;Pin-791113&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ASSAM&lt;br /&gt;Nalbari&lt;br /&gt;Rural Women Upliftment Association of Assam&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Japorigog High School Lane, Sundarpur,RG Baruah Road&lt;br /&gt;Guwahati- 781 00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: S K Bordoloi, Chairman                &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ph:        0361-2200189&lt;br /&gt;Mobile: 9864092680&lt;br /&gt;Fax:       0361-2200189&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:surjya.b@rediffmail.com"&gt;surjya.b@rediffmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rural Women Upliftment Association of Assam&lt;br /&gt;Japorigog High School Lane, Sundarpur, RG Baruah Road&lt;br /&gt;Guwahati- 781 00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: S K Bordoloi, Chairman                &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ph:        0361-2200189&lt;br /&gt;Mobile: 9864092680&lt;br /&gt;Fax:       0361-2200189&lt;br /&gt;Email: surjya.b@rediffmail.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voluntary Health Service AssociationBarpeta Road,  Gobardhan Block, Barpeta Pub Betbari Anchoalik Rural Development AssociationP/O –Kayakuchi Bazar&lt;br /&gt;Bhabanipur, Barpeta&lt;br /&gt; Pithadi Social Welfare SocietyVill.- Pithadi,  P/O- R B Hall,  Barpeta Paka Gram Unnayan ParishadVill. - Fingua, Chaperbori,   &lt;br /&gt; Barpeta&lt;br /&gt;Cachar&lt;br /&gt;Deshbandhu Club&lt;br /&gt;Beharabazar,&lt;br /&gt;Cachar - 788 817, Assam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Dr. Sanjib Sikider, President&lt;br /&gt;Ph:     03842-283503&lt;br /&gt;Fax:   03842-231388&lt;br /&gt;Mobile: 9435178636&lt;br /&gt;Email: deshabandhuclub@rediffmail.com&lt;br /&gt;Moniarkhal T E Youth Club, Vill. / P.O-   Monirkhal,Cachar Sidheswar Pragati Sangha, Vill. /P.O- Katigorah,  Cachar Socio Economic Development   Organisation (SEDO),  &lt;br /&gt;Cachar&lt;br /&gt;Hailakandi&lt;br /&gt;Deshbandhu Club&lt;br /&gt;Beharabazar,&lt;br /&gt;Cachar - 788 817, Assam&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Dr. Sanjib Sikider&lt;br /&gt;                        President&lt;br /&gt;Ph:     03842-283503&lt;br /&gt;Fax:   03842-231388&lt;br /&gt;Mobile: 9435178636&lt;br /&gt;Email: deshabandhuclub@rediffmail.com&lt;br /&gt; Janata Club  Rajeswarrpuri-III,   P/O- Amala,   Hailakandi Shahensha Brothers Association  Rajeswarrpuri-III,  P/O- Amala,  Hailakandi   Mass Organisation Vital Enrichment  and Rising (MOVER) Ujankupa,&lt;br /&gt; Hailakandi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kamrup&lt;br /&gt;Indian Council for Child Welfare, Assam State Branch&lt;br /&gt;Ambari, Guwahati- 781001&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Ms. Anjali Baru,&lt;br /&gt;Working President&lt;br /&gt; Ph: 0361-2543277&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Darrang&lt;br /&gt;Sipazhar Diamond Club and Community Centre&lt;br /&gt;P.O-Sipazhar, Darrang 784145&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Mr. Bhupen Kr Nath,&lt;br /&gt;General Secretary&lt;br /&gt;Ph: 03713-266561 (o)&lt;br /&gt;      9435185253 (B K Nath)&lt;br /&gt;      9864123744 (Abani Kalita)&lt;br /&gt;      9864193589 (Satya R Nath)&lt;br /&gt;      03713-266964(Fax)&lt;br /&gt;Email: ngo_diamond@yahoo.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karimganj&lt;br /&gt;Indian Red Cross Society, Karimganj District Branch&lt;br /&gt;Red Cross Road, Karimganj&lt;br /&gt;788710&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Mr. Manoj Kr Das&lt;br /&gt;                           Hony. Secretary&lt;br /&gt;Ph: 260864(O),&lt;br /&gt;       9435375541 (Manoj Kr Nath)&lt;br /&gt;       9435373988 (TarunDas),&lt;br /&gt;       9954160261(D.Das)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Lakhimpur&lt;br /&gt;Jyoti Sangam Samity&lt;br /&gt;Jarabari, Lakhimpur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Mr. Ramesh Ch. Baruah&lt;br /&gt;Ph: 03752-262408&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dibrugarh&lt;br /&gt;Association for Socio-Cultural And Environmental Development (ASCED)&lt;br /&gt;Rukmini Gaon, Dispur&lt;br /&gt;Guwahati 781006&lt;br /&gt;Contact person: Mrs. Ranjita Bordoli&lt;br /&gt;                           Chairperson&lt;br /&gt;Ph: 0361-2225568/2231619&lt;br /&gt;0373-2316917/2310060&lt;br /&gt;Mobile:09435016638&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:asc_ed@rediffmail.com"&gt;asc_ed@rediffmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jorhat&lt;br /&gt;Regional Research and Training Centre on Indian Traditional Treatment&lt;br /&gt;Tetelitol, Bengeakhoa&lt;br /&gt;Golaghat 785621&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Dr. Gunaram Khonokar&lt;br /&gt;Ph:03774-282794&lt;br /&gt;Mobile: 9435191200&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;K-Anglong&lt;br /&gt;Netaji Welfare Society&lt;br /&gt;Howraghat Town&lt;br /&gt;Howraghat, Karbi Anglong&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Mr. Mukut Lal Das&lt;br /&gt;                           Secretary&lt;br /&gt;Ph:03676-298439 (O)&lt;br /&gt;      0935416392(Scy)&lt;br /&gt;      0935429668(Jt. Scy)&lt;br /&gt;      03676-298439(Fax)&lt;br /&gt;Email: netajiwelfaresociety@yahoo.co.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morigaon&lt;br /&gt;Morigaon Mahila Mehfil&lt;br /&gt;Civil Hospital Road&lt;br /&gt;Morigaon 782105&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Wahida Rahman&lt;br /&gt; Ph: 03678-240312&lt;br /&gt;        9435164216&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kokrajhar&lt;br /&gt;Discovery Club&lt;br /&gt;Agriculture Campus&lt;br /&gt;Kokrazhar&lt;br /&gt;Contact Person: Mr. Bishnu Narzary&lt;br /&gt;                           President&lt;br /&gt;Ph: 03661-276858&lt;br /&gt;       9435026125&lt;br /&gt;       9435259167&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sonipur&lt;br /&gt;Tezpur District Mahila Samity&lt;br /&gt;Tezpur town, Sotinpur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact person: Ms. Meenakshi Bhuy&lt;br /&gt;Ph: 037122-230534(O)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-252066129698590774?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/252066129698590774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=252066129698590774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/252066129698590774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/252066129698590774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2009/06/ngo-in-north-east-state.html' title='NGO in North East State'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-4918392301035032801</id><published>2009-06-13T06:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-13T06:30:30.315-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='List of NGO in AP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO in Andhara Pradesh'/><title type='text'>NGO in Andhara Pradesh</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Green Cross&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AVL Narayana, President&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;H.No: 19- 60, Gandhi Nagar, Devarakonda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nalagonda District- 508248&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08691-240074&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9440032806&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Email: Greencross_1997@yahoo.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Movement A Voluntary Organization&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(MOVEMENT)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A. Harikrishan Rao, Executive Director&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MIG – 69, APHP Colony,Bhongir Madal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nalgonda District- 508116&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08685-243089&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mobile: 9848430764&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Email: movementngo@yahoo.co.in&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pavani Educational Medical Rural&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Development Society (PEMRDS)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M.Bhaskar, Joint Secretary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;H.No: 14-77/1, Behind RTC Bus station&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aleir Mandal, Nalgonda District 508101&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08685-281655,282436&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9247404911, 9849475715&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spandana Seva Samastha (SSS)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;S.Venkata Narsiah, Treasurer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;H.No: 20- 33/1,Islampura Road, Miryalaguda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nalgonda District- 508207&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08689-242592,250560&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 944047881&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fax: 08689-242592 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Navharat Nirman Sangh&lt;br /&gt;S. Ravi Kumar, President&lt;br /&gt;H.No: 13-2-218,Sathannagalli, Puranapool&lt;br /&gt;HYDERBAD-500060&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9392473550, 9440236410&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rajarajeswari Arts Academy&lt;br /&gt;Dr.Govinda Reddy, President&lt;br /&gt;H.NO- 18/98/1,Kamal Nagar&lt;br /&gt;Dilsukhanagar, HYDERBAD 500060&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 040-24056594&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9948238574&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grameena Women Development Organisation (GWDO)&lt;br /&gt;P.Geeta, Executive Director&lt;br /&gt;406 &amp;amp; 501, Banjara Sadan, Street No 14,&lt;br /&gt;Himayat Nagar, Hyderabad- 500029&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 040- 27633400&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9346977000&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:grameena@yahoo.org"&gt;grameena@yahoo.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remedy Social Service Society (RSSS)&lt;br /&gt;P.Jagadishwar Reddy, Co-ordinator&lt;br /&gt;H.No 19-3-262/15/I/A, Bibika Chasma, Falaknuma HYDERABAD- 500053&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9441011432&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;A.R.H.E.D.S&lt;br /&gt;Mr.V.Nagaih, President&lt;br /&gt;C-8, Upstairs, Devudu Cheruvu,                               ONGOLE - 523 001.&lt;br /&gt;PRAKASAM DISTRICT&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9440777075&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (RDS)&lt;br /&gt;Mr.K.Soma Sekhar,&lt;br /&gt;Secretary&lt;br /&gt;R.D.S., Ist Line Ramnagar, 523 001.            PRAKASAM DISTRICT&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9346324941&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WELFARE&lt;br /&gt;Ms.P.N.Santhi,                &lt;br /&gt;Executive Secretary&lt;br /&gt;WELFARE, MIGH-92, A.P.H.B.Colony, Mamidipalem, ONGOLE - 523 001.            PRAKASAM DISTRICT&lt;br /&gt;Phone:08592-233851&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RISDS&lt;br /&gt;Mr.Devasahayam, Secretary&lt;br /&gt;RISDS, Door No.9-135, Nehru Nagar,&lt;br /&gt;CUMBUM-523 333.&lt;br /&gt;PRAKASAM DISTRICT&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9849202900&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Society for National Integration through Rural Developments (SNIRD),&lt;br /&gt;Railpet, Ongole, Distt. Prakasham, A.P.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A.R.H.E.D.S&lt;br /&gt;Mr.V.Nagaih, President&lt;br /&gt;C-8, Upstairs, Devudu Cheruvu,                               ONGOLE - 523 001.&lt;br /&gt;PRAKASAM DISTRICT&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9440777075&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (RDS)&lt;br /&gt;Mr.K.Soma Sekhar,&lt;br /&gt;Secretary&lt;br /&gt;R.D.S., Ist Line Ramnagar, 523 001.            PRAKASAM DISTRICT&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9346324941&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WELFARE&lt;br /&gt;Ms.P.N.Santhi,                &lt;br /&gt;Executive Secretary&lt;br /&gt;WELFARE, MIGH-92, A.P.H.B.Colony, Mamidipalem, ONGOLE - 523 001.            PRAKASAM DISTRICT&lt;br /&gt;Phone:08592-233851&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RISDS&lt;br /&gt;Mr.Devasahayam, Secretary&lt;br /&gt;RISDS, Door No.9-135, Nehru Nagar,&lt;br /&gt;CUMBUM-523 333.&lt;br /&gt;PRAKASAM DISTRICT&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9849202900&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nellore&lt;br /&gt;Society for National Integration through Rural Developments (SNIRD),&lt;br /&gt;Railpet, Ongole, Distt. Prakasham, A.P.&lt;br /&gt;Chaitanya Podupu Lakshmi Welfare Society (CPLWS)&lt;br /&gt;Ms.A.Vara Lakshmi, President  &lt;br /&gt;Chaitanya Podupu Lakshmi Welfare Society (CPLWS), # New 27-111-2020, Yadava Street,             &lt;br /&gt;4th Bit NTR Nagar,&lt;br /&gt;NELLORE -524 002&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9440134922&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rural Development Welfare Society (RDWS)&lt;br /&gt;Mr.K.Naga Siva reddy, Executive Secretary&lt;br /&gt;Flat No.207, Pavani Plaza, Vedayapalem, NELLORE-524 004.&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9441863537&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Center for Advancement of Rural Environment&lt;br /&gt;Mr.S.Vedantha Kumar, Executive Secretary&lt;br /&gt;Center for Advancement of Rural Environment,        # 24/825, Batwadipalem, NELLORE - 524 003&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9441927364&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Praja Chaitanya Yuvajana Sangam&lt;br /&gt;Mr.D.Pundarikaksh, Executive Secretary&lt;br /&gt;Praja Chaitanya Yuvajana Sangam, D.No.1-212,  Ranipet,                   Venkatagiri PO, Nellore.&lt;br /&gt;Phone : 0861-2304425&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guntur&lt;br /&gt;St. Peter’s Multipurpose Health Workers (Female) Development Society,&lt;br /&gt;Tenali P.O. Distt. Guntur, A.P.&lt;br /&gt;St.johns’ Educational &amp;amp; Health Development Society&lt;br /&gt;Sri. V.Satyanandam, Secretary&lt;br /&gt;H.No 5-20-61, Padisonpet&lt;br /&gt;Tenali- 522201, Guntur&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 94404383841&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Society of Prince of Peace (SOPOP) Sri. Ch.Jacob, Secretary&lt;br /&gt;H.No 5-18-8A, Padisonpet&lt;br /&gt;Tenali-522201, Guntur&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08644-229013&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Organization of Urban &amp;amp; Rural Christian Educational Society, (SOURCES)&lt;br /&gt;Athota Neelambram, President&lt;br /&gt;H.No 5-18-8,Padisonpet&lt;br /&gt;Tenali-522201, Guntur&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08644- 552849&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social &amp;amp; Humanizing Action Through Revival Educational Society, (SHARE, Society)&lt;br /&gt;Sri. Joe Christopher&lt;br /&gt;Executive Secretary cum Director&lt;br /&gt;Near RTC Busstand,&lt;br /&gt;Old Guntur, Christianpet, Guntur&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 0863/ 2214112&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9346238783&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anantapur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Health Education Agricultural Development Society,&lt;br /&gt;Muttala Post, Atmakur Via,&lt;br /&gt;Distt. Anantapur, A.P. – 515751&lt;br /&gt;Amaravathi Rural Development Society&lt;br /&gt;M. Jaipal, President&lt;br /&gt;Behind Vani School, Atmakur, Anantapur Dist, Pin-515751&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08554-250516&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rural Urban Society for Health Education and Ecology&lt;br /&gt;S. Venkata narayana, President&lt;br /&gt;D.No: 28-3-540, 1st main cross, Saradanagar, Anantapur Pin- 515002&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08554-245136&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chaitanya Rural Education &amp;amp; Development Society&lt;br /&gt;P. Gangi Reddy, President&lt;br /&gt;D.No: 4-2-155, 1st floor, D.B Colony, Hindupur. Pin-515202&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08556-221177, 08556226117&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:chaitanya_reds@yahoo.com"&gt;chaitanya_reds@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chaitanya Rural Development Society&lt;br /&gt;L. Vinod Kumar, President&lt;br /&gt;D.No 18/88-94B, Mahaboobnagar colony, Guntakal pin-515803&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08552-226751&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:crdsociety@rediff.com"&gt;crdsociety@rediff.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chittoor&lt;br /&gt;Health Education Agricultural Development Society,&lt;br /&gt;Muttala Post, Atmakur Via,&lt;br /&gt;Distt. Anantapur, A.P. – 515751&lt;br /&gt;Rural Institute for Social Education (RISE)&lt;br /&gt;D. Ramakrishna&lt;br /&gt;D.No. 6-8-1037, NGO Colony,&lt;br /&gt;KT Road, Tirupati, Pin. 517507&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 0877-2235262&lt;br /&gt;Fax: 0877-31101&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:risetpt@rediffmail.com"&gt;risetpt@rediffmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rural Organisation for Social Education (ROSE)&lt;br /&gt;A. Bhaskar Reddy&lt;br /&gt;5-4-261, Vijayalaxmi Street,&lt;br /&gt;Near Rajanna park, Tirupati. Pin. 517501&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 0877-2288805&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rural Reconstruction Society (RRS)&lt;br /&gt;B. Jayanna&lt;br /&gt;Angallu (Post), Kurubalakota mandal, Chitoor Ditrict. Pin. 517325&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08571-80609&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gramajyoti Mahila Mandali (GMM)&lt;br /&gt;P. Saraswati&lt;br /&gt;Chiguruvada (Po), Tirupati Rural Mandal.&lt;br /&gt;Pin-517517&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 0877-2247717&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mahboobnagar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Action For Social Development,&lt;br /&gt;131-B, Surya Nilaya Apartments, Flat No.3,&lt;br /&gt;II Floor, Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar,&lt;br /&gt;Hyderabad – 50038, A.P. &lt;br /&gt;INDIRA PRIYADARSHINI WOMEN’S WELFARE ASSOCIATION (IPPWA)&lt;br /&gt;G.Govardhani&lt;br /&gt;President.&lt;br /&gt;HIG 39, APHB Colony Jadcherla 509 301 Mahabubnager Distrct,&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08542-235138, 08542-233831&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WAKER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY (WCDS)&lt;br /&gt;B.Venkataiah&lt;br /&gt;Secretary&lt;br /&gt;H.No.4-100/15&lt;br /&gt;Gundumal Post &amp;amp; Vill&lt;br /&gt;Kosgi Mandal&lt;br /&gt;Mahabubanager District 509 0339&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08505-289239, 08505-289165&lt;br /&gt;Fax: 08505-282300&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YOUTH FOR WHOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE (YWDP)&lt;br /&gt;K.Ashok Kumar&lt;br /&gt;President&lt;br /&gt;Pallerla, Maddur Mandal&lt;br /&gt;Mahabubnager District, A.P&lt;br /&gt;Cell: +9109440071320&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ranga Reddy&lt;br /&gt;Social Action For Social Development,&lt;br /&gt;131-B, Surya Nilaya Apartments, Flat No.3,&lt;br /&gt;II Floor, Sanjeeva Reddy Nagar,&lt;br /&gt;Hyderabad – 50038, A.P. &lt;br /&gt;Society for Rural Development and Rehabilitation (SRDR)&lt;br /&gt;Ch. Malleshwari, Secretary&lt;br /&gt;9-124, HMT Nager, Nacharam,&lt;br /&gt;Hyderabad- 500076&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 040- 31045779&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rural Education for Development Economic Environment (REDEEM)&lt;br /&gt;A. Doris Devakaruna&lt;br /&gt;President&lt;br /&gt;329/! Ravi Narayana Reddy Nager&lt;br /&gt;Quthbullapur Mandal&lt;br /&gt;Ranga Reddy Nager District&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 09394883621&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:redeem_society1@yahoo.com"&gt;redeem_society1@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weaker Section Education Development Society (WSEDS)&lt;br /&gt;K.Victoira Rani&lt;br /&gt;President&lt;br /&gt;F- 33, Shravan Nivas&lt;br /&gt;Jayaprakashnager, Sanathnager&lt;br /&gt;Hyderabad- 500018&lt;br /&gt;040- 237010603&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;West Godavari&lt;br /&gt;Ekalavya Memorial League,&lt;br /&gt;Ramakrishna Puram, Chirala,&lt;br /&gt;Distt. Prakasam, A.P.&lt;br /&gt;Pachima Godavari Zilla Manav Seva Sangham&lt;br /&gt;S.V.R. Stayanarayana Rao, President&lt;br /&gt;Bhimavaram Road, Manchili, Attili Mandalam, West Godavari District&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9347006946&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:pgzmssfngo@rediffmail.com"&gt;pgzmssfngo@rediffmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voluntary Organization for Immunization Children and Education&lt;br /&gt;K.Satyanarayana, President&lt;br /&gt;Jangareddygudem post and Mandal&lt;br /&gt;West Godavari&lt;br /&gt;9849155088&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kolleru Rural Development Service Organisation&lt;br /&gt;B.Varahala Rao, Director&lt;br /&gt;24 A-20-17, Ashoka Nagar&lt;br /&gt;Near Andhra Bank, Eluru- 534002&lt;br /&gt;West Godavari District&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9440653935&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:krdso@fodo.com"&gt;krdso@fodo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;District S.C.BC weaker section Social Service Society&lt;br /&gt;M. Uma Maheswar Rao, President&lt;br /&gt;Bhimadolu Post &amp;amp; Mandal&lt;br /&gt;West Godavari District&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9949333876&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vishakhapatnam&lt;br /&gt;Ekalavya Memorial League,&lt;br /&gt;Ramakrishna Puram, Chirala,&lt;br /&gt;Distt. Prakasam, A.P.&lt;br /&gt;Sri.Balaji Youth &amp;amp; Cultural Association&lt;br /&gt;K.Satyanarayana, President&lt;br /&gt;Golugonda, Golugonda Mandal&lt;br /&gt;Visakhapatnam&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 92462-11095&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sri Veerasalingam Yuvajana Sangham&lt;br /&gt;B.Kondayya, Secretary&lt;br /&gt;Ramachandrapuram, Kotavuratla Mandal&lt;br /&gt;Visakhapatnam&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 220359&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sevajyothi &amp;amp; Rural Development Society&lt;br /&gt;Ch. V. Nageswara Rao, Executive Secretary&lt;br /&gt;Chinnayyapeta, Thummapala- 531032&lt;br /&gt;Ankapalli Mandal, Visakhapatnam&lt;br /&gt;Phone: 08924- 230516,&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9395555139&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Youth Welfare Association&lt;br /&gt;D.Sravana Kumar, President&lt;br /&gt;B.C.Colony, Anandapuram&lt;br /&gt;Visakhapatnam&lt;br /&gt;Cell: 9848441852&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-4918392301035032801?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/4918392301035032801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=4918392301035032801' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/4918392301035032801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/4918392301035032801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2009/06/ngo-in-andhara-pradesh.html' title='NGO in Andhara Pradesh'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-9172715888714504617</id><published>2009-01-10T02:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T02:44:13.083-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in India'/><title type='text'>NGOs in India</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Aashray&lt;br /&gt;Action Aid India, Hyderabad&lt;br /&gt;Action for Food Production,  Secunderabad Branch&lt;br /&gt;Action for Integrated Development&lt;br /&gt;Action for Welfare  and Awakening in Rural Development&lt;br /&gt;Action for Welfare and Awakening in Rural  Environment, Hyderabad&lt;br /&gt;Action in Rural Technology and Service&lt;br /&gt;Adarsh Rural  Development Social Service Society&lt;br /&gt;Advance Rural Technology Hyderabad Inputs  Centre&lt;br /&gt;Andhra Mahila Sabha&lt;br /&gt;Andhra Pradesh Joginies Welfare  Samikhya&lt;br /&gt;Andhra Pradesh Voluntary Health Association&lt;br /&gt;Andhra Yuvathi  Mandali&lt;br /&gt;Ankuram&lt;br /&gt;Anupama Women's Welfare Society&lt;br /&gt;Anveshi Research Centre  for Women's Studies&lt;br /&gt;Arogyavaram Medical Centre&lt;br /&gt;Arya Rama-A Commune for  Senior Citizens&lt;br /&gt;Asian Academy for Rural Development &amp;amp; Population  Studies&lt;br /&gt;Asmita Resource Centre for Women&lt;br /&gt;Assist&lt;br /&gt;Association for Rural  and Tribal Development&lt;br /&gt;Association for Social Health in India,  Hyderabad&lt;br /&gt;Benthany Colony Leprosy Association&lt;br /&gt;Bhagath Singh Organisation  for Awakening and Rural Development&lt;br /&gt;Blue Cross of  Hyderabad&lt;br /&gt;BREDS&lt;br /&gt;Catholic Health Association of India&lt;br /&gt;Centre for  Integrated Rural Development&lt;br /&gt;Centre for Organisation Development&lt;br /&gt;Centre  for Resource Education&lt;br /&gt;Chaitanya Educational Welfare and Rural  Dev.Society&lt;br /&gt;Child Guidance Centre&lt;br /&gt;Collective Rural Development in  India&lt;br /&gt;Community and Rural Development Society&lt;br /&gt;Community Development and  Welfare Society&lt;br /&gt;Confederation Of Voluntary Associations&lt;br /&gt;Consumer Awareness  and Research Society&lt;br /&gt;Council for Social Development, Hyderabad&lt;br /&gt;Creative  Organisation and Rural Development&lt;br /&gt;Deccan Development Society&lt;br /&gt;Development  Action for Rural Environment&lt;br /&gt;Environment Protection Training and Research  Institute&lt;br /&gt;Foundation for Democratic Reforms/Loksatta&lt;br /&gt;Gandhi Peace Centre,  Hyderabad Branch&lt;br /&gt;Gospel for the Laymen and Organisation for the Rural  Yacht&lt;br /&gt;Government of Andhra Pradesh&lt;br /&gt;Grama Nava Nirman Samithi&lt;br /&gt;Guild of  Service, Bapatla(Andhra Pradesh)&lt;br /&gt;Health For All&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-9172715888714504617?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/9172715888714504617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=9172715888714504617' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/9172715888714504617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/9172715888714504617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2009/01/ngos-in-india.html' title='NGOs in India'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-7672520620871718573</id><published>2008-07-07T22:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-07T22:07:28.864-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>What is Teach India?</title><content type='html'>What is Teach India? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teach India is a social initiative from The Times of India that brings together children in need of education and people who can contribute a little time towards teaching them. It is based on one simple principle: If you have the desire to teach, we will put you in touch with children who are willing to learn. To begin with, we are rollling it out in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. We hope to extend it to more cities next year after we have perfected the logistics. The United Nations Volunteers programme is a partner with the Times of India for the Teach India initiative and will provide expertise as well as ongoing technical support in volunteer management. With over 60 NGOs, corporates, schools and social organisations already supporting our cause, we now look for selfless individuals to come forward and help change the future of a child forever, by giving just a few hours a week to Teach India &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do I apply? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As part of the Teach India movement, The Times of India has established partnerships with several NGOs. Anyone interested in participating can visit the Teach India website at www.teach.timesofindia.com and join us. Alternatively, you can also fill out the volunteer registration form, printed on another page in today’s newspaper, and submit it to The Times of India office in your city. To receive the form on email pls SMS TEACH to 58888. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How does Teach India work? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As soon as your completed form reaches us, you will receive a confirmation message. You will then be mapped to one of our NGOs based on your area preference and time commitment, and asked to contact a NGO coordinator assigned to you and meet him/her. Once selected, you will be placed in one of the programmes, and after a basic orientation, your teaching sessions will begin. For more details on Teach India please visit our website at www.teach.timesofindia.com &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What kind of education will I be providing? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teach India aims to help undereducated children through a variety of programmes, including basic education, support classes and even storytelling . These are all very easy to teach programmes in which simple topics have to be taught to children mostly at primary school level. The teaching would be one-on-one or to small groups of children. The type of programme a volunteer is assigned to, will be decided after assessment by the NGO, keeping your location and time preference in mind. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How long will I have to teach?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teach India is looking for volunteers who can participate in the programme for three months. If you wish to continue teaching beyond that period, it may be made possible by the NGO you are working with through mutual discussion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: www.indiatimes.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-7672520620871718573?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/7672520620871718573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=7672520620871718573' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/7672520620871718573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/7672520620871718573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-is-teach-india.html' title='What is Teach India?'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-6644818346668746595</id><published>2008-06-02T02:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T02:57:52.121-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website nogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list of ngo in india'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo website'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos website'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list of ngos in india'/><title type='text'>NGOs</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apca-usa.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Advancement and Promotion of Charitable Activities(APCA) &lt;/a&gt;Advancement and Promotion of Charitable Activities is dedicated to support the best talent in each field and working closely with other local organizations which have similar goals and purposes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://homepage.mac.com/vsvyas/af.html" target="_blank"&gt;Ajit Foundation &lt;/a&gt;Ajit Foundation is a voluntary organisation committed to the idea of working with youths. Its mission is to walk with them in their search for knowledge. The knowledge that nurture's their creativity. The knowledge that informs them of their responsibility to the community of which they are part of.s &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.antisuperstition.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (ANS) &lt;/a&gt;ANS is an organisation functioning in Marathi speaking areas of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka states in India is functioning since 1989. Superstitions are curse to the society and block the progress and development. Superstitions numb the thinking capacity of a person. ANS's main aim is to remove psychological slavery from the minds of the people. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://azadindia.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Azad India Foundation &lt;/a&gt;An NGO dedicated to bring change in the lives of rural women of Kishanganj district Bihar &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.c-it.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Centre for IT Services &lt;/a&gt;To take the state-of-the-art technology to the people in rural areas and use its benefits for Education, Employment, Empowerment and Enrichment. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icaf.org/resources/partners/india/" target="_blank"&gt;Chandana Art Foundation International (CAFI) &lt;/a&gt;Chandana Art Foundation International was established on April 5th, 1999 as a registered trust, charitable, voluntary, social service, &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;organization devoted for preservation and the promotion of art and cultural heritage of India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/paribartakss/" target="_blank"&gt;Changers' Foundation Paribartak &lt;/a&gt;Working for Cultural Development. Situated at Howrah in West Bengal, India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cafonline.org/cafindia/default.cfm" target="_blank"&gt;Charities Aid Foundation India &lt;/a&gt;CAF India is a registered public charitable trust and is part of the CAF international network. Established in New Delhi in October 1998, CAF India's mission has been to increase the flow of resources from corporations and high net worth individuals to the non-profit sector. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://members.tripod.com/~chethana/" target="_blank"&gt;Chethana &lt;/a&gt;The Chethana trust is a non profit organization floated by a team of dedicated and wholly committed professionals specializing in the area of vital social contribution. The trust aims to provide comprehensive mental health care for the needy and deserving, and also undertake programs to educate society about the attitudinal changes required regarding mental health. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.india.cauce.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email &lt;/a&gt;CAUCE, The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email is an ad hoc, all volunteer organization, created by Netizens to advocate for a legislative solution to the problem of UCE (aka spam). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dhanafoundation.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Dhana Foundation &lt;/a&gt;We are involved in various activities towards lending a helping hand to the deprived and underpreviliged. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dignityfoundation.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Dignity Foundation &lt;/a&gt;In April 1995 an organisation was set up to cater to the needs of the elderly, starting with the publication of the magazine Dignity Dialogue. In a year's time this organisation eventually grew to add services along with the magazine and came to be called Dignity Foundation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/dosti/" target="_blank"&gt;Dosti &lt;/a&gt;- project DOSTI provides an opportunity to learn more about India, strengthen cultural bonds, and work with some of the top activists on the Indian subcontinent, Bangalore. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dreamadream.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Dream A Dream &lt;/a&gt;Dream A Dream is work with the child who shapes the future of the society, towards a world where unique differences are appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/9217/" target="_blank"&gt;Eco Foundation &lt;/a&gt;emphasize efforts for eco friendly projects, Hyderabad. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.esgindia.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Environment Support Group &lt;/a&gt;ESG is an independent not-for-profit non-governmental organisation, founded in 1996 and registered as a Public Charitable Trust in 1998. Its main functions involve research, training, campaign support, and advocacy on a variety of environmental and social justice issues. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fyf.org.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Find Your Feet &lt;/a&gt;Find Your Feet (FYF) is a British international development charity that is dedicated to bringing hope and self-sufficiency to some of the world’s poorest communities. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fodra.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Foundation of Development Research and Action &lt;/a&gt;FODRA was established in 1994 as a not-for-profit development support organisation to help and collaborate with NGOs, development agencies and donors in the grassroots level capacity building for sustainable project planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://foodindia.org.in/" target="_blank"&gt;Foundation of Occupational Development &lt;/a&gt;FOOD India is a 20-year-old non-profit organization conducting research on social development and implementing welfare programs in the field of employment generation, poverty alleviation, cost effective housing, education, health, water and sanitation, energy conservation, ICTs, electronic NGO networking, E-commerce, institutional and capacity building for women networks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.narmada.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Friends of the River Narmada &lt;/a&gt;The Friends of River Narmada is an international coalition of organisations and individuals. The coalition is a solidarity network for the Narmada Bachao Andolan and other similar grassroots struggles in India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.friendsoftread.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Friends of Tread &lt;/a&gt;Child Development Centres -in partnership with Compassion International.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goadesc.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Goa DESC Resource Centre &lt;/a&gt;Goa DESC is an activist collective based in Goa, India. They work on various issues to catalyse sustainable social development and enable democracy at the grassroots level through people's participation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gramvikas.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Gram Vikas &lt;/a&gt;Gram Vikas is a rural development organization, working with poor and marginalized communities of Orissa since 1979, towards making sustainable improvements in the quality of life of the rural poor. Founded by a group of student volunteers from Chennai who came to Orissa under the umbrella of the Young Students Movement for Development (YSMD), Gram Vikas was registered as a society on January 22, 1979, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mumbai-central.com/ilm/" target="_blank"&gt;I Love Mumbai &lt;/a&gt;Love Mumbai, an institution striving relentlessly in helping fulfill every Mumbaikar's/Bombayite's dream of living in a clean, green, beautiful Mumbai. Founded in 1989, I LOVE MUMBAI (or ILM, as it is popularly called) is the brain-child of Mr. Nana Chudasama, then Sheriff of Mumbai. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iitbombay.org/" target="_blank"&gt;IIT Bombay Heritage Fund &lt;/a&gt;The IIT Bombay Heritage Fund (IITBHF) is a public charitable organization under US Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c) (3), whose mission is to fund and promote education and research among students, faculty and alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.idsusa.org/" target="_blank"&gt;India Development Service &lt;/a&gt;India Development Service (IDS) is a nonprofit, non-political, and secular organization supporting economic and social development in India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.habitatworld.com/default1.asp" target="_blank"&gt;India Habitat Centre &lt;/a&gt;India Habitat Centre (IHC) has been conceived as an ideal physical environment with a range of facilities, that would maximize the effectiveness of the individuals and institutions, in their holistic support of the habitat. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ilpnet.org/" target="_blank"&gt;India Literacy Project &lt;/a&gt;ILP is a US-based non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to spreading the cause of literacy in India. Dr. Parameshwar Rao, a nuclear scientist trained in the U.S. He returned to India and dedicate his life to improving the lives of the rural poor in India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiapartners.org/" target="_blank"&gt;India Partners &lt;/a&gt;India Partners is a U.S. Christian development and relief organization committed to supporting self-help ministry projects in India. They believe in helping the people of India help themselves, with God's grace. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indianleprosy.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Indian Development Foundation &lt;/a&gt;Indian Development Foundation (ILEF) is a leading National Voluntary Organisation devoted to Health, Education and Development. IDF is registered under Bombay Public Trusts Act of 1950 and the Societies Registration Act of 1860. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indicorps.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Indicorps &lt;/a&gt;Indicrops is a new competitive fellowship program for Indian-Amercians interested in spending a year on an independent social service project in India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webspawner.com/users/skilliibs/" target="_blank"&gt;International Benevolent Services &lt;/a&gt;caring for leprosy sufferers and the disabled, Australia. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icecd.org/" target="_blank"&gt;International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development &lt;/a&gt;International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (ICECD), a voluntary non-government organization was born in 1986 to facilitate economic empowerment of women through micro/small enterprise ownership. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.karuna.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Karuna Trust &lt;/a&gt;Since 1980 the Karuna Trust has worked with some of India's most disadvantaged people. Most come from the communities which, under the caste system, used to be called 'untouchables'. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.labournetindia.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Labournet India &lt;/a&gt;The LabourNet creates and develops jobs for informal sector workforce beginning with construction workers in Bangalore, India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lepraindia.org/" target="_blank"&gt;LEPRA Society &lt;/a&gt;LEPRA Society was established in 1988 as a partner organization to LEPRA UK to serve the needs of people affected by leprosy. It aims to bring healing through appropriate treatment and care, as well as practical support for people with ongoing leprosy related problems by working in partnership with communities, national governments and other agencies. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.999life.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Life &lt;/a&gt;The genesis of Life took place in 1978 with a simple wish to spread love, hope and dreams among the not-so-fortunate in our society. The foundation stone was laid with the inauguration of the RVBB, the first blood bank in Saurashtra in 1981. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trust.itgo.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Lotus Social Welfare Trust &lt;/a&gt;Motivated with all the human energy and physical Resources at out disposal, to set the majority of People free from the Lotus and sufferings that Originate form president poverty and various forms of Social injustice prevailing in society. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayaindia.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness &lt;/a&gt;MAYA is a Karnataka-based development organisation working to address systemic issues of child labour through building empowered human institutions of the poor. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ncpedp.org/" target="_blank"&gt;NCPEDP &lt;/a&gt;It was registered as a Trust with a Board of Management which has representation from industry, N.G.O.s, disabled people and international agencies. N.C.P.E.D.P. stresses the need to move away from traditionally held views of charity and welfare to those of productivity and empowerment of disabled people. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nesauniverse.org/" target="_blank"&gt;NESA &lt;/a&gt;NESA is a unique networking organisation, which works through 42 committed voluntary organisations, reaching the poorest of the poor and vulnerable communities, especially Dalits and Adivasis in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, with its rights-based work. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mammootty.com/sociomain.html" target="_blank"&gt;Pain and Palliative Care Society (PPCS) &lt;/a&gt;This site is about Pain and Palliative Care Society (PPCS), a social responsibility organisation which was sponsored by the Film Star Mammootty, Calicut. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.parikrmafoundation.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Parikrma Humanity Foundation &lt;/a&gt;Our vision is to transform the lives of under-served people in urban India. Our hope is that we can inspire others and in doing so make this a movement. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/7811/" target="_blank"&gt;People For Animals &lt;/a&gt;campaigns for animal rights &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pratham.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Pratham &lt;/a&gt;Pratham is a Public Charitable Trust that was accordingly formed by the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai together with the association of several prominent citizens of the city. Today, the parental role of Pratham has been taken over by the ICICI Bank, a leading private sector bank of India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.propoor.org/" target="_blank"&gt;ProPoor &lt;/a&gt;ProPoor is a nonprofit organisation registered in Kolkata (India), Singapore, and Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Established in 1998, ProPoor is committed to the dissemination of information and promotion of sustainable development initiatives, in response to the needs of under represented and marginalized sectors of society in the South Asia. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rgfindia.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Rajiv Gandhi Foundation &lt;/a&gt;The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was established on 21 June 1991 to commemorate Rajiv Gandhi's vision for India. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation aims to work in areas which were of deepest concern to Rajiv Gandhi and to act as a catalyst in promoting effective, practical and sustainable programmes in areas of national development. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://hindunet.org/rss/" target="_blank"&gt;RSS &lt;/a&gt;Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, New delhi &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sadakkatrust.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Sadakka Education &amp;amp; Charitable Trust &lt;/a&gt;Sadakka Education &amp;amp; Charitable Trust is a Muslim Minority Trust. It is registered with the Government of India, and acting independently to all the community based development activities. The primary task is to help the poor &amp;amp; disabled in their affliction with the love of Al Mighty. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sadhuvaswani.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Sadhu Vaswani Mission &lt;/a&gt;- is a spiritual social welfare and non-profit institution which endeavours to reach its caring services to the poor &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.giftofvision.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Sankara Eye Hospital &lt;/a&gt;It is a non-profit organization incorporated in California , USA involved in supporting the community eye care activities of their affiliate Sankara Eye Hospital run by Sankara Eye Society in Coimbatore, India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.krishnadeocharity.org.in/" target="_blank"&gt;Shree Krishnadeo Charitable Trust &lt;/a&gt;Shree Krishnadeo Charitable Trust was formed on 25th july, 1996 by way of an indenture between Mr. Krishnadeo Shinde, Mr. Babulal Dolawat and Mr. Jayandrabhai Thakkar. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sivanandagurukul.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Sivananda Saraswathi Sevashram &lt;/a&gt;They are a non-profit N.G.O with the primary objective of protecting orphans, destitute women, the physically handicapped, AIDS-affected children, and the elderly. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spasticssocietyofkarnataka.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Spastics Society of Karnataka &lt;/a&gt;SSK is dedicated to the welfare of persons with Neuro-Muscular Disorders and Developmental Disabilities. Commendable work folks! Keep up the good work. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.diabetesendocrinology.in/" target="_blank"&gt;Sushruta Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Trust &lt;/a&gt;The Bangalore based trust has been created in the year 2004 (Registered). The purpose of the trust is create awareness among common people about the importance of early diagnosis, proper monitoring and treatment of Diabetes and Hormonal disorders. The trust has been founded by Dr. Arpan Bhattacharya. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tarksheel.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Tarksheel Society &lt;/a&gt;Tarksheel Society Bharat (Regd.) (Rationalist Society India) was established in 1984, under the auspices of Sh. Megh Raj Mitter in order to educate and awaken the people about the menace and unfathomable dangers of all religions, caste system, untouchability, superstitions and miracles. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tarshi.org/" target="_blank"&gt;TARSHI &lt;/a&gt;The organisation was conceptualised and was set up in New Delhi, in 1995 on an individual Fellowship from The MacArthur Foundation. It was registered as a not-for-profit society in 1997 and is managed by the current board of directors comprised of professionals working in diverse fields of sexuality, reproductive health, and violence against women, media and rights. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.akanksha.org/index.htm" target="_blank"&gt;The Akanksha Foundation India &lt;/a&gt;Akanksha believes in helping both its children, and its team to maximize their potential and move closer to their dreams. Akanksha is looking at expanding its current team. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2519/" target="_blank"&gt;The Baha'i Vocational Institute for Rural Women &lt;/a&gt;This is meant for the upliftment of rural and tribal women living in small communities in the districts around Indore. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tgfworld.org/" target="_blank"&gt;The George Foundation &lt;/a&gt;The George Foundation was established in January 1995 in Bangalore, India, as a not-for-profit organization under the Indian Trust Act. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helptribals.org/" target="_blank"&gt;The Indian National Trust for the Welfare of Tribals &lt;/a&gt;The Indian National Trust for the Welfare of Tribals (INTWOT) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ambedkar.org/bss/Towardsthe.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Women's property right &lt;/a&gt;Towards the empowerment of Indian women, the women in India have remained a matter of joy and a source of amusement as such she was used and misused by men just to serve their evil ends. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.workingwomensforum.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Working Women's Forum &lt;/a&gt;Working Women's Forum (India) has for over a decade and a half been mobilising the poorest, and the marginalized sector of the work force. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-6644818346668746595?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/6644818346668746595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=6644818346668746595' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/6644818346668746595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/6644818346668746595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/ngo.html' title='NGOs'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-288960096229509439</id><published>2008-06-02T02:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-05T04:23:04.861-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website nogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='website ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list of ngo in india'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo website'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos website'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list of ngos in india'/><title type='text'>NGO</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.apca-usa.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Advancement and Promotion of Charitable Activities(APCA) &lt;/a&gt;Advancement and Promotion of Charitable Activities is dedicated to support the best talent in each field and working closely with other local organizations which have similar goals and purposes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://homepage.mac.com/vsvyas/af.html" target="_blank"&gt;Ajit Foundation &lt;/a&gt;Ajit Foundation is a voluntary organisation committed to the idea of working with youths. Its mission is to walk with them in their search for knowledge. The knowledge that nurture's their creativity. The knowledge that informs them of their responsibility to the community of which they are part of.s &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.antisuperstition.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (ANS) &lt;/a&gt;ANS is an organisation functioning in Marathi speaking areas of Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka states in India is functioning since 1989. Superstitions are curse to the society and block the progress and development. Superstitions numb the thinking capacity of a person. ANS's main aim is to remove psychological slavery from the minds of the people. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://azadindia.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Azad India Foundation &lt;/a&gt;An NGO dedicated to bring change in the lives of rural women of Kishanganj district Bihar &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.c-it.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Centre for IT Services &lt;/a&gt;To take the state-of-the-art technology to the people in rural areas and use its benefits for Education, Employment, Empowerment and Enrichment. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icaf.org/resources/partners/india/" target="_blank"&gt;Chandana Art Foundation International (CAFI) &lt;/a&gt;Chandana Art Foundation International was established on April 5th, 1999 as a registered trust, charitable, voluntary, social service, &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;organization devoted for preservation and the promotion of art and cultural heritage of India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/paribartakss/" target="_blank"&gt;Changers' Foundation Paribartak &lt;/a&gt;Working for Cultural Development. Situated at Howrah in West Bengal, India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cafonline.org/cafindia/default.cfm" target="_blank"&gt;Charities Aid Foundation India &lt;/a&gt;CAF India is a registered public charitable trust and is part of the CAF international network. Established in New Delhi in October 1998, CAF India's mission has been to increase the flow of resources from corporations and high net worth individuals to the non-profit sector. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://members.tripod.com/~chethana/" target="_blank"&gt;Chethana &lt;/a&gt;The Chethana trust is a non profit organization floated by a team of dedicated and wholly committed professionals specializing in the area of vital social contribution. The trust aims to provide comprehensive mental health care for the needy and deserving, and also undertake programs to educate society about the attitudinal changes required regarding mental health. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.india.cauce.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email &lt;/a&gt;CAUCE, The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email is an ad hoc, all volunteer organization, created by Netizens to advocate for a legislative solution to the problem of UCE (aka spam). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dhanafoundation.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Dhana Foundation &lt;/a&gt;We are involved in various activities towards lending a helping hand to the deprived and underpreviliged. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dignityfoundation.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Dignity Foundation &lt;/a&gt;In April 1995 an organisation was set up to cater to the needs of the elderly, starting with the publication of the magazine Dignity Dialogue. In a year's time this organisation eventually grew to add services along with the magazine and came to be called Dignity Foundation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/dosti/" target="_blank"&gt;Dosti &lt;/a&gt;- project DOSTI provides an opportunity to learn more about India, strengthen cultural bonds, and work with some of the top activists on the Indian subcontinent, Bangalore. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dreamadream.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Dream A Dream &lt;/a&gt;Dream A Dream is work with the child who shapes the future of the society, towards a world where unique differences are appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Andes/9217/" target="_blank"&gt;Eco Foundation &lt;/a&gt;emphasize efforts for eco friendly projects, Hyderabad. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.esgindia.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Environment Support Group &lt;/a&gt;ESG is an independent not-for-profit non-governmental organisation, founded in 1996 and registered as a Public Charitable Trust in 1998. Its main functions involve research, training, campaign support, and advocacy on a variety of environmental and social justice issues. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fyf.org.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Find Your Feet &lt;/a&gt;Find Your Feet (FYF) is a British international development charity that is dedicated to bringing hope and self-sufficiency to some of the world’s poorest communities. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fodra.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Foundation of Development Research and Action &lt;/a&gt;FODRA was established in 1994 as a not-for-profit development support organisation to help and collaborate with NGOs, development agencies and donors in the grassroots level capacity building for sustainable project planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://foodindia.org.in/" target="_blank"&gt;Foundation of Occupational Development &lt;/a&gt;FOOD India is a 20-year-old non-profit organization conducting research on social development and implementing welfare programs in the field of employment generation, poverty alleviation, cost effective housing, education, health, water and sanitation, energy conservation, ICTs, electronic NGO networking, E-commerce, institutional and capacity building for women networks. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.narmada.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Friends of the River Narmada &lt;/a&gt;The Friends of River Narmada is an international coalition of organisations and individuals. The coalition is a solidarity network for the Narmada Bachao Andolan and other similar grassroots struggles in India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.friendsoftread.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Friends of Tread &lt;/a&gt;Child Development Centres -in partnership with Compassion International.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goadesc.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Goa DESC Resource Centre &lt;/a&gt;Goa DESC is an activist collective based in Goa, India. They work on various issues to catalyse sustainable social development and enable democracy at the grassroots level through people's participation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gramvikas.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Gram Vikas &lt;/a&gt;Gram Vikas is a rural development organization, working with poor and marginalized communities of Orissa since 1979, towards making sustainable improvements in the quality of life of the rural poor. Founded by a group of student volunteers from Chennai who came to Orissa under the umbrella of the Young Students Movement for Development (YSMD), Gram Vikas was registered as a society on January 22, 1979, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mumbai-central.com/ilm/" target="_blank"&gt;I Love Mumbai &lt;/a&gt;Love Mumbai, an institution striving relentlessly in helping fulfill every Mumbaikar's/Bombayite's dream of living in a clean, green, beautiful Mumbai. Founded in 1989, I LOVE MUMBAI (or ILM, as it is popularly called) is the brain-child of Mr. Nana Chudasama, then Sheriff of Mumbai. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iitbombay.org/" target="_blank"&gt;IIT Bombay Heritage Fund &lt;/a&gt;The IIT Bombay Heritage Fund (IITBHF) is a public charitable organization under US Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c) (3), whose mission is to fund and promote education and research among students, faculty and alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.idsusa.org/" target="_blank"&gt;India Development Service &lt;/a&gt;India Development Service (IDS) is a nonprofit, non-political, and secular organization supporting economic and social development in India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.habitatworld.com/default1.asp" target="_blank"&gt;India Habitat Centre &lt;/a&gt;India Habitat Centre (IHC) has been conceived as an ideal physical environment with a range of facilities, that would maximize the effectiveness of the individuals and institutions, in their holistic support of the habitat. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ilpnet.org/" target="_blank"&gt;India Literacy Project &lt;/a&gt;ILP is a US-based non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated to spreading the cause of literacy in India. Dr. Parameshwar Rao, a nuclear scientist trained in the U.S. He returned to India and dedicate his life to improving the lives of the rural poor in India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indiapartners.org/" target="_blank"&gt;India Partners &lt;/a&gt;India Partners is a U.S. Christian development and relief organization committed to supporting self-help ministry projects in India. They believe in helping the people of India help themselves, with God's grace. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indianleprosy.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Indian Development Foundation &lt;/a&gt;Indian Development Foundation (ILEF) is a leading National Voluntary Organisation devoted to Health, Education and Development. IDF is registered under Bombay Public Trusts Act of 1950 and the Societies Registration Act of 1860. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indicorps.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Indicorps &lt;/a&gt;Indicrops is a new competitive fellowship program for Indian-Amercians interested in spending a year on an independent social service project in India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.webspawner.com/users/skilliibs/" target="_blank"&gt;International Benevolent Services &lt;/a&gt;caring for leprosy sufferers and the disabled, Australia. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.icecd.org/" target="_blank"&gt;International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development &lt;/a&gt;International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (ICECD), a voluntary non-government organization was born in 1986 to facilitate economic empowerment of women through micro/small enterprise ownership. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.karuna.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Karuna Trust &lt;/a&gt;Since 1980 the Karuna Trust has worked with some of India's most disadvantaged people. Most come from the communities which, under the caste system, used to be called 'untouchables'. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.labournetindia.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Labournet India &lt;/a&gt;The LabourNet creates and develops jobs for informal sector workforce beginning with construction workers in Bangalore, India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lepraindia.org/" target="_blank"&gt;LEPRA Society &lt;/a&gt;LEPRA Society was established in 1988 as a partner organization to LEPRA UK to serve the needs of people affected by leprosy. It aims to bring healing through appropriate treatment and care, as well as practical support for people with ongoing leprosy related problems by working in partnership with communities, national governments and other agencies. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.999life.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Life &lt;/a&gt;The genesis of Life took place in 1978 with a simple wish to spread love, hope and dreams among the not-so-fortunate in our society. The foundation stone was laid with the inauguration of the RVBB, the first blood bank in Saurashtra in 1981. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trust.itgo.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Lotus Social Welfare Trust &lt;/a&gt;Motivated with all the human energy and physical Resources at out disposal, to set the majority of People free from the Lotus and sufferings that Originate form president poverty and various forms of Social injustice prevailing in society. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayaindia.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness &lt;/a&gt;MAYA is a Karnataka-based development organisation working to address systemic issues of child labour through building empowered human institutions of the poor. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ncpedp.org/" target="_blank"&gt;NCPEDP &lt;/a&gt;It was registered as a Trust with a Board of Management which has representation from industry, N.G.O.s, disabled people and international agencies. N.C.P.E.D.P. stresses the need to move away from traditionally held views of charity and welfare to those of productivity and empowerment of disabled people. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nesauniverse.org/" target="_blank"&gt;NESA &lt;/a&gt;NESA is a unique networking organisation, which works through 42 committed voluntary organisations, reaching the poorest of the poor and vulnerable communities, especially Dalits and Adivasis in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, with its rights-based work. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mammootty.com/sociomain.html" target="_blank"&gt;Pain and Palliative Care Society (PPCS) &lt;/a&gt;This site is about Pain and Palliative Care Society (PPCS), a social responsibility organisation which was sponsored by the Film Star Mammootty, Calicut. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.parikrmafoundation.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Parikrma Humanity Foundation &lt;/a&gt;Our vision is to transform the lives of under-served people in urban India. Our hope is that we can inspire others and in doing so make this a movement. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/7811/" target="_blank"&gt;People For Animals &lt;/a&gt;campaigns for animal rights &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pratham.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Pratham &lt;/a&gt;Pratham is a Public Charitable Trust that was accordingly formed by the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai together with the association of several prominent citizens of the city. Today, the parental role of Pratham has been taken over by the ICICI Bank, a leading private sector bank of India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.propoor.org/" target="_blank"&gt;ProPoor &lt;/a&gt;ProPoor is a nonprofit organisation registered in Kolkata (India), Singapore, and Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Established in 1998, ProPoor is committed to the dissemination of information and promotion of sustainable development initiatives, in response to the needs of under represented and marginalized sectors of society in the South Asia. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rgfindia.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Rajiv Gandhi Foundation &lt;/a&gt;The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was established on 21 June 1991 to commemorate Rajiv Gandhi's vision for India. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation aims to work in areas which were of deepest concern to Rajiv Gandhi and to act as a catalyst in promoting effective, practical and sustainable programmes in areas of national development. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://hindunet.org/rss/" target="_blank"&gt;RSS &lt;/a&gt;Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, New delhi &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sadakkatrust.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Sadakka Education &amp;amp; Charitable Trust &lt;/a&gt;Sadakka Education &amp;amp; Charitable Trust is a Muslim Minority Trust. It is registered with the Government of India, and acting independently to all the community based development activities. The primary task is to help the poor &amp;amp; disabled in their affliction with the love of Al Mighty. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sadhuvaswani.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Sadhu Vaswani Mission &lt;/a&gt;- is a spiritual social welfare and non-profit institution which endeavours to reach its caring services to the poor &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.giftofvision.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Sankara Eye Hospital &lt;/a&gt;It is a non-profit organization incorporated in California , USA involved in supporting the community eye care activities of their affiliate Sankara Eye Hospital run by Sankara Eye Society in Coimbatore, India. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.krishnadeocharity.org.in/" target="_blank"&gt;Shree Krishnadeo Charitable Trust &lt;/a&gt;Shree Krishnadeo Charitable Trust was formed on 25th july, 1996 by way of an indenture between Mr. Krishnadeo Shinde, Mr. Babulal Dolawat and Mr. Jayandrabhai Thakkar. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sivanandagurukul.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Sivananda Saraswathi Sevashram &lt;/a&gt;They are a non-profit N.G.O with the primary objective of protecting orphans, destitute women, the physically handicapped, AIDS-affected children, and the elderly. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spasticssocietyofkarnataka.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Spastics Society of Karnataka &lt;/a&gt;SSK is dedicated to the welfare of persons with Neuro-Muscular Disorders and Developmental Disabilities. Commendable work folks! Keep up the good work. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.diabetesendocrinology.in/" target="_blank"&gt;Sushruta Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Trust &lt;/a&gt;The Bangalore based trust has been created in the year 2004 (Registered). The purpose of the trust is create awareness among common people about the importance of early diagnosis, proper monitoring and treatment of Diabetes and Hormonal disorders. The trust has been founded by Dr. Arpan Bhattacharya. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tarksheel.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Tarksheel Society &lt;/a&gt;Tarksheel Society Bharat (Regd.) (Rationalist Society India) was established in 1984, under the auspices of Sh. Megh Raj Mitter in order to educate and awaken the people about the menace and unfathomable dangers of all religions, caste system, untouchability, superstitions and miracles. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tarshi.org/" target="_blank"&gt;TARSHI &lt;/a&gt;The organisation was conceptualised and was set up in New Delhi, in 1995 on an individual Fellowship from The MacArthur Foundation. It was registered as a not-for-profit society in 1997 and is managed by the current board of directors comprised of professionals working in diverse fields of sexuality, reproductive health, and violence against women, media and rights. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.akanksha.org/index.htm" target="_blank"&gt;The Akanksha Foundation India &lt;/a&gt;Akanksha believes in helping both its children, and its team to maximize their potential and move closer to their dreams. Akanksha is looking at expanding its current team. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2519/" target="_blank"&gt;The Baha'i Vocational Institute for Rural Women &lt;/a&gt;This is meant for the upliftment of rural and tribal women living in small communities in the districts around Indore. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tgfworld.org/" target="_blank"&gt;The George Foundation &lt;/a&gt;The George Foundation was established in January 1995 in Bangalore, India, as a not-for-profit organization under the Indian Trust Act. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helptribals.org/" target="_blank"&gt;The Indian National Trust for the Welfare of Tribals &lt;/a&gt;The Indian National Trust for the Welfare of Tribals (INTWOT) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ambedkar.org/bss/Towardsthe.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Women's property right &lt;/a&gt;Towards the empowerment of Indian women, the women in India have remained a matter of joy and a source of amusement as such she was used and misused by men just to serve their evil ends. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.workingwomensforum.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Working Women's Forum &lt;/a&gt;Working Women's Forum (India) has for over a decade and a half been mobilising the poorest, and the marginalized sector of the work force. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-288960096229509439?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/288960096229509439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=288960096229509439' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/288960096229509439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/288960096229509439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/ngo_02.html' title='NGO'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-4768250185252532365</id><published>2008-06-02T02:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T02:59:44.086-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list of ngo in india'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women ngos in india'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list of ngos in india'/><title type='text'>Women NGOs in India</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Women's Organizations in India, &amp;amp; women NGOs in India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;INDIAN NGOS , Women's Organizations in India, &amp;amp; women NGOs in India.&lt;br /&gt;Oasis - Dr. Puja Sukhija&lt;br /&gt;Mumbai -.(022) 26006989 / 98204 03344&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joint Women's Programme - NGOs DelhiCSIRS, 14 Jungpura B, Muthura Road, New Delhi 110014. Tel: 461-9821 Fax: 462-3681. IndiaPuneNational Council of Women In IndiaPoona Medical Foundation, Ruby Hall Clinic, 40 Sassoon, PO Box No. 70, Pune 41100IndiaCentre for Women's Development Studies The Library 25 Bhair Vir Singh Marg Gole Market 110 001 New Delhi India Tel: +91 11 334 5530 or +91 11 336 5541 Fax: +91 11 334 6044 E-mail: &lt;a href="mailto:cwdslib@alpha.nic.in"&gt;cwdslib@alpha.nic.in&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="mailto:cwds@sscwds.ren.nic.in"&gt;cwds@sscwds.ren.nic.in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CWDS is a research centre comprised of a group of professionals working for the realization of women's equality and development in all spheres of life. The centre maintains a specialized library with a collection on women and development in India, open to students, research scholars, gender consultants, policy makers, journalists etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Committee on the Portrayal of Women in the Media4 Bhagwandas RoadNew Delhi 110 001IndiaInstitute of Social Studies TrustM-1 Kanchenjunga18 Barakhamba RoadNew Delhi 110001India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The YWCA of India - NGOs Delhi10, Sansad Marg, New Delhi. 110 001. IndiaAn umbrella organisation affiliated to the World YWCA with 65 local associations in India. The organisation works for women's empowerment through a variety of programmes , the most important of which are leadership training for women, advocacy work on all women's issues, and community development work . The YWCA also runs 40 women's residences across the country providing housing for working women as well as emergency shelter for women. The YWCA of India is also a part of a network of 7 women's organistions based in Delhi and works together with them on common issues. National Commission of Women4, Deen Dayal Upadhaya Marg. New Delhi 110 002IndiaAll India Coordinating Forum of the Adivasi/Indigenous Peoples (AICAIP) K-14 (First Floor), Green Park Extension 110016 New Delhi India Tel: +91 11 616 3830 or +91 11 619 6640 Fax: +91 11 619 8042 E-mail: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@tom.unv.ernet.in"&gt;admin@tom.unv.ernet.in&lt;/a&gt;AICAIP was established as a forum for Adivasi/indigenous people's movements all over India. Its objective is to strengthen the process of building solidarity and alliances amongst struggle oriented indigenous people's organizations. AICAIP aims to identify shared issues and problems, to generate debate on these issues and to provide support to help deal with them. One of the five working groups AICAIP has established is focused on Adivasi Women Issues. Neither AICAIP nor any of the organizations it represents concentrates specifically on the dissemination of information. There is also no other Indian indigenous people's organization with this focus. However, exchanging and providing information is part of AICAIP's work. Diverse Women for DiversityA-60 Hauz KhasNew Delhi - 110 016IndiaTel: 0091 11 656 1868Fax: 0091 11 656 2093Kali For WomenB 1/8 Hauz Khas, 1st FlNew Delhi 110016, IndiaTelephone: +91-11-6852530 Fax: +91-11-6864497 URL: http://www.peg.apc.org./~spinifex/kali.htmlWomen's Foundation L 1-4 Hauz Khas Enclave New Delhi 110016, IndiaCentre for Social ResearchE.82, SaketNew Delhi -110017IndiaCentre for Women's Development StudiesB-43 Panscheel EnclaveNew Delhi 110017Indiav Tel: 11-643-8428Saheli: A Women's Organisation105-108 Shopping Complex, Defence Clony Flyover, New Delhi 110024. IndiaTel: 461-3681. Sakhi: Lesbian OrganisationPO Box 3526, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi 110024. IndiaKali for Women(Feminist Publisher) A 36 Gulmohar ParkNew Delhi 100 049IndiaCenter for Women's Studies and DevelopmentPanjab UniversityChandigarh - 160014IndiaCentre for Women's Studies and DevelopmentFaculty of Social SciencesBanaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi - 221005IndiaRajasthanSocial Work and Research Centre: Network for Self-reliance of the rural poorTilonia 305 816, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Tel: +91 1463 8804 Fax: +91 1463 8806 Email: &lt;a href="mailto:swrc@unv.ernt.net.in"&gt;swrc@unv.ernt.net.in&lt;/a&gt;SEWA (women and work) Reception CentreOpp. Victoria GardenEllisbridgeAhmedabad 380 001IndiaCenter for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA) Lilavatiben Lalbhai's Bungalow Civil Camp Road, Shahibaug 380 004 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, IndiaTel: +91 79 286 8856 or +91 79 286 6695 or 7865636Fax: +91 79 286 6513 E-mail: chetna@adinet.ernet.in or Indu.Capoor@Warm.NetCHETNA's mission is to contribute towards the empowerment of disadvantaged women and children to enable them to gain control over their own, their families' and their communities' health. Its trainings target supervisors, trainers, program managers and practitioners of NGOs and GOs. In order to provide a good flow of information, a documentation and information centre has been created. Today CHETNA's main efforts are aimed at documenting the lives of women and children in India and health issues. The collection contains a special section of training manuals, information kits and modules. Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati. Centre for Social Justice: Feminist Support Group. 5, Neelkamal Building, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad 380 009IndiaTel: +44 6560649/403027Single Women's Organisation: Networking Organisation. Indira, F/7 Sagar Apartments, Behind Doordarhsan, Opp. Sarthi Hotel, Bodak-Dev Road, Ahmedabad 380054. IndiaWomen's Studies Research CentreFaculty of Home ScienceM.S. University of BarodaBaroda 390002IndiaWomen and Media GroupC/o B.U.J. Prospect Chambers, Second FloorD.N. RoadBombay 400 001MaharashtraIndiaThe Women's Centre of IndiaNehru Road, VokolaSanta Cruz, Bombay 400 005IndiaWomen's Studies UnitTata Institute of Social SciencesP.O. Box 8313, Sion trombay RoadDeonar, Bombay 400008IndiaThe Women's Studies Unit attempts to sensitize students and policymakers about women and development issues by teaching social work students and government employees, by producing teaching materials, consulting various groups about women and development, and by conducting research. Maitreyi7, Manjiki, Makarand SocietyVeer Savarkar Marg, MahimBombay 400016IndiaTel: 45 12 11/45 41 48The major objective of Maitreyi is to develop a feminist perspective in understanding women's issues and the women's movement, and to sensitize everyone about women's issues. Maitreyi sponsors and indirectly supports the following activities: women's studies workshops, research, documentation, support centers for women in distress, mobilization of women in villages to join Ladies Club, and publication of books and annual reports. Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women's University Library 1 Nathibai Thackersey Road New Marine Lines 400 020 Mumbai India Tel: +91 022 207 2792 Fax: +91 022 201 8226 E-mail: &lt;a href="mailto:sndtulib@bom3.vsnl.net.in"&gt;sndtulib@bom3.vsnl.net.in&lt;/a&gt;SNDT Women's University was established in 1916 as the first women's university in India. The university library was established in 1955. It houses an information service on women's studies. The women's information section of the library caters to researchers and professors as well as NGOs and activists. The library maintains an indigenous database -SUCHAK- containing references to more than 100.000 titles. About 35.000 of these pertain specifically to women. In recent years the library has acquired several instructional, bibliographical, and full text databases. Languages: Indian, English. Akshara - A Women's Resource Centre Neelambari 501, Road no. 86 Off Gokhale Road Dadar West 400028 Bombay India Tel: +91 22 430 9676 or +91 22 431 6082 Fax: +91 22 431 9143 E-mail: admin@akshara.ilbom.ernet.inAkshara began informally in 1987 as result of the women's movement and its campaigns in Bombay. It started by producing low cost publications for women's organizations and activists. In 1995 Akshara recieved funds to establish a library and reference centre for women. It now has library facilities, offers gender training and workshops, and publishes educational and movement oriented materials. Languages: English, Marathi. Forum Against Oppression Of Women29,Bhatia Bhavan, 1st floorBabrekar Marg, Dadar, Bombay 400028. Tel. 91-22-422-2436Email: &lt;a href="mailto:inforum@inbb.gn.apc.org"&gt;inforum@inbb.gn.apc.org&lt;/a&gt;FAOW was formed in 1979 as a platform to respond to an extremely unjust judgement on a rape case. Soon from a Forum Against Rape as it was earlier called, it changed its name to the present one to encompass varied forms of women's oppression. FAOW is part of what in India is recognised as the Autonomous Women's groups which has played a crucial role in this third phase of the women's movement [late 70's onwards]. Today it is mainly a campaign group consisting of members from varied background- students, housewives, professional women, lectureres etc. The members meet regularly once in a week and every one puts their volantary time in the work that needs to be done. There are no paid staff. Research Center for Women's StudiesS.N.D.T. Women's UniversityJuhu Road, Santa CruzBombay 400 049IndiaWomen's Studies UnitTata Institute of Social SciencesPost Box 8318, Sion-Trombay Road, DeonarBombay 400088IndiaMajlis, A-2/4, Golden Valley, Kalina, Mumbai (Bombay) - 400 098IndiaTel: 6180394, 6160252Majlis is a legal and cultural resource centre working in the area of women and minority rights. The legal centre of Majlis is a group of lawyers providing legal assistance to women. Majlis is also involved in reasearch and documentation on issues concerning women. India Women Scientist's Association (IWSA) IWSA Plot No. 20, Sector 10-A VashiNavi Mumbai - 400 703IndiaTel: 91 22 766 18 06Fax: 91 22 6204038 / 4138521. Promote women's participation in Science. Membership open to all science graduates. Centre for Documentation and Research on Women (Aalochana) "Kedar"86/11-B KanchangalliErandavanaPoona 411 004MaharashtraIndiaTel: 212-343563Anveshi Research Center for Women's StudiesOsmania University CampusHyerabad - 500 007IndiaStreelekha67.2fl,Blumon, Mahatma Gandhi RdBangalore 560001IndiaURL: http://www.peg.apc.org./~spinifex/streelekha.htmlBangalore Joint Women's Programme73 Miller's Road, Benson Town, PO Box 4600, Bangalore 560046. IndiaTel: 080 333335. Center for Informal Education and Development StudiesNo. 7, Balaji LayoutWheeler Road ExtensionBangalore 560 084IndiaSt. Ignatius Social CentreProbhat Nagar, HonavarP.O. UK (Dt) Karnataka, India 581334Working Women's Forum55 Bhimsena Garden RoadMadras 600 004Tamil NaduIndiaTel: 44-74553 or (9144) 4993937 or 4992853Fax: 44-944444 or (9144) 4992853Association of unorganised or Informal women workers. Madras Women's Indian AssociationIndian Council for World Affairs, 43 GreenwaysMadras 600028IndiaMother Teresa Women's University13 Race Course RoadGuindy Madras - 600032IndiaSisters, For Polycultural lesbians. PO Box 26, Tambaram, Madras 600 059IndiaMartec Center for the Advancement of Women25 Cathedral RoadMadrasTamil Nadu 600086IndiaCentre for Development StudiesUlloor TrivandrumKerala State 695011IndiaWomen's Research CentreP-595, Purna Das RoadCalcutta 700019IndiaJoint Women's Programme16 Elgin Road, Calcutta 700020. IndiaTel: 033-749945Streelakha(Feminist Publisher) 16 Southern AvenueCalcutta 700 026IndiaSanhita Gender Resource Centre 89B Raja Basanta Roy Road 700 029 Calcutta India Tel: +91 33 466 2150 or +91 33 463 1430 Fax: +91 33 473 0687 or +91 33 473 5619 Sanhita, an initiative of women activists in West Bengal, was born out of a need for information activism and networking among grassroots organizations working towards the empowerment of women. Sanhita aims to increase women's access to information. Sanhita conducts gender trainings, publishes, provides a referral service, and produces advocacy materials. Sanhita also collects, processes, and disseminates information through action research programs and by means of a library and documentation centre. Joint Women's ProgrammeJWP No. 15 Ramalinga Nagar, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Kottivakkam, Thiruvanmiyur, Madras 800041. India&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-4768250185252532365?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/4768250185252532365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=4768250185252532365' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/4768250185252532365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/4768250185252532365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/women-ngos-in-india.html' title='Women NGOs in India'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-1610385729462649774</id><published>2008-06-02T02:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T02:47:38.438-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list of ngo in india'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='List of the leading Non-governmental organizations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo directory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list of ngos in india'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Non-governmental organizations'/><title type='text'>Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Directory</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Directory&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[ List of the leading Non-governmental organizations that are operating within the country ]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ENVIS Centre at World Wide Fund for Nature-India, New Delhi has published an NGO Directory working in the field of Environment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;For more details please contact:-&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Ravi Singh - Secretary General and CEO&lt;br /&gt;Mr. G. Areendran - Head ENVIS Centre&lt;br /&gt;Address: World Wide Fund for Nature-India172-B, Lodi Estate, New Delhi - 110 003.&lt;br /&gt;E-mail:igcmc@wwfindia.net, rkumar@wwfindia.net Website : &lt;a href="http://www.wwfenvis.org/portal.htm" target="_self"&gt;http://www.wwfenvis.org/portal.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Telephone : +91-011-51504791/51504794Fax : +91-011-51504779/4795&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-1610385729462649774?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/1610385729462649774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=1610385729462649774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/1610385729462649774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/1610385729462649774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/non-governmental-organizations-ngo.html' title='Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Directory'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-546977016216527479</id><published>2008-06-02T02:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T02:44:26.788-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grants ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list of ngo in india'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list of ngos in india'/><title type='text'>Partial list of NGO's working on HIV/AIDS in India</title><content type='html'>Partial list of NGO's working on HIV/AIDS in India (1998 list from NACO)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ANDHRA PRADESH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Dr. M. Vijaya Kiran,Society for Integrated Development in Urban and Rural Areas(SIDUR),B51/F1, Vijayanagar Colony, Hyderabad-500057.Tel:-040-221108, 3320709(O),Fax:-040-229583, 040-841697&lt;br /&gt;2. Shri J. Samba Sivrao,Secretary,Action for Integrated Rural and Tribal DevelopmentSocial Services Society, (AIRTDS),D.No.1-27-14, Tanka Salawari Street,Nazarpet, Tenali-522201,Ph:- (08644) (25739), Fax:- 24560&lt;br /&gt;3. Dr. Ramesh Babu, Chief Functionary,BOSS ( Blood Donors' Organisation for Social Service)7-46, Vasavi Nagar (M.R. Palli),Tirupati-517 502.Chittoor District,Andhra Pradesh.Ph:- 08574-50050&lt;br /&gt;4. Dr. G. Prabhakar,Mahila Vikas Sansthan,1-4-126, Naurajee Road,Vishakapatnam.&lt;br /&gt;5. Dr. Koutikuppala Surya Rao,Child Foundation of India,Plot 120, D.No.39.5.30,Muralinagar,Vishkapatnam-530007.Ph:- 558529&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Shri Neeraj Kumar Balaiah,General secretary,Dweep Youth Club,c/o Nehru Yuvak Kendra,Head Post Office,Port Blair-744101A&amp;amp;N IslandsASSAM&lt;br /&gt;8. Dr. S. I. Ahmed AIDS Prevention Society,Zoo Narangi Road,Guwahati, Assam.-781021.Tel:-03786-22328Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.Ph:- 0361-560992.&lt;br /&gt;9. Ms Reeta Devi, TrusteeILA TRUST,D-44, Sujan Singh Park,New Delhi-110003.Telefax:-91-11-4629541Fax:-91-11-6830291&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BIHAR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Shri Ganesh Prasad Singh,ADITHI2/30, State Bank Colony II,Baley Road, Patna-800014.Telefax:-0612-283018&lt;br /&gt;11. Mr. Vinoy Kumar Ohdar,Bihar Voluntary Health Association,West of Ganga Apartment, Opp. L.C.T. Ghat,Mainpura,Patna-800 001.Ph:- (0612) (266605). Fax:- 266884.&lt;br /&gt;12. M. Pilar Guedea,Mahila Jagriti Kendra,P.O. IE Gomia,Dist.Bokaro,Pin-829112.Ph:- (06544) (61040)&lt;br /&gt;13. Shri Atanu Majumdar,Bhorukha Public Welfare Trust,Raxaul, Bihar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHANDIGARH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14. Mr. Surinder Verma,Citizen Awareness Group,2812, Sector-28-C, Chandigarh.&lt;br /&gt;15. Shri Onkar Chand, Secretary,Servants of the People Society,Lajpat Rai Bhawan, Sec-15-B, Chandigarh.Ph:-780611GOA&lt;br /&gt;16. Ms. Marriette Gorrea, Director,Positive Life,Flat No.A/7, Skylark Apartments,Near Cine A1 Dorado,Panji, Goa-403 002.Ph(832) (224 428) (231 827)Fax:- 229355.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GUJARAT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17. Ms. Suchi Rawal,Gujarat AIDS Awareness and Prevention Unit,8/01, Siddha Chakra Apartments, Ahmedabad,Gujarat.Ph:- 6575282, Fax:- 6572962.&lt;br /&gt;18. Fr. Cedric Prakash,St. Xaviers Social Service Society,P.O. Box 4088, Navrangpura,Ahmedabad-380 009.Tel:- 495238.Fax:- 642 6362.&lt;br /&gt;19. Mrs. Bunny Nag,Baroda Citizens Council,Above Health Museum,Sayoji Bang, Baroda-390018.Tel:- (0256) 793415/794596.&lt;br /&gt;20. Dr. Barath Bhagat,Lok Sevak Mandal,C. H. Bhagat Working Women Hostel,Near Dalal Apartments,Vikas Gruti Road, Paldi,Ahmedabad-380 007.Tel:-419 260.Fax:- 6612608&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HARYANA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;21. Shri J.H.Gopal,Secretary General, Jetty Foundation,203, Sector-37, Faridabad-121003Haryana&lt;br /&gt;22. Ms. Sumitra Chowhar,Nari Chetana Sangaythan,1322, Sec.-14, Sonipat,Ph:- (01264) - 43459.&lt;br /&gt;23. Shri J.N. Gahlant,Secretary,Indian Red Cross Society,Rohtak,Tel:- (01262) 44588.HIMACHAL PRADESH&lt;br /&gt;24. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Sinha,Himachal Pradesh Voluntary Health Association,Eleant Bhawan, Khalina, Shimla-171002.Tel:- 223132.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JAMMU AND KASHMIR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;25. Mr. Shabir Ahmed, Mustafa,General Secretary,Imam Hussain Foundation,8/3, Polo View,Sri Nagar - 190 001.Kashmir,Ph:- 478053.KARNATAKA&lt;br /&gt;26. Ms. Edwina Pereira,International Nursing Services Association,2/1, Benson Road, Benson Town, Bangalore - 560 046.Tel:- 080-5513299.Fax:- 080-5574633.&lt;br /&gt;27. Shri R.E. Laivgo, Assistant Project Officer,SAMRAKSHA,402, Ranka Park Apartments,4th Block, Ground Floor,456, Lal Bagh Road, Bangalore-560027.Ph:- (080) (2238297)&lt;br /&gt;28. Mr. Bhagwandas,Karnataka State Trainers Collective,1st floor, Rowan Villa Compound,Daddalkad-NH-17-Link Road,Post Ashoknagar, DaddalkadMangalore-575006.Ph:- (080) (561503)&lt;br /&gt;29. Mr. Belle Gowda, Project Officer,MYRADA,No.2, Service Road,Dumlur Layout,Bangalore-560071.Tel:-554 3166, 5572028, 5564457,Fax:-556 9982.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KERALA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;30. Shri Rajesh Williams,Administrative Officer,ADIC-India,T.C.26/2203, Spencer Junction,Trivandram-695001.Telefax:- (0471) (462086)&lt;br /&gt;31. Dr. George Joseph C.,Kusumagiri Mental Health Centre,Kusumagiri PO,Kakkanad,Kochi-682 030.Tel:-422 215.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MADHYA PRADESH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;32. Shri Umesh Vashisht,Centre for Integrated Development,42, Manik Vilas, Gwalior.Tel:- 326174, 424686.&lt;br /&gt;33. Daniel J. Theophilas,Centre for Labour Education and Social Research,C-14 Indira Vihar, Seepat Road,PB No.58, Bilaspur-495001.Tel:- 07752/20464, (04452) (40144)Fax:- 20144, 23306.&lt;br /&gt;34. Shri R.P. Saraf, Secretary,Madhya Pradesh Bal Kalyan Parishad,(Street Children),Hostel No.5, Piplani, Bhopal-462 021.Ph:-586851.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MAHARASHTRA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;35. Dr. I. S. Gilada,Indian Health Organisation,Municipal School Building,JJ Hospital Compound,Mumbai-400 008.Tel:- 3738999Fax:- 3864433&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;36. Dr. Vimala Nadkarni,Tata Institute of Social Sciences,(Dept. of Medical &amp;amp; Psychiatric Social work),Post Box No.8313,Sion-Trombay Road, Deonar.Mumbai-400 088.Tel:-556 3290 -96.Fax:-556 2912.37. Dr. V.S. Gore,Sevadham Trust,C/o Manoj Clinic,1148, Sadashiv Peth, Pune - 411 030.Tel:-472700&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;38. Dr. R. Gowd.(President)Service of Society,'A' Wing, Umiya Apartments,Canada Corner,Nasik-422 005.Tel:-(0253) 578793, 570707Fax:- 350750&lt;br /&gt;39. Dr. Asha Apte,Vanchit Vikas,405/9, Narayanpet, Behind Modi Ganpati Temple,Pune-411 030Ph:- 454658, 483050&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;40. Dr. Jairaj G. Thanekar,ASHA Project, AIDS/STD and Health Action,Mumbai Municipal Corporation,IInd floor, Municipal Eye Hospital,Maulana Shaukat Ali Marg,Mumbai-400008.Tel:-3080486, 3088609(O)Fax:- 3005175.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;41. Sr. Anne John R.J.M.,Catholic Nurses Guild of India,C.N. G.I. National Secretariat 2,St. Michael Annex, 2nd Floor,Mahim, Mumbai-400 016.Tel:-4456135Fax:-4456135.&lt;br /&gt;42. Dr. Mandeep Dhaliwal,Lawyers Collective,4th Floor, Jalaram Jyot,63, Ghogha Street,(Janambhoomi Lane), Flora Foundation,Mumbai-400001.Tel:-2830957, 285-2543,Fax:-282 3570.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;43. Dr. Subhash Hira,Director,AIDS Research &amp;amp; Control Organisation (ARCON),STD Building,JJ Hospital,Mumbai-400 008.Ph:- 3742193Fax:- 444 0378&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MANIPUR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;44. Shri Nobokishore Singh,Secretary,Centre for Social Development,Place Compound (West),Imphal-795001. ManipurTel:-230004.&lt;br /&gt;45. Dr. Jayanta Kumar,Institute for Social Diseases,Singhjamei, Mathak, Chowngtham Leokai,Imphal-795001. Manipur.Tel:-(0385)-227574&lt;br /&gt;46. Shri H. Raghumani SinghLifeline FoundationKeishamthong, Top Leirah, Imphal-395001.Telefax:- 0385-224186.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;47. Shri Vikram Nepram,Project Director,Continuum of Care Project,C/o Medical Directorate,Govt. of Manipur,Lamphelpat, Imphal-4,Manipur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MEGHALAYA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;48. Mr. A.O. Johny,Project Officer,Bosco Reachout,Don Bosco,Guwahati-1.Tel:-510457.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MIZORAM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;49. Dr. J.C. Chhuanlianm,Programme Coordinator,Community Health Action Network (CHAN),P.O. Box 5,Aizwal-796 001.Mizoram.Tel:- 0389-26106, 27609&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEW DELHI&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;50. Ms. Anjali Gopalan, Director,The NAZ Foundation(India) Trust,D-45, Gulmohar Park,New Delhi.Tel:- 6851970, 6851971.Fax:- 6859113.&lt;br /&gt;51. Ms. Shenaz Akhtar,Rajiv Gandhi Foundation,1, Rajendra Prasad Road,Jawahar Bhawan,New Delhi-110001.Tel:- 3755117, 3755118Fax:- 3755117&lt;br /&gt;52. Shri Shankar Chowdhury, Addl.Prof &amp;amp; Coordinator,NGO-AIDS Cell,Centre for Community Medicine,AIIMS. Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029.Tel:-6852785&lt;br /&gt;53. Ms. Elizabeth Vatsyayan, AIDS Awareness Group(AAG),119-Humayunpur,Safdarjung Enclave,New Delhi-110029.Tel:- 6187953/6187954&lt;br /&gt;54. Dr. Sushma Sengupta,Drishtikon,1207, Sector_D, Pocket-1,Vasant Kunj,New Delhi-110070.&lt;br /&gt;55. Dr. Nalini Sahay,TORCH,D-1033, New Friends Colony,New Delhi.Tel:- 6821636Fax:- 6828383.&lt;br /&gt;56. Dr. Bitra George,Salaam Baalak Trust,2492, Sec-D, Pocket-II,Vasant Kunj,New Delhi-110070.Tel:- 6898129&lt;br /&gt;57. Mr. Luke Sampson,SHARAN,G-46, Ist floor,Green Park, Main,New Delhi-110016.&lt;br /&gt;58. Mr. Rajesh Kumar,Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses (SPYM),B-4/3054, Vasant Kunj,New Delhi-110067.Tel:- 6893872Fax:- 6896229&lt;br /&gt;59. Mr. Ramesh Venkatraman,Positive Life,2466, Sec-D-Pocket II,Vasant Kunj,New Delhi-110070.&lt;br /&gt;60. Ms. S. Lalitha,Joint Women's Programme,14, Jangpura-B,Mathura Road,New Delhi-110014.Ph:- 4319821, 4313681Fax:- 4313681, 4313660&lt;br /&gt;61. Ms. Sadha Mohan,Editor, Nexus,Population Services International India,C-445, Chittranjan Park, Post Box-7360,New Delhi-110019.Ph:- 6428379,Fax:- 6467419&lt;br /&gt;62. Shri Ravi Chopra,Secretary,DISHA,13/8 8, Block C-4-B,Janakpuri,New Delhi-58.Ph:-5554530Fax:- 5685670&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ORISSA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;63. Shri B. P. Patnaik,Indo National Socio Economic Foundation, A/8, Ashok Nagar, Bhubaneshwar-751009.Tel:- (0674) 404717)Fax:-420333&lt;br /&gt;64. Shri M.R. Mishra,Jeevan Rekha Parisad,N I/150, I.R.C. Village,Nayapalli,Bhubaneshwar-751015Tel: 452464.&lt;br /&gt;65. Dr. P.K. Sahoo,Project Coordinator,SHED (Society for Health Education and Development)AT/PO/ Dist. Rayagada, Orissa-1.Tel:- (06856) 22031&lt;br /&gt;66. Shri K.C. Panigrahi,Indian Management of Technical Society,116, Station Square, Bhubaneshwar,Tel:- 503128.&lt;br /&gt;67. Dr. Geeta Mohanty,C.D.M.U.97, Forest Park, Bhubaneshwar,Telefax:- (0674) 408605&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PONDICHERRY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;68. Smt. Shyamala Ashok,(Executive Director),SOCIETY FOR DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH &amp;amp; TRAINING (SFDRT),Ratna Talkies Complex, Pondicherry-605001.&lt;br /&gt;69. Smt. Shyamala Natraj/Smt. A. Baby,South Indian AIDS Action Programme,(SIAAP)2/45, Ayyanar Koil Street, Thattanchavadi, Pondicherry.Ph:- 416141, 417224Fax:- (044) 4918747&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PUNJAB&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;70. Ms. Kulvinder Kaur,Project Coordinator,AIDS Prevention Society Punjab,1058/1, Sector-39, Chandigarh,Punjab.Tel:- (0172) 696361&lt;br /&gt;71. Mr. Mandeep Sharma,Registered Motivator,Blood Donors Council,Rahon Road, Nawan Shahar,Punjab-144514.Tel:- 20974, 20212&lt;br /&gt;72. Mr. G.D. Arora,President,International Forum for Education &amp;amp; Development,Head office 16, Sewa Nagar, Putlighar,Amritsar-143001.Tel:-210811, 210833, 272607, 272802.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RAJASTHAN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;73. Dr. C.L. Paliwal,Medical Officer,Seva Mandir,Fatehpura, Udaipur.&lt;br /&gt;74. Dr. Dinesh Mathur,Shanti Deep,5-JA-13, Jawahar Nagar,Jaipur-302004.Tel:- 560291, 560244Fax:- (0141) 365268&lt;br /&gt;75. Mr. Rakesh SnehiRajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal,Vishwamitra Ashram,Anandpura (Topdara),Ajmer.Tel:- 420635, 427840&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SIKKIM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;76. Dr. Yogesh Verma,Rotary ClubGangtok, Sikkim,Tel:- 24555&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TAMIL NADU&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;77. Dr. S. Sunderaman,Director,AIDS Research Foundation of India,20/2, Bagirathy Ammal Street,T. Nagar, Madras-600 017.Tamil Nadu.Tel:- 8258014, 8234797&lt;br /&gt;78. Dr. Suniti Solomon,Director,Y.R.G. CareRaman Street, Chennai-600 017.Tel:- 8264242Fax:- 8259600&lt;br /&gt;79. Ms. L. Kumaramangalam,PRAKRITI,6, Jaganathan Road,Nungambakkam,Chennai -600 034.Tel:-8276222Fax:-044-8269625.&lt;br /&gt;80. Ms. Jaya Sreedhar,Media Foundation,No.6, Numgambaam High Road,Chennai -6.Tel:-044-8278870.Fax:-821 2138&lt;br /&gt;81. Shri Ashok Pillai,Indian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (INP+),20-C, Thrimalai Pillai Road,Chennai:-600 017.Tel:-(044) 8258014Fax:- (044) 8256842&lt;br /&gt;82. Dr. Bimal Charles,Assistant Director - NGO Programme, AIDS Prevention and Control Project(APAC)Voluntary Health Services,Adiyar, T.T.T.I. post,Chennai-600113&lt;br /&gt;83. Dr. Saraswati Sankaran,DESH,3 D' Monte Colony,TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai -600 018.Tel:- 499 5580Fax:-4970354.&lt;br /&gt;84. Shri L.D. Xavier,Managing Trustee,Reaching the Unreached Trust,Susai Nagar, Pathiavaran,Tamil Nadu - 632326.Ph:- (04175) 25020&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TRIPURA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;85. Dr. Ms.Shreelekha Rai,Voluntary Health Association of Tripura,Near Bangladesh Post Office,Agartala-799007.Tel:-0381-222849.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UTTAR PRADESH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;86. Dr.(Mrs.) Madhur Chopra,Medical Officer in charge,Sarjivan Kalyan Samiti,275, Katghar,Allahabad.&lt;br /&gt;87. Shri Bimal Arora,CIDRAP,485/14, Mohan Meakin Road,Daliganj, Lucknow-20 (U.P.)Ph:-323863, 370461Fax:- 212714&lt;br /&gt;88. Mrs. Sutapa Mukherjee,(Secretary)Gram Niyojan Kendra,R-10/1181, New Raj Nagar,Ghaziabad-201002.Tel:- 91717291, 91723782&lt;br /&gt;89. Ms. Doe Nair,Women Action Group, CHELSEA,House No.181, Sec-37,NOIDA,Dist.-Gautambudh Nagar.Tel:- 8572483 Fax:- 857 2425&lt;br /&gt;90. Dr. S.N. Bhargawa, Secretary,Voluntary Action for Community Health(VACH),B/M-213, Kedar Nagar, Agra-282010.Tel:-0562-261484&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WEST BENGAL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;91. Ms. Anandita Roy,Child in Need Institute(CINI),Post Box No.16742,Calcutta-700027.Tel:- 4678192, 4671206&lt;br /&gt;92. Mr. Apurba Ghosh.West Bengal Voluntary Blood Donors Forum,73, Pioneer Park, Barasat,North 24, Paragnas,West Bengal-743201.Tel:-5525277&lt;br /&gt;93. Ms. Taposhi BhattacharyaVivekananda Education Society,13/3, Kalicharan Dutta Road,Calcutta-61.Tel:- 4680365, 4681550Fax:- 468-0364&lt;br /&gt;94. Ms.Papia Sen,West Bengal Voluntary Health Association,AIDS Control &amp;amp; Prevention Programme,19 A, Dr. S.M. Avenue,Calcutta -700014.Tel:- 2446754Fax:- 2487628&lt;br /&gt;95. Shri Ravi Kant, Jan Shakti Vahini,A-139, Shivalik, Malviya Nagar,(Opp. Aurobindo College),New Delhi.Tel:- 6283054, 8-271267.Fax:- 6852080&lt;br /&gt;96. Shri Deepak Meshram,Voluntary Health Association of India,40, Institutional Area,South of IIT, Near Qutab Hotel,New Delhi-110 069.Tel:-6518071/2, 6515018&lt;br /&gt;97. Dr. T.C. Sharma,Indian Red Cross Society,1 Red Cross Road,New Delhi-110001.Tel:-3711551, 37164441, 3716305Fax:-3717454.&lt;br /&gt;98. The Branch Manager,Family Planning Association of India,FPAI, Bhawan, Sec-4, R.K. Puram,New Delhi-22.Tel:- 6172359&lt;br /&gt;99. Dr. S. Nath,SULABH, Sulabh International Institute of Health &amp;amp; Hygiene,Sulabh Bhawan, Mahavir Enclave, Plam-Dabri, New Delhi.Tel:- 5553823, 5501494&lt;br /&gt;100. Dr. Shobha Yoman,Christian Medical Association of India,A-3, Plot No.2,Local shopping Centre, Janak Puri,New Delhi-110058.Tel:-559971-3Fax:-5598150.101. Ms. Niharika SinhaParivar Seva Sansthan,J-125, Sahet,New Delhi-17,Tel:- 6965710, 6967473.Fax:- 6967473.&lt;br /&gt;102. Dr. Rajiv Tandon,Regional Director (HIV/ AIDS),Rotary International South East Asia,c/o Tandon Nursing House,C-55, Anand Niketan,New Delhi- 21.Telefax:- 6875354&lt;br /&gt;103. Dr. Christopher Nathan, Medical Officer,The Catholic Health Association of India,P.B. No.2126, Gunroch Enclave, Secunderabad-500003.Tel:- 8482923&lt;br /&gt;104. Shri Madhab Lal chaterjee,Indian society of Blood Transfusion &amp;amp; Immunohaematology,C/o 73, Pioneer Park, Barasat, North 24, Paraganas,West Bengal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PARTIAL list of Foreign Agencies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Ms.Doris D' Cruz Grote, UNAIDS - India,C-199, Defence Colony,New Delhi-110 024.Tel:- 6875760Fax:- 6885540&lt;br /&gt;2. Shri Mehboob Dada,European Commission,42-A, Golf Link,New Delhi-110003.Tel:- 4627896&lt;br /&gt;3. Mr. Bob Fryatt//Mr. G. Balasubramanium / Ms. Madhu Deshmukh,DFID-Health &amp;amp; Population Office,50-M, Shantipath,(Gate No. 4, Niti Marg,)Chanakyapuri,New Delhi-110021.Tel:- 6871657&lt;br /&gt;4. Ms. Geetanjali Mishra,Programme Officer,Ford Foundation,55, Lodi Estate,New Delhi-110003.Tel:- 4619441&lt;br /&gt;5. Ms.Poonam Mutreja,MacArthur Foundation,Core C, Zone VA, 1st Floor,India Habitat Centre,Lodi Estate,New Delhi-110003.&lt;br /&gt;6. Dr. Ravi Anand,CEDPA,IFPS,Liason Office,4/2, Shanti Niketan,New Delhi-110021.&lt;br /&gt;7. Mr. J.P. Narain,Regional Advisor on AIDS,WHO House,I.P. Estate,New Delhi.Tel:-331 7804, 3317323Fax:- 3318412&lt;br /&gt;8. Ms. Jillian Nellsop,AusAid,Australian High Commission,New Delhi.Tel:- 6888223Fax:- 6887492&lt;br /&gt;9. Ms. Yasmin Zaveri,SIDA,C/o Swedish Embassy,Nyaya Marg,Chanakya Puri,Behind Russian Embassy,New Delhi-21.Tel:-6875760Fax:- 6885540&lt;br /&gt;10. Dr. Sanjiv Kumar,UNICEF, India Country Office,73, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003.Tel:- 4690401Fax:- 4690410&lt;br /&gt;11. Ms. Asa Anderson,UNESCO,UNESCO House,9, Poorvi Marg, Vasant Vihar,New Delhi-110057. Tel:-6141437&lt;br /&gt;12. Mr. Wasim Zaman/Dr. Farah Usman,UNFPA, Representative,55, Lodi Estate,New Delhi - 110003.Tel:-4628877, 3782317&lt;br /&gt;13. Mrs. Geeta Sethi,Officer-in-charge,Regional Project on HIV and Development,C-199, Defence Colony,New Delhi-110003.Tel:-4632339Fax:-4631647&lt;br /&gt;14. Dr. Abdul Latif,Regional Representative,UNDCP,11C, 40 Max Mueller Marg,New Delhi- 110003&lt;br /&gt;15. Dr. K. Sudhakar,Office of Population, Health &amp;amp; Nutrition, USAID, B-28, Institutional Area,Qutab Hotel Road,New Delhi-110016.Tel:-6865301Fax:-6868594&lt;br /&gt;16. Mr. Werner K. Blenk,Director, ILO Area Office,3rd Floor, India Habitat Centre,Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003.&lt;br /&gt;17. Dr. Isabelle de Zoysa,Population Council of India,Zone 5A, Ground Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003.Tel:-4642901Fax:-4642903&lt;br /&gt;18. Ms. Tara A. Sharma,Programme Officer,NORAD,50-C, Shantipath,Chanakyapuri,New Delhi-110019.&lt;br /&gt;19. Dr. Jomes Abraham,Director,HOPE Foundation,(An affiliate of Hope World wide),D-32, 1st Floor, Jangpura Extension,New Delhi-110014.Tel:-4321515, 4311359Tel:-4319672&lt;br /&gt;20. Dr. Raj Kumar,Public Health Specialist,World Bank, New Delhi.Tel:-4617241&lt;br /&gt;21. Dr. Henry Alderfex,Project Concern International,Tel:-4641624Fax:-4641625&lt;br /&gt;22. Dr. T. Walia,WHO/WR India,Tel:- 3018955.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-546977016216527479?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/546977016216527479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=546977016216527479' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/546977016216527479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/546977016216527479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/partial-list-of-ngos-working-on-hivaids.html' title='Partial list of NGO&apos;s working on HIV/AIDS in India'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-2572059611461029419</id><published>2008-06-02T02:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T02:14:39.839-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngosinindia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Directory of NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>Directory of NGOs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Directory of NGOs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Directory of NGOs has been compiled from the following sources:Environmental NGOs in India. A Directory 1999 (Indira Gandhi Conservation Monitoring Centre).The Little Green Book. A Directory of Environmental Opportunities (Kalpavriksh)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Assam Science Society has 75 branches and was set up in 1953 to disseminate science knowledge.They impart environmental education and training through camps for teachers and students and conduct surveys on environment. Publications: Science books and journals.&lt;br /&gt;General SecretaryAssam Science Society, LatsilLamb RoadGuwahati - 781 001Assam&lt;br /&gt;BAIF Development Research Foundation Kamdahnu was set up in 1967 at Urli Kanchan, Pune District to improve the quality of life of the poor through regeneration of degraded resources such as land, livestock, water and vegetation. They carry out tree plantation, agro forestry and wasteland development and conduct research on tree species capable of surviving in adverse conditions. They do consultancy for afforestation, wasteland and watershed management. They encourage the use of non-conventional sources of energy.Publications: The BAIF journal (quarterly).&lt;a href="http://www.ngoindia.com/baif/"&gt;http://www.ngoindia.com/baif/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PresidentBAIF Development Research Foundation KamdhenuSenapati Bapat MargPune - 411 016Maharashtra&lt;br /&gt;Bombay Natural History Society started its work in September 1883 at Mumbai. It aims to collect data on the specimens on natural history throughout the Indian sub-continent. To disseminate knowledge of flora and fauna by means of lectures, field trips, literature and expeditions and, to study wildlife related problems and recommend management plans to conserve wildlife and its habitat. It conducts field research projects on bird migration and studies on the movement and population structure of Indian avifauna. It also conducts studies of certain endangered species of wildlife and their habitat and through environmental education impart the knowledge and awareness of the need to conserve wildlife.Publications: Hornbill (4 issues in a year), other jourals.&lt;a href="http://www.bnhs.org/"&gt;www.bnhs.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honorary SecretaryBombay Natural History Society (BNHS)Hornbill House, Opposite Lion GateShahid Bhagat Singh MargMumbai&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Centre for Environmental Education (CEE) was set up in 1984 to spread awareness of environmental issues and try to find solutions for them. It is based at Ahmedabad and they have offices all over the country. They mainly aim to create environmental awareness in the communities.They conduct widespread environmental education and training programmes through a very vast network. They have also taken up projects related to conservation of biodiversity and eco-development.Publications and database:They have a vast range of publications – books, posters, educational packages, bibliographies and directories. There is also a large computerised database – the Environment Education bank, which has a collection of more than 800 environment concepts, about 2500 environment related activities and 100s of case studies.&lt;a href="http://education.vsnl.com/cee/index.html"&gt;education.vsnl.com/cee/index.html&lt;/a&gt;envfor.nic.in/cee/cee.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DirectorCentre for Environment Education (CEE)Thaltej TekraAhmedabad - 380 054Gujarat&lt;br /&gt;Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) does research, investigative and educational work in the field of pollution, forest, wildlife, land and water use.The activities are carried out through lectures, field trips, publications, exhibitions on the various issues they take up, meetings and workshops. Publications:Down to Earth - a fortnightly environment magazine; Children’s magazine The Gobar Times; books; reports; computer database; audio visuals, etc.&lt;a href="http://www.oneworld.org/cse/"&gt;www.oneworld.org/cse/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DirectorCentre for Science and Environment (CSE)41, Institutional AreaTuglakhabadNew Delhi - 110 062&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clean Ahmedabad Abhiyan is alocal NGO that has been working with the Ahmedabad municipal corporation in the area of solid waste and is instrumental for organizing door to door meetings, awareness campaigns to educate people about the importance of segregating waste into biodegradable and recyclable waste. Once they have convinced the people of this the household begins segregating the waste.&lt;a href="http://www.un.org/esa/earthsummit/abhiyan.htm"&gt;www.un.org/esa/earthsummit/abhiyan.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CPR Environmental Education Centre (C.P.Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation) is based at Chennai and was set up in 1989 to promote environmental awareness, to produce and disseminate basic educational and reference material on environment and to take up environmental projects.It has done a study of the sacred groves of Tamilnadu and soil and water analysis. Gives guidance on environmental laws, environmental impacts and management studies. It works in the field of environmental education. Has promoted smokeless chulhas and other renewable sources of energy. Publications:Books on environment, posters, audio cassettes, web site on environment education.&lt;a href="http://www.crpeec.or/"&gt;http://www.crpeec.or/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DirectorC.R.P. Environment Eductaion CentreI A Eldams Road, AlwarpetChenna - 600 018&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal was set up at Gopeshwar, Chamoli District, U.P. in 1964. Its aims are to encourage forest conservation and the use of forest products for self employment; to cut down soil erosion by encouraging volunteers to build embankments in the catchment areas and to plant trees.The world famous Chipko Movement was spearheaded by this organization. It gives a great deal of importance to forest conservation in the Himalayas. It has promoted environmental awareness in these areas and carried out major eco-regeneration programmes.&lt;br /&gt;SecretaryDasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal (DGSM)GopeshwarChamoli District - 246 401Uttar Pradesh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Darpana Academy of Performing Arts was set up in Ahmedabad in 1984 to spread education in dance, drama and puppetry.Through their various activities they spread the message of a better environment. They have launched a programme ‘Jagruti’, a school project for environmental empowerment.Publication and aids: Video and audio tapes&lt;a href="http://www.darpana.com/"&gt;http://www.darpana.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Smt. Mrinalini V. SarabhaiFounder DirectorDarpana Academy of Performing ArtsUsmanpura, Ashram RoadAhmedabad - 380 013Gujarat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Development Alternatives based at Delhi, work in all parts of the country. It was established in 1983 to design options and promote sustainable development through programmes of economic efficiency, equity and social justice, resource conservation and self-reliance. Its activities cover the entire nation. They are working in the field of pollution monitoring and control; waste recycling management; wasteland development; appropriate technology. Publications and aids: Monthly newsletter, audio cassettes (songs on environment and development), video cassettes (Green Show) &lt;a href="http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/devalt/dagrp.htm"&gt;www.ecouncil.ac.cr/devalt/dagrp.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PresidentDevelopment AlternativesB-33/2, Institutional Area, Tara CrescentNew MehrauliNew Delhi - 110 016&lt;br /&gt;Friendicoes, Society for the Eradication of Cruelty to Animals was set up at Delhi in 1979 to rescue, feed and medicate all injured, abused and ownerless animals; to promote adoption programmes for animals. Humane education programmes for schools and slum areas; sterilisation of stray dogs; running mobile clinics in slum areas.&lt;br /&gt;27/273 under Defence Colony Flyover,New Delhi - 110 024&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friends of the Doon was founded in 1983 as a pressure group against illegal mining, tree felling and as a platform for voicing people’s grievances. They aim at preserving and rehabilitating the environment of the Doon Valley, its forests, rivers and mountains. One of their main activities include the support they give to the case against limestone mining. Some of their main activities are in the area of environmental education and afforestation. They also encourage the use of non conventional sources of energy and are executing town beautification schemes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gandhi Peace Foundation – Environment Cell began functioning at Delhi from June 1979. It was set up mainly to promote the environmental activities of rural development agencies; to disseminate environmental information through the publication of up to date reports on environmental issues; to organize workshops and seminars for environmental experts, policy makers, individuals and organisations working for environmental issues. Their activities include researching the role of women in community forestry and rural development; conducting studies in soil erosion, water logging, drainage and seepage around select dams; planting fast growing trees. Publications:They bring out publications and educational aids on the Chipko Movement, environmental education, dams etc; audio visuals on Mitti Bachao, the Chipko Movement, deforestation, the Yamuna and the Narmada rivers and traditional rain harvesting techniques.&lt;a href="http://www.undp.org.in/gup/gpf.htm"&gt;www.undp.org.in/gup/gpf.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gandhi Peace FoundationEnvironment Cell221/223, Deen Dayal Upadhyay MargNew Delhi - 110 002&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Green Future Foundation was set up in 1987 at Pune in Maharashtra to promote and work towards environmental protection, energy and ecological conservation and pollution control. They impart environmental education and training by organising forest based camps for adults and youths. They also do afforestation and have raised a nursery of medicinal and indigenous plants.Publication and aids: Video and audio tapes&lt;br /&gt;Executive SecretaryGreen Future Foundation (GEF)515/5/14, AnjaliEkbote ColonyPune - 411 042Maharashtra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indian Association for Environmental Management (IAEM) was set up at Nagpur in 1963 to educate people on the environment, to encourage the conservation of the environment and to spread environmental knowledge. They conduct seminars, essay competitions and exhibitions related to water and its pollution, they have carried out water pollution control activities and worked in the field of environmental management. Publication: Journal&lt;br /&gt;Indian Association for Environmental Management (IAEM)C/o NEERI, Nehru MargNagpur - 440 020Maharashtra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INTACH Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, New Delhi was set up in 1984 to preserve Indian cultural and natural heritage.They undertake water-harvesting projects in urban areas. They have done studies on the restoration of the ecological balance of freshwater lakes and ponds and marine habitats and prepared maps. They also publish books on environmental issues.Publications: Books on environmental issues - 1. The Greening of India. 2. Land and Water. 3. Tropical Desertification, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Director GeneralIndian National trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)Bhartiyam Near Humayun TombNizamuddinNew Delhi - 110 013&lt;br /&gt;Jammu and Kashmir Environment and Wasteland Development Society works mainly in the Rajouri District to develop wastelands. They have done extensive afforestation in the wasteland areas and identifies wastelands in the area of function.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;General SecretaryJammu &amp;amp; Kashmir Environment andWasteland Development Society14, Ranbir Market, Indira ChowkJammu - 180 001Jammu &amp;amp; Kashmir&lt;br /&gt;Kerala Sastra Sahitiya Parishad was set up in 1962 in Thrissur Kerala to preserve the environment, to provide alternative models for development and to popularize science among the people.They have worked in the field of eco-development, creating awareness about water and energy conservation and encouraging the use of non-conventional energy sources such as smokeless chulhas, etc.Publications: Quarterly publications and books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PresidentKerala Shastra Sahitya ParishadParishat Bhawan, Guruvayeer RoadThrissur - 680 004Kerala&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kalpavriksh was started in 1971 as a movement opposed to the destruction of Delhi’s green area. It is a citizens action group set up to inculcate understanding and concern on environmental issues, especially among the youth. It also aims to conduct research in environmental problems, to campaign on environmental issues and to evolve a holistic environmental perspective. It imparts environmental education in schools and colleges by forming a network of nature clubs, conducting bird watching expeditions and nature trails and has developed workbooks for the school level. It has conducted research on environmental subjects such as an impact assessment study on the Narmada Valley Project, pesticide use in India, air pollution in Delhi, mining activities in Dehra Dun district, protecting the Delhi ridge, are some of the works they have highlighted.Publications:1. The Little Green Book. 2. Narmada – a campaign newsletter. 3. What is that bird (An illustrated guide), etc.&lt;br /&gt;C-17/A, MunirkaNew Delhi - 110 067&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ladakh Ecology Development Group (LEDG) was set up in 1983 in Ladakh in the Leh and Kargil Districts. It aims to promote ecological and sustainable development harmonious with the traditional cultures of the area. They have worked in the area of ecological development and protection of the environment. A great deal of awareness has been generated under their Village Outreach Project. They are encouraging the use of renewable energy sources, promoting organic farming and the making of handicrafts. They have contributed to the ban of plastics in the valley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LEDG, LehLadakh DistrictJammu and Kashmir&lt;br /&gt;Madras Naturalists Society (MNS) commenced its activities in Chennai in 1976 but was registered in 1979. Its main aims are to study environmental problems in and around Chennai;to impart environmental education through seminars and discussions; to imbibe a love for nature through camps and slide shows; to organise visits to sanctuaries in Tamilnadu; to disseminate information on nonpolluting and renewable sources of energy. It imparts environmental education to students and teachers through planting of trees in schools and slide shows. It conducts surveys and symposia on water pollution and forest destruction and is cooperating with other agencies in studying the city’s pollution problems. It has conduated ecological survey and done enumeration of species found on the seacoast along Chennai city. It has been encouraging the use of nonpolluting and renewable sources of energy.Publications: Quarterly journal the Blackbuck, report on a pollution survey of Chennai beaches;checklist of birds in and around Chennai; monthly bulletin on the society’s activities.&lt;br /&gt;8, Janaki AvenueAbhirampuramChennai - 600 018&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Narmada Bachao Andalon was set up in 1986 under the leadership of Medha Patkar. It aims mainly to educate those directly affected by large development projects, such as tribals, on the social and environmental impact of such projects. To protest against the construction of dams in the Narmada Valley in general; struggling towards a right to information and new environmentally sustainable water policy. To help the tribals get a substantial share of the government’s development schemes/services and to unable them to undertake development activities themselves. They mainly educate, mobilize and organize residents of the Narmada Valley on human rights and justice, alternative development policies, environmental issues related to big dams in general and the Narmada project in particular. They undertake surveys of the affected villages, protest against land and forest issues and government interference in this regard. They are fighting against displacement and disregard of the rights of the people.Publication: They come out with a bi-monthly publication the Narmada Samachar.&lt;br /&gt;Smt. Medha PatkarNarmada Dharangrast Samiti(Narmada Bachao Andolan)C/o P.D. DalalPost Box 52Dhule - 424 001Maharashtra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association is based at Ottacamand to conserve the natural resources of the Nilgiri and preserve wildlife and the habitat. Impart environmental education and conduct tree planting, bird watching, and soil conservation programmes. They have assisted in the imposition of hunting restrictions and the protection of the elephant.Publications: Quarterly in English ‘Tahr’ and booklets.&lt;br /&gt;Honarary ScretaryNilgiri Wildlife and Environment AssociationC/o District Forest OfficeNilgiris North DivisionMount Stewart HillOttacamand, Nilgiri District - 643 001Tamil Nadu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Orissa Environmental Society was established in 1982 at Bhubaneshwar. It was set up to encourage and organise study, research, understanding and appreciation of nature. To formulate co-curricular courses in environmental sciences at all levels of education and advise the government. They conduct research, seminars and workshops on forest and wildlife protection and organise eco-development camps. They are campaigning for a biosphere reserve forest area in the state. They are the resource agency for pollution control in Talcher industrial area.Publications: The Journal of Environmental Science, reports, proceedings, etc.&lt;br /&gt;Orissa Environmental Society (OES)N-6/530 NayapalliBhubaneshwar - 751 015&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rajasthan Environment Preservation Society was set up in 1985 at Jaipur to work towards pollution control, afforestation, ecological and environmental preservation. To promote social forestry and plantation and to clean the ponds, lakes and reservoirs. They impart environmental education and awareness, provide consultancy and encourage the use of renewable sources of energy.&lt;br /&gt;The PresidentRajasthan Environment Preservation Society"Vasundara", Tonk RoadJaipur - 302 015&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ramakrishna Mission Lokashiksha Parishad was set up in 1952 and its mission is to uplift the rural people with a view to making them self-reliant. It works in 11 districts covering about 4000 villages. It has been carrying out programmes for the development of the wasteland areas restoration of bundhs in the Sundarbans riverine areas to protect the land from saline water. It has conducted studies on the status, expectation and contribution of non timber forest products for the subsistence of forest fringe dwellers. It has been promoting the use of smokeless chulhas, sanitary toilet linked biogas plants, solar energy; extensive tree plantation; preservation of the Sunderban biosphere; promoting ecofriendly farming. It is also working in the area of environmental education.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DirectorRamakrishna Mission Lokashiksha ParishadBelur MathBelurWest Bengal&lt;br /&gt;Srishti was set up in Delhi in 1988 to promote conservation and enrichment of the environment; to carry out research on all aspects of sustainable living; to foster concern for the environment among the people, making its preservation a shared responsibility. It has been working for the conservation of the Delhi Ridge by involving community participation; they have kept a bird count in the wetlands of Delhi. It has coordinated the Asian midwinter waterfowl census for northern India and has carried out tree plantation, conservation of biodiversity and waste management.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It played a very active role in the drafting and finalisation of the Biodegradable Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998. It worked closely with the CPCB and the MOEF in the finalisation of the rules. Now that the rules have been issued, it is propagating the cause of better bio-medical waste practices&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1001, Antariksh Bhavan22, Kasturba Gandhi MargNew Delhi - 110 001&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), established in 1974,TERI is a wholly independent not-for-profit research institute. Its mission is to develop and promote technologies, policies and institutions for efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. It has been imparting environmental education through projects, workshops, audio visual aids and quiz competitions. It deals with policy related work in the energy sector, research on environmental subjects development on renewable energy technologies and promotion of energy effeciency in the industry and transport. TERI also has a major programme in biotechnology, the applications of which are oriented towards increased biomass production, conversion of waste into useful products and mitigating the harmful environmental impacts of several economic activities. Publications: They have several books on energy, climate change, renewable energy, regulation, environment and sustainable development and forestry &amp;amp; biodiversity. They also publish research journals and digest journals, newsletters. There are also several databases and audio-visuals on various environment issues.Some of them are as follows – 1. TERI Energy Data Directory &amp;amp; Yearbook. 2. Looking back to think ahead. 3. Mahatma Gandhi: an apostle of applied human ecology. 4. How global is global and how warm is warming?, etc.&lt;br /&gt;Director-GeneralTERIDarbari Seth BlockIHC Complex, Lodhi RoadNew Delhi - 110 003&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Theatre in Education Company is affiliated to the National School of Drama New Delhi and was set up in 1989. Its aim is to use theatre as a medium for education. It conducts various environment related plays for children with a view to impart environment education through theatre.&lt;br /&gt;National School of DramaBhagwan Dass RoadNew Delhi - 110 001&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tarun Bharat Sangh began its work in 1984-85 in the rural areas to study local natural resources and to find ways and means to protect them and thereby help maintain the balance of the local ecosystem. They also aim to spread literacy and do other community based work to create a healthy natural environment. They have spread their area of work to 6 districts in Rajasthan. They have organised seminars and workshops on environmental protection. They are working towards preserving the resources of Sariska Tiger Reserve and have initiated a public litigation to stop illegal mining in Sariska. They have done pioneering work on water conservation, tree plantation, wasteland development and soil conservation in the area. They are encouraging the use of gobar gas and solar lighting systems.&lt;br /&gt;BhikampuraP.O. KishoriThanagazi TehsilAlwar - 301 022Rajasthan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tiger link began functioning in 1995 at Delhi under Valmik Thapar and its parent order is the Ranthambore Foundation. It has been established to provide links between different sections working in the interest of the tiger and its habitat, and to effectively take actions to overcome local obstacles. They are working mainly in the field of conservation and the preservation of the environment.Publication: Tigerlink News: a bi-annual newsletter.&lt;br /&gt;19, Kautilya Marg,New Delhi - 110 021&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uttarkhand Seva Nidhi was set up in 1967 to disseminate information o the environment. They have spread environmental education and training and are setting up a resource centre at Almora.&lt;br /&gt;Honorary SecretaryUttrakhand Seva NidhiManerath Sadan, Champa NaulaAlmora - 263 601Uttar Pradesh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vanarai is based in Pune and was first set up in 1982 to promote environmental protection and afforestation and sustainable integrated rural development. Their activities are spread over the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan. They are working in the area of environmental education for school children and teachers and help them in forming ecoclubs. They have led agitations to prevent the felling of trees in the Konkan region; taken active interest in soil and water conservation through simple technologies; promoted smokeless chulhas and gobar gas plants; constructed low cost toilets in the rural areas and have worked in afforestation programmes.Publications:They take out a monthly magazine called Vanarai and have brought out many video cassettes.&lt;br /&gt;Secretary VanaraiAditya Residency, 498Parvati, Mitramandal ChowkPune - 411 009Maharashtra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vatavaran, an NGO working in the sector of solid waste collection. They have around 27 projects in different parts of Delhi including JNU and NOIDA. This organisation was formed in order to improve the ways and means of garbage collection through a more concrete method. People normally dump their garbage indiscriminately in the MCD bins where they overflow and a stink begins rising. But now through the method of door to door collection the colonies are much cleaner then they were before this organisation stepped in. For a very nominal charge the garbage is collected from the doorstep and taken to the private dump where it is segregated. Biodegradable waste is put into compost pits and the non-biodegradable is further segregated into groups such as, glass, paper, and plastics and then send further to recycling industries or to mills that require these for raw material.&lt;br /&gt;In residential colonies such as Asiad Village and Vasant Kunj, where Vatavaran has been very effective, the initiative is now being carried forward by the residents welfare societies of these areas. The compost pits yield very high quality manure that is either sold or used to promote horticultural activities within the colony. This waste now becomes an income source and cost effective.&lt;br /&gt;Asiad Games VillageNew Delhi - 110 049&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World Wide Fund for Nature was set up in India in 1969. The coordinating body the WWF International, is located in Gland in Switzerland. Its main aim is the promotion of conservation of nature and environmental protection as the basis for sustainable and equitable development. It has five broad programme components:a) Promoting India’s ecological security; restoring the ecological balance.b) Conserving biological diversity.c) Ensuring sustainable use of the natural resource base.d) Minimising pollution and wasteful consumption.e) Promoting sustainable lifestyles.&lt;br /&gt;This organisation has been working in the field of biodiversity conservation including field projects, consultancy and research and support to other organizations; forest management; environmental education and awareness. They also work in the area of ecodevelopment, promoting and supporting local conservation networks (Community Biodiversity Conservation Movement). They are doing wildlife trade monitoring, and assisting CITES and related National Legislations; research in Indian and international laws; legal intervention on environmental issues; legal education on environment including Asia’s only diploma course on environmental law. Publications:They have innumerable books, cassettes and data on various issues which can be got from their outlets in the cities.Some of them are as follows – 1. WWW Indian Network Newsletter (Quarterly). 2. Nature News. 3. The Web of Life – a resource pack for children. 4. The Law Digest, etc.Secretary GeneralWWF-IndiaDelhi OfficePirojsha Godrej National Conservation Centre172-B, Max Mueller MargLodhi EstateNew Delhi - 110 003&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-2572059611461029419?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/2572059611461029419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=2572059611461029419' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/2572059611461029419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/2572059611461029419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/directory-of-ngos.html' title='Directory of NGOs'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-4570927311948050051</id><published>2008-06-02T01:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:58:51.030-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo Codes of conduct'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Codes of conduct'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos Codes of conduct'/><title type='text'>Codes of conduct: Who needs them?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="justify"&gt; &lt;em&gt;Nick Leader&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Codes of conduct have become quite a phenomenon in the humanitarian system in the past few years. This edition of the newsletter carries pieces on the Code of Conduct of the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA), the Code of Conduct for Humanitarian Agencies in Sierra Leone, the Principles of Engagement for Humanitarian Assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the NGO Field Cooperation Protocol. Other codes in recent years include the Red Cross/NGO Code of Conduct (perhaps the ‘mother of all codes’ in the humanitarian system), the People in Aid Code in the UK, the Sphere Project Minimum Standards, the Joint Policy of Operation in Liberia (JPO), and the Ground Rules Agreement in south Sudan.&lt;br /&gt;Superficially these codes share a common idea: they are public statements of principles or standards of performance to which a number of agencies voluntarily sign up and against which each agency states it is willing to be judged. The Humanitarian Charter of the Sphere Project expresses this philosophy thus: ‘The Humanitarian Charter expresses agencies’ commitment to these principles and to achieving the minimum standards’. Or, as the Ground Rules declares in its preamble, it ‘seeks to define the minimum acceptable standards of conduct for the activities of OLS agencies and SRRA’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Origins&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many origins to the current emergence of codes. The following three, however, are perhaps the most important:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. The huge proliferation of humanitarian agencies working in conflict since the late 1980s. The original Red Cross/NGO Code of Conduct arose specifically from the concern of the established agencies in Sudan in the late 1980s - notably IFRC and Oxfam - that much of the work being done there was of low quality and that some kind of mechanism was needed to raise standards. The response to the Rwanda crisis and the subsequent Joint Evaluation reinforced understanding of the problem of over-proliferation of agencies and low standards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Growing awareness of the problems of working in the midst of internal war and the growing feeling by many, both within and without the humanitarian system, that aid could be ‘fuelling conflict’. Again the Goma camps were seminal in this respect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. The 'vacuum of regulation' which confronted the hugely increased numbers of NGOs working in the midst of conflict and often in areas where the state had collapsed. There was no regulatory or protective environment either for the agencies or, more importantly, the civilian population. Indeed the flagrant abuse of the rules of war by parties to a conflict was the greatest part of the problem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this context accountability became a watchword, both among critics of humanitarianism and its supporters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Accountability and NGOs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accountability is by no means a straightforward concept. To complicate matters, the ‘accountability trail’ for NGOs is bewildering. Agencies are accountable to the people they are intending to serve. They are also accountable to their donors. They are also accountable to their own organisation’s charter or mandate and legislation governing charitable organisations, both in their home country and the country of operation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is complicated further in that they are also, in a sense, accountable to international humanitarian law. This is a grey but important area. Agencies are not signatories to the Geneva Conventions but there are parts of the conventions that cover humanitarian assistance, notably that it should be impartial and neutral. Authorities are indeed entitled to bar the passage of aid if they think it is not neutral. It could be argued that agencies are thus accountable to both principles of humanitarian action, such as neutrality, and to the governing authorities of an area to ensure the aid they provide is neutral and impartial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus what agencies are accountable to is not an easy concept to define and there are potentially significant ‘conflicts of accountability’ for an agency between the various ‘objects of accountability’. This is a source of ongoing confusion. One of the favourite mechanisms for enhancing accountability has been codes, and this confusion has affected them too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Typologies of codes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since the original Red Cross/NGO Code of Conduct, codes have mushroomed. It is useful to contrast them across various axes. One contrast is country specific codes, such as the Ground Rules, the JPO, and the Sierra Leone code, versus universal codes such as Sphere or the Red Cross/NGO code. The country-specific codes are generally concerned with dealing with the specific problems of a particular operation; for example, the Sierra Leone code deals with the problem of armed convoys. Often they go through a process of inter-agency development during which only a few agencies (interestingly often the same ones) take the lead. They usually assume that agencies need to confront ethical problems and dilemmas with a united front as a way of avoiding manipulation. All draw heavily on the Red Cross/NGO code and all, like the Red Cross/NGO code, have little in terms of detailed protocols or guidelines as to, for example, what neutrality means in a specific context. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A second distinction is between general statements of principle and more detailed statements of performance standards. The best examples of detailed statements is the Sphere Project and the People in Aid code, both of which commit agencies to detailed standards of performance in a number of technical areas. Conversely, the Red Cross/NGO code is more a statement of general principle. And while the country specific codes may be quite detailed about a particular problem - for instance, armed escorts in Sierra Leone - they say little about anything else. An exception is the Ground Rules which commits Operation Lifeline Sudan and the relief wings of the factions to a detailed list of mutual responsibilities. How, or indeed if, general principles such as neutrality can be converted into practice in a specific context is an important problem. The Sphere Project, for instance, despite its technical detail, says very little about neutrality.&lt;br /&gt;Another very important distinction could be described as ‘internal’ versus ‘external’. A number of the country specific codes have an explicit objective to influence the behaviour not only of humanitarian agencies but also the warring parties. The Ground Rules were signed by the SPLA and were intended to promote the SPLA’s respect for international humanitarian and human rights law. The Sierra Leone code workshop had as one of its two objectives 'To ensure that the parties to the conflict recognise and observe the impartiality and the inviolability of humanitarian principles.' The DRC code likewise is addressed to the warring parties and has been signed by them. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is probably the most difficult area for codes and here they move away from self-regulation into the area of conditionality: both the JPO and the Ground Rules have elements of conditionality in them, though fall short of 'full' humanitarian conditionality. Research by ODI shows that this is the least effective area for codes. In short, humanitarian codes cannot fill the vacuum of regulation or impose regulation on warring parties; that can only be done by the great powers, if at all. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Codes in practice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Development and Opt-in: The development of, and opt-in to, codes are closely related. For country specific codes development is often hurried, pushed by a few agencies, and lacking in detail. The current code for the DRC has been pushed by some donors, notably ECHO, and one large agency, MSF, has refused to opt-in. On the other hand the Sphere Project learned from the experience of the Red Cross/NGO code and its project team went through a process of widespread and lengthy consultation with many agencies. Opt-in to Sphere is consequently widespread, though not so much with southern agencies. (For a more detailed analysis of Sphere, see Newsletter 12.) The Ground Rules too took six months to negotiate between OLS and the SPLA and as a consequence addressed many concerns of both organisations.&lt;br /&gt;Development does not stop with the production of a code and many codes continue to develop after they are signed. The JPO, for instance, went through several versions after first being signed in 1996 (see RRN Network Paper 22). And the Sphere Project too will continue to develop after field testing. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although codes are voluntary, there is often an element of compulsion to opt-in. As illustrated by the ACFOA piece, agency motivation in signing up can be partly defensive in that agencies are concerned with their reputation. Donors too are increasingly using signatory of a code as a criterion for disbursing money – for example, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) in the UK with the Red Cross/NGO code, and ECHO with the DRC code. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This raises important questions about the independence of humanitarian agencies and the extent to which codes used in this way could have a negative impact. Indeed under such circumstances they might reduce innovation and experimentation and make agencies refuse to work if they fear they cannot uphold standards for good reasons beyond their control.&lt;br /&gt;Implementation: One problem with agencies signing up to codes is that there is too little thought as to what changes will have to be made in agency procedures as a result. This is particularly the case with shorter, vague and more general codes. More detail makes agencies think harder about what it means to sign up. A recent study of British agencies reported that the Red Cross/NGO code, a short and general code, is a statement which has ‘not been internalised by organisations and remains unused as a means of guiding and auditing their work.’ Agencies need to examine carefully what it means for them to sign up to a code, and develop a strategy for its implementation; implementation also needs to be properly linked with other initiatives concerned with increasing professionalisation, such as training. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So far it appears that evaluations have hardly made reference to codes of conduct. There is room for development here. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Compliance:&lt;/strong&gt; Probably the weakest area of codes is what happens when a signatory breaks them. If the essential nature of a code is that it is a public statement of principles or performance objectives against which an agency commits itself to be judged, then the consequences of breaking the code are important. One of the problems is that all of the compliance mechanisms are, as the ACFOA piece puts it, ‘complaints driven’. Signing up to a code is voluntary and the nature of the business means that agencies are loathe to report one another for transgression. This is reflected by the fact that compliance mechanisms are usually under-developed, and if they do exist are under-used. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Red Cross/NGO code, for example, has only had a handful of complaints in its five year history and as yet has no formal complaint or compliance mechanism. The idea of an Ombudsman has been floated by British agencies as one way of addressing this problem. Again, formal external evaluations could have a role here. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conclusion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As argued above, perhaps the most important motivation behind codes is that agencies are struggling with a ‘vacuum of regulation’, not just for themselves but for the way in which war is fought. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, although codes have considerable promise in some areas they are problematic in others. Any ‘real’ code needs wide participation in its development and opt-in and so depends on a constituency with shared values and objectives. With a shared set of values, vagueness in a code can be acceptable; without it vagueness is a weakness and leads to confusion.&lt;br /&gt;Codes also require individual agencies to develop strategies for implementation, mechanisms for reporting on the strategy, independent evaluation of the success of implementation, an independent compliance mechanism, and the threat of publicity if codes are broken. Given these pre-requisites codes will probably be most successful in improving technical performance.&lt;br /&gt;Codes are, unfortunately though not surprisingly, probably least successful in terms of imposing regulation on warring parties. This is simply not something agencies can do. What they can do, however, is establish their own ethical position and it is in terms of developing common ethical or principled positions in specific circumstances that success is most mixed. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the one hand it would seem that often the ‘conflicts of accountability’ are too great across the range of agencies involved in humanitarian work for them to share common positions. However, developing a common approach to the principles of humanitarian action in a specific context is very important if agencies are to reduce the likelihood that they will be manipulated by anti-humanitarian forces. To achieve this will require considerably more work in terms of thinking through how to put principles, as opposed to standards, into practice. And codes are only part of the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-4570927311948050051?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/4570927311948050051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=4570927311948050051' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/4570927311948050051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/4570927311948050051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/codes-of-conduct-who-needs-them.html' title='Codes of conduct: Who needs them?'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-8147567459294958416</id><published>2008-06-02T01:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:51:33.078-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grants ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fund Raising Campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grant Writing Tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fund-Raising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Funding and Fund-Raising'/><title type='text'>Grant Writing Tips</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="justify"&gt;I've been writing grants for about 15 years, and a part of my consulting practice involves grant-writing to foundations, corporations, and local, state and federal government sources.&lt;br /&gt;This page includes a list of &lt;a href="http://www.seanet.com/~sylvie/grants.htm#Grant"&gt;grant planning questions&lt;/a&gt; and a list of &lt;a href="http://www.seanet.com/~sylvie/grants.htm#Proposal"&gt;basic proposal elements&lt;/a&gt; that I use when I offer grant-writing workshops. I hope you find them useful. Please do keep the attribution to me if you use them - but you are certainly welcome to reproduce and use them with that caveat. Finally, I've included some selected links to &lt;a href="http://www.seanet.com/~sylvie/grants.htm#Grant"&gt;other grant-writing/grant-seeking&lt;/a&gt; resources on the net. There's a lot out there - so these are just a starting point. If you know of a great link I should add, &lt;a href="http://www.seanet.com/~sylvie/grants.htm#drop"&gt;drop me a line&lt;/a&gt; and I will!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="Grant Planning Worksheet"&gt;Grant and Program Planning&lt;/a&gt;Program planning and grant planning are intimately linked. Ideally, grant planning should be only one phase in the whole program development, program implementation, and evaluation cycle. Too often, it is treated as something separate and foreign. The best results in fund development will come when your grant and solicitation strategies are closely intertwined with your goals and program strategies. Build partners - not donors!Having said that, if you can answer the following questions, you will be well on your way to both solid program development and successful fund development.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's the problem we are addressing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember - the problem is not your need - it's the community's need!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who else is addressing, and what are the gaps in how it is being addressed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gaps can be programmatic, population, time/seasonal, or material. Gaps are the reason that you have a need!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How are we proposing to address the problem?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paint a clear and specific picture of your program! Can your prospect see it in action in their mind?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How will things be different/will the problem be solved or improved, when you are done?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How will you know that you are succeeding? What will you measure in order to understand how you are doing and what needs to change or be adjusted?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you need in order to try to solve the problem?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This must tie to the approach you have described above. It's an opportunity to once again paint a picture of what you will be doing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What resources do you already have? From whom?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget volunteers, donations and in kind services. Show the community participation in your project. Project the image that the funder is joining a winning team, not boarding a sinking boat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are the qualifications and experience that make your program the right one to take on this work?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;History, key accomplishments, qualifications of staff and volunteers, relationships in the community....as they relate to this project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are there problems or barriers that you can foresee? How will you overcome them?&lt;br /&gt;We all run into roadblocks when we try something new. Think through what you are going to do carefully. What's likely to trip you up? How can you anticipate these problems? Who will you turn to for help? Recognizing the possibility of problems is the sign of a sophisticated and professional program!&lt;br /&gt;© Sylvie McGee/All For A Good Cause - 1995&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="Proposal Basics"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proposal Basics&lt;/a&gt;As you research potential funders, you will sometimes encounter that tricky situation - a donor who specifies: "No application form is required, submit proposal." What proposal!?! you scream (but only out of hearing of the donor!) Well, a complete proposal has basic and time-honored elements - and here they are!&lt;br /&gt;Note that when a brief proposal or letter is specified, you want to try to hit most of these points as well - only in a more abbreviated way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cover Letter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No more than one page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Organization (who you are and your background briefly), purpose of funding, and the amount of your request should appear in the first paragraph.&lt;br /&gt;Include a contact name, phone number and address.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proposal Summary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Limit to one page.&lt;br /&gt;State the organization making the request and link organizational background to the proposal purpose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;State your project purpose. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Briefly state how your project will be implemented.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;State the results you expect from your project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Include your total budget amount, other funds that are committed and the amount of your request.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;90% of funding decisions by private donors and foundations will be made by the time the funder finishes reading this page. It must be concise, compelling, and clear!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction to the Organization&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;History&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General Purpose&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Goals and objectives as they relate to this project, and in overview, as they provide a context for the work you want to undertake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Accomplishments, especially as they relate to this project or to your capacity to provide this project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Service areas and population served.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Statement of Problem or Need&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use a funnel approach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Start with the generalized problem as it occurs in your community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Move to the conditions which make this a problem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Outline current resources that address this problem and identify gaps in those resources.&lt;br /&gt;Identify how your proposal will fill these gaps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Project Goals and Objectives&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What specific goals are you trying to achieve?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What measurable milestones will you reach in meeting those goals?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How will you and the funder know that you are making progress towards your goals?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Methods and Schedule&lt;br /&gt;What actions will you take to achieve your goals?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What steps must you take to achieve success?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who will do what? (Include here job descriptions and background statements of staff or the qualifications you will seek in staff for the project. This is true even if "staff" will actually be volunteers.)&lt;br /&gt;When will these actions take place?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Evaluation Criteria and Process&lt;br /&gt;How will you know whether you are achieving your goals?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What will you measure to evaluate your progress?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What records and information will you keep to allow you to measure your progress?&lt;br /&gt;Budget&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More detail is better than less.&lt;br /&gt;Don't round out if possible. Use bids and estimates whenever you can get them - even if they are informal quotes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't pad your budget. Competent reviewers will know the cost of goods and services, and will understand prevailing wages. If they know you are trying to deceive them on budget, what else will they suspect you of trying to deceive them about?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do include all sources of support - including volunteer time, donated space and borrowed equipment. Don't shortchange the contribution your community is making to your project.&lt;br /&gt;© Sylvie McGee/All For A Good Cause Consulting (1995) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Selected Other Grant Seeking Resources on the Net&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fallingrock.com/GWA/LINKS/HOTLINKS"&gt;Hotlinks for Grant Seekers&lt;/a&gt; Grant Writers Assistant HotLinks is a starting point for accessing grants-related information and resources on the Internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cpb.org/grants/grants.writing.html"&gt;CPB - Basic Elements of Grant Writing&lt;/a&gt;Basic Elements of Grant Writing . The Corporation for Public Broadcasting evaluates hundreds of proposals each year for a variety of funding purposes. This publication is an easy guide to the basic elements of successful grants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sci.csupomona.edu/seis/grants.htm"&gt;URLs for Grant Seekers&lt;/a&gt;URL List for Grant Seekers . (Last Updated January 6, 1996) .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fdncenter.org/index.htm"&gt;The Foundation Center home page&lt;/a&gt;The Foundation Center and its affiliated libraries across the US are primary sources of foundation information, grant history and funding interests for grant seekers. Their home page includes a variety of information and contacts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.music.princeton.edu/chant_html/grants.htm"&gt;Various Grant Sources 1&lt;/a&gt;A variety of links to foundation, federal government and other grants resources - with some links for the arts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sdsc.edu/1/SDSC/Geninfo/Internet/funds_grants/"&gt;Various Grant Sources 2&lt;/a&gt;Links to grant sources including the Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog. Federally-Funded Research in the U.S. TheFoundation Center and the University of Minnesota Funding Sources page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cccccc;"&gt;Source: http://www.seanet.com/~sylvie/grants.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-8147567459294958416?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/8147567459294958416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=8147567459294958416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/8147567459294958416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/8147567459294958416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/grant-writing-tips.html' title='Grant Writing Tips'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-2419381091238656096</id><published>2008-06-02T01:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:45:13.883-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fund Raising Campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fund-Raising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Funding and Fund-Raising'/><title type='text'>NGO Funding : Writing Successful Proposals</title><content type='html'>Hari Srinivas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NGO Cafe sits in the middle - between funding organizations on hand, and NGOs seeking funds on the other. While it has not itself disbursed funds, The NGO Cafe as learnt a number of lessons on the way. Here are some working strategies for successful proposal writing, written in no particular order:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Building credibility goes a long way in getting that grant. Use your board members and advisors to 'advertise' your proposal (and set up an advisory board if you don't have one already!).&lt;br /&gt;Funding organizations work in grant cycles, disbursing grants one to three times a year. So, if you fail for the current grant, you can always apply for the next round.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is important that the requested budget is within the limits of the funding organization's limits. Check their annual reports or similar documents to see the average size of funding made available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure to write a proposal that is within the limits of your organization's capacities and competencies. And within the limits of the budget requested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure you have clearly outlined exactly what is intended - do not use grand language without the substantial details of the exact impact that is intended, or benefits for the target groups. Ask friends and advisors to check the proposal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure you have fully studied and understood the priorities of the funding organization, and the reasons they are providing funds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many times, key wordings and well articulated proposals help convince the funders of its viability and impact. Again, link it strongly to the priorities of the funding organization, but don't quote it verbatim!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most funding organization have clear guidelines, instructions and guides on their funding procedures. Many times they are targeted at a particular group, for a particular purpose or a region.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since many organizations apply for funding make sure your proposal and application form is correct in all respects and follows the procedures properly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ultimately, no funding organization want to see a dependency on external funds for the success of a project. Clearly outline how self-sufficiency will be built using a long-term strategy, which goes beyond the time frames of the proposal being made.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-2419381091238656096?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/2419381091238656096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=2419381091238656096' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/2419381091238656096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/2419381091238656096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/ngo-funding-writing-successful.html' title='NGO Funding : Writing Successful Proposals'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-5406978645540526521</id><published>2008-06-02T01:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:43:34.234-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Starting an NGO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grants ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roles of NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fund Raising Campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO views on NGO Networking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in Action'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>Finding Sponsors: Preparing for a Fund Raising Campaign</title><content type='html'>Hari Srinivas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Network, network, network!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spread the word - Let people know about your organization and your goals.&lt;br /&gt;Talk to your elected officials - MPs, councilors and others . Write letters to explain your group, and invite them to come see the area you are concerned with.&lt;br /&gt;Get letters of support. A letter of support from a politician will put your sponsor's mind at ease when it is time to hand over the money.&lt;br /&gt;Establish relationships with other groups that can help you, depending on the activity you are planning. If you are planting trees or naturalising a municipal park, maybe the local gardeners club or a scouts group can help.&lt;br /&gt;Find out about awards, and get yourself nominated for anything relevant. A few plaques will make your group look competent and well-established!&lt;br /&gt;Release press statements to the local newspaper. If you don't have anything newsworthy to tell them, invent some news - arrange a tour of your site or give a talk to your local high school (and don't forget to invite your elected officials to these too).&lt;br /&gt;Find other ways to get your information spread around. Most local radio, TV or cable stations have time slots set aside for community events, and are looking for ways to fill them.&lt;br /&gt;Create a binder with press clippings and a video with interviews that will make you look active and credible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preparing the homefront&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Appoint a contact person and have a clear a mailing address. Having a group spokesperson who can answer questions and provide more information will help in media relations&lt;br /&gt;Establish an executive or advisory board - appoint a chair, a treasurer, and a secretary, and have the secretary keep notes of meetings.&lt;br /&gt;Look at your group members and put together a list of skills - sponsorship is complemented by the time, skills, and expertise of the volunteers. This will help explain to a potential sponsor what value-added services you bring to the table.&lt;br /&gt;Set-up a web presence - this will help provide information that you cannot transmit orally or through PR materials&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do your homework&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carefully look at who you're approaching, research your target sponsor to find the right fit&lt;br /&gt;Look at the sponsor's previous philanthropic activities and its programmes/projects, and align your request around them&lt;br /&gt;Put a case-for-support paper together, something that shows where there is a role for the sponsor to play&lt;br /&gt;Remember volunteer initiatives run on persistence, enthusiasm, and community spirit. Sponsors run on numbers. Sponsors want to see a measurable benefit, and are ultimately accountable themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moving forward&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look for ways to establish a stronger, more permanent presence in your community.&lt;br /&gt;Explore procedures to become a registered nonprofit group.&lt;br /&gt;Decide to register your own domain name on the internet. Much like a mailing address, a permanent domain name lends a certain credibility to your venture.&lt;br /&gt;Develop brochures, posters, and interpretive books as an effective way to raise community awareness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seek support for information and ideas with NGO networks and coalitions - nationally and internationally&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-5406978645540526521?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/5406978645540526521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=5406978645540526521' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/5406978645540526521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/5406978645540526521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/finding-sponsors-preparing-for-fund.html' title='Finding Sponsors: Preparing for a Fund Raising Campaign'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-1265371979806167522</id><published>2008-06-02T01:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:40:39.309-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Starting an NGO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grants ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roles of NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fund-Raising'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO views on NGO Networking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in Action'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skills required of an NGO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Funding and Fund-Raising'/><title type='text'>Starting an NGO: Funding and Fund-Raising</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Funding and Fund raising:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember money does not grow on trees. Even if a 'donation' is made to a programme or activity, it is done with an objective in mind - sometimes simply to get good karma. This is critical to understand when we approach a potential sponsor - why is he donating? What advantages can they obtain? What PR milage can they receive from the act?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is equally important to maintain professionalism, within the NGO, to build adequate trust with the poptential sponsor or donor. Transparancy, accountability, communication etc. should be an integral part of the NGO. A good strategy is to create a working advisory group for each project or activity. This group will have two types of members - strategic members, who will give weight and legitimacy, (and will also bring in key non-financial resources) to the activity, and financial members who will make the actual contribution, based on the strength of the strategic members!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not always depend on external or large sources of funding - sometimes, it can come from surprising sources in your own backyard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tax exemption: File for tax exemption with the national tax authority (where available). Now that you have formed your board, incorporated your organization, and developed your bylaws you are ready to file with the tax authorities for tax-exemption. The national tax authority may require a number of forms for this process. Be prepared to have the following information ready:&lt;br /&gt;A description of the organizations purpose and programs, including: who the organization serves and why, constituency demographics, examples of training materials, workshops, and other services, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial information: sources of funding; financial statements (revenue and expense statement and a balance sheet) for three prior or two projected years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cccccc;"&gt;Source:http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/start-ngo/startngo-6.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-1265371979806167522?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/1265371979806167522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=1265371979806167522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/1265371979806167522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/1265371979806167522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/starting-ngo-funding-and-fund-raising.html' title='Starting an NGO: Funding and Fund-Raising'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-7148984675150007606</id><published>2008-06-02T01:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:25:44.402-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grants ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roles of NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO views on NGO Networking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in Action'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skills required of an NGO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>The Ten Most Common Reasons Grants are Declined</title><content type='html'>"The organization does not meet our priorities."   Research before applying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The organization is not located in our geographic area of funding."Get the guidelines before applying/at least check the grants guide. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The proposal does not follow our prescribed format."Read the application information very carefully and follow it exactly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The proposal is poorly written and difficult to understand."Have friends and experienced people critique the grant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The proposed budget and grant request is not within our funding range."Look at average size of grants of the funder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We don’t know these people—are they credible?"Set up an interview before submitting the proposal and have board members and other funded organizations give you credibility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The proposal doesn’t seem urgent—and I’m not sure it will have an impact."Study the priorities and have a skilled writer do this section to make it "grab" the funder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The objectives and plan of action of the project greatly exceed the budget and timelines for implementation."Be realistic about the programs and budgets—only promise what can realistically be delivered for the amount requested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We’ve allocated all the money for this grant cycle."Don’t take this personally.  It is a fact of life.  Try the next available grant cycle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There is insufficient evidence that the program will become self-sufficient and sustain itself after the grant is completed."Add a section to the proposal on plans for sufficiency and develop a long-term strategy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cccccc;"&gt;Source: Grant Guides Plus, Inc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-7148984675150007606?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/7148984675150007606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=7148984675150007606' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/7148984675150007606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/7148984675150007606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/ten-most-common-reasons-grants-are.html' title='The Ten Most Common Reasons Grants are Declined'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-478658722510090575</id><published>2008-06-02T01:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:23:16.961-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roles of NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO views on NGO Networking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in Action'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skills required of an NGO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>Internet Use: NGOs in Action</title><content type='html'>The dynamic nature of the use of the internet by NGOs clearly illustrates the flexibility and adaptability of both NGOs and the internet itself. They have networked online for a variety of reasons: to build awareness, to facilitate training programmes, to reduce costs, to raise funds, to manage information, to disseminate information, to communicate with personnel, or to avoid travel costs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Concrete actions that NGOs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; use in developing web-based information have entailed three broad approaches: publicizing, interacting, and supporting:&lt;br /&gt;By publicizing: awards programmes, press campaigns, placards, posters, notice boards, media exercises (photographs, video, films, articles), non-formal activities: street dramas, newsletters, bulletins, documentation of case studies etc.&lt;br /&gt;By interacting: formal and informal community group meetings, forums/workshops, site visits, interviews, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By supporting: minigrants, internships, workshops, training in leadership and other organizational/operational skills, surveys and other means of information gathering etc.In general, NGO have used the internet for information collation, for networking, for collaboration and partnerships, for participation and exchange, for communications and more. They have used various kinds of technologies to achieve this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;a. Information Collation:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; NGOs have extensively used the internet for collation of information on the activities that they and other NGOs carry out. They have both put up information for others to use, as well as accessed information that was made available on the internet. Some examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NGO Cafe&lt;a href="http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/"&gt;http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/&lt;/a&gt;The NGO Cafe is a meeting place for and by NGOs to discuss, debate and disseminate information on their work, strategies and results. It contains information useful to both NGOs and those studying NGOs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biodiversity Conservation Information System (BCIS)&lt;a href="http://biodiversity.org/"&gt;http://biodiversity.org/&lt;/a&gt;A joint initiative of eleven programmes and partners, BCIS seeks to support environmentally sound decision-making and actions affecting the status of biodiversity and landscapes at the local, national, regional and global levels through cooperative provision of data, information, advice and related services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hunger Web&lt;a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/World_Hunger_Program/"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Departments/World_Hunger_Program/&lt;/a&gt;The aim of Hunger Web is to facilitate the free exchange of ideas and information regarding the causes of, and solutions to, hunger. It contains primary information, made available by the World Hunger Program and its partners, as well as links to other sites where information of relevance to hunger can be found.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;b. Networking:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; It is in networking that NGOs have made most effective use of the internet for the access, sharing and dissemination of information. NGOs have used the internet for advocacy, awareness building, consultancy, education and sensitization, identifying resources, impact analysis, knowledge creation, mutual support, news &amp;amp; events info, programme/project support, research, training courses etc. Some examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NGO Global Network&lt;a href="http://www.ngo.org/"&gt;http://www.ngo.org/&lt;/a&gt;The purpose of this site is to provide information for NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) who are active at the United Nations. The Network seeks to develop partnerships with other NGOs around the Globe and initiate a dialogue and links to those NGOs with similar interests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Climate Action Network (CAN)&lt;a href="http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/uem/trialogue/can.html"&gt;http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/uem/trialogue/can.html&lt;/a&gt;The Climate Action Network (CAN) is a network of NGOs who share a common concern for problems of climate change and wish to cooperate in the development and implementation of both short term and long term strategies to combat it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GEF NGO Information Kiosk&lt;a href="http://www.gefweb.com/NGO/ngo.htm"&gt;http://www.gefweb.com/NGO/ngo.htm&lt;/a&gt;The Global Environment Facility provides grants and concessional funding to recipient countries for projects and programs that protect the global environment and promote sustainable economic growth. The NGO Information Kiosk was set up to enable interaction between GEF and NGOs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;c. Collaboration and Partnerships:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The internet has provided the ideal platform for intensive collaboration and partnerships between NGOs themselves, and with other organizations. These collaborations have typically been with respect to information, programmes and projects, monitoring and evaluation, research, policy development etc. Some examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OneWorld&lt;a href="http://www.oneoworld.org/"&gt;http://www.oneoworld.org/&lt;/a&gt;OneWorld Online is a partnership of over 100 organizations working for human rights and sustainable development. Its aim is to publish information about global issues at low cost for development NGOs and others whose remit it is to get such material out to the world. Separate, autonomous websites are created for each of its development partners&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asia-Pacific Cities Forum&lt;a href="http://www.apcf.org/"&gt;http://www.apcf.org/&lt;/a&gt;APCF is an action partnership for sustainable cities and communities linking leaders of business, government, civil society, academe, and media. The Mission of APCF is to act as a catalyst for a continuing and constructive interaction in Asia and the Pacific region whereby partners are able to leverage their respective resources to a degree not achievable individually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;d. Participation and exchange:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Due to the large number of NGOs and public users who have access to the internet, it has been an ideal medium for the exchange and dissemination of information - at the right level to the right people. Some examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Envirolink Network&lt;a href="http://www.envirolink.org/"&gt;http://www.envirolink.org/&lt;/a&gt;EnviroLink is a non-profit organization, a grassroots online community that unites organizations and volunteers around the world with people in over 130 countries. It provides information services such as a library, news service, the Sustainable Business Network etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)&lt;a href="http://www.iclei.org/"&gt;http://www.iclei.org/&lt;/a&gt;ICLEI is the international environmental agency for local governments. It serves as an international clearinghosue on sustainable development issues, initiates joint projects among local governments, organizes training programmes and serves as an advocate for local governments in international fora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;e. Communications:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; It is only with constructive communications and dissemination of their activities and services that an NGO is able to deliver its message to its constituency. It has done so very effectively using the internet. Some examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Association for Progressive Communications&lt;a href="http://www.apc.org/"&gt;http://www.apc.org/&lt;/a&gt;The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a global network of networks whose mission is to empower and support organizations, social movements and individuals through the use of information and communication technologies. Composed of a consortium of 25 international member networks, APC offers vital links of communication to over 50,000 organizations and individuals in 133 countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;f. Technology:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; NGOs have used various means and technologies that the internet offers in its online activities. Mailing lists and newsgroups (including online bulletin boards) are on example of the one-to-many and many-to-many communication technologies that the internet offers. Web-based databases have been created, maintained, and updated dynamically by accessing them over the internet. Public membership in NGOs have been solicited over the internet; similarly online question-and-answer forums have also been activated. Downloading and uploading of files and databases over the internet have also been enabled by internet links.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#c0c0c0;"&gt;Source: http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/internet-ngos.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-478658722510090575?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/478658722510090575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=478658722510090575' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/478658722510090575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/478658722510090575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/internet-use-ngos-in-action.html' title='Internet Use: NGOs in Action'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-2036497127587424870</id><published>2008-06-02T01:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:17:46.366-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roles of NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGOs in India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO views on NGO Networking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skills required of an NGO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>NGO views on NGO Networking</title><content type='html'>NGOs in India, queried on their opinion on why NGOs should network among themselves, brought forth the following replies:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;" ... a good platform to express solidarity among NGOs. Helps to share experiences and expertise to work for common action programmes to create an impact on the policies of the government"&lt;br /&gt;" ... helps to share problems of development works and solve them. It also helps the groups to be better informed"&lt;br /&gt;" ... important for collective action for social justice and common causes"&lt;br /&gt;" ... networking is good and needed to think on similar lines. It supports each other"&lt;br /&gt;" ... it is a positive structure which promotes smooth running of the organization."&lt;br /&gt;" ... given the critical context in which India is today and the way the voluntary sector has plunged itself into a water-less ocean, there is a need for immediate networking of a genuine nature."&lt;br /&gt;" ... working together for common causes"&lt;br /&gt;" ... can achieve change in government policies in favour of low-income groups"&lt;br /&gt;" ... essential for developmental activities which implies adoption of technologies, implementation of developmental activities and those which involve procedural implications."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-2036497127587424870?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/2036497127587424870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=2036497127587424870' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/2036497127587424870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/2036497127587424870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/ngo-views-on-ngo-networking.html' title='NGO views on NGO Networking'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-8641295163689112865</id><published>2008-06-02T01:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:15:49.458-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roles of NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skills required of an NGO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>Integrating NGOs and Governmental Action</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Integrating NGO activities and government action essentially involves the "sclaing up" of innovative approaches. Some of the key problems include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The input of financial and hman resources in pilot projects is often too high to be widely replicable within existing resources. Any single standard package may not have enough flexibility to be adapted to a wide variety of specific local institutions and cultural contexts. Often voluntary organizations have initiated projects with no involvement or low involvement of government; thus they have not had to deal with the real-life constraints of government bureaucracy, and therefore, have less credibility. Sometimes there is not enough community involvement in all the stages to assure appropriateness, cost-effectiveness, coverage,a nd continuity. Sometimes the innovative are in too much of a hurry to establish a large program and to go to scale nationally. Government officials are often skeptical or suspicious of voluntary agencies. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key issues in Scaling Up:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Getting the attention of policymakers and convincing then of the isefulness, practicality, affordability and replicability of the approach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scaling up calls for a different kind of managerial capacity which will be less personal and informal at the top.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selection and maintenance of staff with requisite attitudes, skills and motivation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Training a sufficiently large cadre of field workers and project officers for participatory projects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maintenance of an emphasis on participatory process, rather than the result alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maintenance of accountability to the people at the grass roots by alllevels of planners and administrators.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Modalities of scaling up:Three ways of scaling up can be identified:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;An NGO project is absorbed by the government and becomes an integral part of and helps transform government programmes/projects.&lt;br /&gt;A cellular multiplication process, where, based on a service model, the government agrees with selected NGOs on the functional roles they will play.&lt;br /&gt;. . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Source:&lt;br /&gt;Abstracted from - Cousins William, "Non-Governmental Initiatives" in ADB, The Urban Poor and Basic Infrastructure Services in Asia and the Pacific". Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1991    &lt;span style="color:#c0c0c0;"&gt;Source: http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/go-ngo.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-8641295163689112865?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/8641295163689112865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=8641295163689112865' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/8641295163689112865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/8641295163689112865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/integrating-ngos-and-governmental.html' title='Integrating NGOs and Governmental Action'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-942624607548032672</id><published>2008-06-02T01:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:12:23.208-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roles of NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skills required of an NGO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>Skills required of an NGO</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;A. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group dynamics&lt;br /&gt;Community integration&lt;br /&gt;Problem identification&lt;br /&gt;Community investigation&lt;br /&gt;Facilitation&lt;br /&gt;Mobilization&lt;br /&gt;Communication&lt;br /&gt;Role playing&lt;br /&gt;Objectivity, monitoring and evaluation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;B. PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Identification of research problem&lt;br /&gt;Identification of different research tools&lt;br /&gt;Data gathering&lt;br /&gt;Analysis of data&lt;br /&gt;Consultation with the community and validation of data&lt;br /&gt;Drawing of conclusions&lt;br /&gt;Making of recommendations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C. BUSINESS SKILLS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Planning&lt;br /&gt;Participatory (circular) management&lt;br /&gt;Accounting and bookkeeping&lt;br /&gt;Marketing and purchasing&lt;br /&gt;Negotiation&lt;br /&gt;Monitoring and record keeping&lt;br /&gt;Technical skill in micro-computers&lt;br /&gt;Organizing cooperatives/credit unions&lt;br /&gt;Handling labour problems&lt;br /&gt;Understanding legal aspects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;D. DOCUMENTATION, DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Small group formation&lt;br /&gt;Clarification of values and vision&lt;br /&gt;Group dynamics&lt;br /&gt;Different kinds of media production&lt;br /&gt;Communication skills and visual aids&lt;br /&gt;Conscientization/senticizing skills (??)&lt;br /&gt;Advocacy&lt;br /&gt;Networking and linkages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;E. TRAINING METHODS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use of cultural forms&lt;br /&gt;Use of media&lt;br /&gt;On-the-job training - participant observation&lt;br /&gt;Workshoporganization&lt;br /&gt;Group dynamics&lt;br /&gt;Practice-Theory/Action-reflection&lt;br /&gt;Exposure programme&lt;br /&gt;Group discussion and synthesis, brain-storming&lt;br /&gt;Self-learning kits and modules&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;F. TECHNOLOGY TRAINING - APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agriculture, fishing, post-harvest technology, energy, housing, health, sanitation, handicrafts, food technology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Source:&lt;br /&gt;Notes from the NGO Workshop organized at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, October 17-21, 1988.  Source: http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/ngo-skills.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-942624607548032672?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/942624607548032672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=942624607548032672' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/942624607548032672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/942624607548032672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/skills-required-of-ngo.html' title='Skills required of an NGO'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-6181446067783050939</id><published>2008-06-02T01:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:08:38.571-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roles of NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>Roles of NGOs</title><content type='html'>Roles of NGOs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Among the wide variety of roles that NGOs play, the following six can be identified as important, at the risk of generalization:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Development and Operation of Infrastructure:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Community-based organizations and cooperatives can acquire, subdivide and develop land, construct housing, provide infrastructure and operate and maintain infrastructure such as wells or public toilets and solid waste collection services. They can also develop building material supply centres and other community-based economic enterprises. In many cases, they will need technical assistance or advice from governmental agencies or higher-level NGOs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Supporting Innovation, Demonstration and Pilot Projects:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NGO have the advantage of selecting particular places for innovative projects and specify in advance the length of time which they will be supporting the project - overcoming some of the shortcomings that governments face in this respect. NGOs can also be pilots for larger government projects by virtue of their ability to act more quickly than the government bureaucracy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Facilitating Communication:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NGOs use interpersonal methods of communication, and study the right entry points whereby they gain the trust of the community they seek to benefit. They would also have a good idea of the feasibility of the projects they take up. The significance of this role to the government is that NGOs can communicate to the policy-making levels of government, information bout the lives, capabilities, attitudes and cultural characteristics of people at the local level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NGOs can facilitate communication upward from people tot he government and downward from the government tot he people. Communication upward involves informing government about what local people are thinking, doing and feeling while communication downward involves informing local people about what the government is planning and doing. NGOs are also in a unique position to share information horizontally, networking between other organizations doing similar work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Technical Assistance and Training:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Training institutions and NGOs can develop a technical assistance and training capacity and use this to assist both CBOs and governments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Research, Monitoring and Evaluation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Innovative activities need to be carefully documented and shared - effective participatory monitoring would permit the sharing of results with the people themselves as well as with the project staff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Advocacy for and with the Poor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In some cases, NGOs become spokespersons or ombudsmen for the poor and attempt to influence government policies and programmes on their behalf. This may be done through a variety of means ranging from demonstration and pilot projects to participation in public forums and the formulation of government policy and plans, to publicizing research results and case studies of the poor. Thus NGOs play roles from advocates for the poor to implementers of government programmes; from agitators and critics to partners and advisors; from sponsors of pilot projects to mediators. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#c0c0c0;"&gt;Source:&lt;br /&gt;Abstracted from - Cousins William, "Non-Governmental Initiatives" in ADB, The Urban Poor and Basic Infrastructure Services in Asia and the Pacific". Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1991  &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Source: http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/ngo-roles.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-6181446067783050939?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/6181446067783050939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=6181446067783050939' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/6181446067783050939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/6181446067783050939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/roles-of-ngos.html' title='Roles of NGOs'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-2337071528070731758</id><published>2008-06-02T00:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T01:01:23.427-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>HOW AN NGO COULD BENEFIT FROM THE INTERNET</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Arun Mehta -- &lt;a href="mailto:amehta@cerfnet.com"&gt;amehta@cerfnet.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NGOs come in a variety of sizes and flavours from 2-person outfits tucked into a small mountain village, to a million or more strong, with budgets and influence to match. Their organisational structures range from none, to quasi-democratic membership organisations to highly hierarchical ones. Clearly then, if looked at from the point of view of a specific NGO, some of what is written below will not apply. However, if you strongly disagree with any of it , I hope you will get in touch, so that I can update this piece.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The benefits could approximately be classified under the following heads:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Cost&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The effort of an NGO is always to maximize the percentage of its budget that is spent on its ultimate objective, and to cut down on overheads such as administration, internal training, etc. E-mail cuts down on mail costs as compared to fax, courier or even regular mail. The cost argument is effective with tight-fisted finance people, however there are several better reasons for using the net.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Information processing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much of what an NGO does is to gather, process and disseminate information. The combination of computers and telecommunications has been named Information technology, because of its major impact on all the these activities. The myriad ways in which computers can be used in an NGO lie beyond the scope of this paper. What concerns us here is the communications aspect.&lt;br /&gt;Not only is the Internet a great source of information, but because all the information you access from it lands up in your computer, it is immediately suited for further processing, forwarding and archival. For instance spread-sheets or accounts databases from different offices can quickly and automatically be consolidated and redistributed to all concerned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Mailing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NGOs often send identical information to a long list of people: calls for action, situation reports, etc. There is no easier way to do this than the Internet, where mailing to a single person is as easy as mailing to thousands. Each recipient can herself decide whether to continue receiving such as fund-raising, organising, keeping accounts, filing, besides al the specialized areas the NGO is involved with that kind of information, or, based on the subject line or keywords, that specific message. If the organisation wishes to permit it, new people can join and leave the list at will-compare this with the complexity of maintaining traditional mailing lists, and the cost of sending unwanted information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Training&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot of the work in many NGOs is done by volunteers. The disadvantage, of course, is the high turnover: people stay only as long as they have interest and time. New people must constantly be trained in a variety of complex tasks, smaller set ups have fewer training resources, yet the range and complexity of tasks each person performs is often greater. This can be quite intimidating for a new comer. Organisations are usually reluctant to send people to far-away training workshops who may disappear the next day. While in some ways less effective, long-distance training via the Internet may be the only alternative to no training at all.&lt;br /&gt;In typical fashion the Internet tends to dispense with much of formal training structure: a faq helps the novice get started, after which he may join the appropriate functional mailing list where the experts all participate. General interest problem solving and decision takes place between the entire list other problems are handled in short e-mail asides.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Fund-raising&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The "clients: of an NGO, the beings it works for, are often poor, locked up in jail, not of the human race, or otherwise unable to fund the NGO's activities. Clearly then, the NGO must find other ways to support itself. To put it crudely the only "saleable commodity" that the NGO has is information. Particularly for a small organisation, it is not easy to locate the people or organizations interested in its information, particularly if they are going remote.&lt;br /&gt;Anyone seriously seeking information is increasingly likely to be on the Internet with thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists, it should not be hard for the NGO to reach the right people anywhere in the world. However, the Internet frowns on overt commercialism in most areas, so the right approach may be to put out some information free. Those wanting more detailed information will get in touch, whom the NGO might subsequently discreetly solicit funds from.&lt;br /&gt;A consistently reliable and accurate source of information will soon build aid its fund-raising efforts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. Organisation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Many companies have used electronic communications to become flatter. A crude model may divide the people in an organisation into "doers" on the periphery and the "deciders" at the head office. The head office people have the job of collecting information from all parts of the organisation and collecting it. This role, and their proximity to other information gives them access to more information than people have at the periphery, which makes them better suited to take policy decisions. Information once again becomes power.&lt;br /&gt;Via e-mail, however, information collection and redistribution can be automated, thus eliminating the need for much head office staff. With people on the periphery as well informed as those at the center, policy making can be decentralized by taking over by an appropriate mailing list that does not favour some time zones over others. Rather than global decisions being implemented locally, decisions can be taken locally in line with global policy guidelines. Examples: Potato chip companies find that the local distributor is better able to predict how much interest (and increase in chip consumption) an impending football game will trigger, airline stewardesses are better able to decide on-board menus based on passenger contact, knowledge of local tastes, festivals and season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same logic applies to NGOs, with one addition: often, the people at the center are paid staff, those on the periphery volunteers. IN many NGOs, there is almost chronic tension between the paid staff and the board, which represents the membership. Organisational re-engineering could help make the organisation more responsive to changing situations; cut down the number of paid staff engaged in administration increase decentralized decision-making and importantly, motivate the members by being responsive to their suggestions and complaints.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7. Personal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NGOs are hard on the people working for them. For instance it might place them for long durations in remote areas, away from family or friends. Or, the work may be frustrating and unrewarding for long periods of time contact with friends and like minded persons all over the world who appreciate the work you do and support when needed can made a lot of difference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8.Travel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Electronic mail cannot entirely replace travel, however, it can make it less frequently necessary, and more productive. In decision making relating to policy matters, for instance, the positions of the different sides on an issue can be circulated to all the decision makers perhaps even the entire membership), who can then discuss it via a mailing list. If consensus can be reached, a meeting becomes unnecessary. If not, a meeting is not avoided, but those who travel are much better informed: they will have all the relevant papers, and the benefit of an active discussion and consensus-building process before they even leave home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#c0c0c0;"&gt;Source: http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/ngo-internet.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-2337071528070731758?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/2337071528070731758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=2337071528070731758' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/2337071528070731758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/2337071528070731758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-ngo-could-benefit-from-internet.html' title='HOW AN NGO COULD BENEFIT FROM THE INTERNET'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-6305848266762691020</id><published>2008-06-02T00:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T00:54:31.852-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>NGO Funding Agencies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;NGO Funding Agencies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10623&amp;amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"&gt;UNESCO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Region: all &lt;a href="http://erc.unesco.org/cp/MSList_alpha.asp?lg=E"&gt;member states&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: UNESCO maintains a variety of relations with NGOs, including women's organizations. Funding is not guaranteed once a relationship is established, and funding is intended to supplement the NGO's permanent sources of funding. The &lt;a href="http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10631&amp;amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"&gt;Directives&lt;/a&gt; outline the benefits of a partnership with UNESCO, as well as UNESCO's expectations for NGO partners, and specific procedures for applying for a relationship with UNESCO. The Directives do not list contact information, which is available from the main &lt;a href="http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6427&amp;amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"&gt;UNESCO&lt;/a&gt; site.&lt;br /&gt;Languages: English and French&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unifem.org/global_spanner/index.php?f_loc=cis"&gt;UNIFEM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Region: &lt;a href="http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html"&gt;UN Member States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Languages: English, French, Spanish&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: The UNIFEM Trust Fund supports women's initiatives that address violence against women through awareness campaigns, capacity-building measures, and training. The Trust Fund is not accepting applications, but applicants are encouraged to check back with the site periodically for updates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/CSO/0,,pagePK:220469~theSitePK:228717,00.html"&gt;World Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Region: All&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: The World Bank provides several types of &lt;a href="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/CSO/0,,contentMDK:20094255~menuPK:220440~pagePK:220503~piPK:220476~theSitePK:228717,00.html"&gt;funding for NGOs&lt;/a&gt;. However, &lt;a href="http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/64ByDocName/SmallGrants"&gt;small grants &lt;/a&gt;are the main form of World Bank Aid to NGOs. They are administered through each World Bank country office. Small grants provide support for, "activities related to civic engagement for the empowerment of marginalized and vulnerable groups." &lt;a href="http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/64ByDocName/ApplicationProcedures"&gt;Application Procedures &lt;/a&gt;are available online.&lt;br /&gt;Languages:English, French, Romanian, Russian&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foundations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/www.kios.fi"&gt;KIOS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.stopvaw.org/www.kios.fiApplicable Region: Developing countries&lt;br /&gt;The Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights KIOS works to promote human rights in developing countries by granting funding to human rights projects. KIOS provides financial support to local civil society organisations that work for the promotion and protection of human rights in their own countries and regions. Our aim is to especially support the promotion of the human rights of the most disadvantaged groups of the societies. In Finland , KIOS aims at increasing the knowledge of Finnish civil society on the human rights situation in developing countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KIOS is an independent, non-political, non-religious and non-governmental foundation. The foundation was established in September 1998 by eleven Finnish NGOs working with human rights and development issues. The founder organisations are represented in the KIOS Executive Board, which is the supreme organ of KIOS and makes the final funding decisions.&lt;br /&gt;KIOS receives financial support for its activities from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Typical projects funded by KIOS include:&lt;br /&gt;Human rights awareness raising and education&lt;br /&gt;Human rights campaigning, lobbying and advocacy&lt;br /&gt;Human rights monitoring and documentation&lt;br /&gt;Providing legal aid&lt;br /&gt;Capacity building&lt;br /&gt;The thematic focus of KIOS funding is:&lt;br /&gt;Democratic Rights&lt;br /&gt;Gender Equality&lt;br /&gt;Right to Education&lt;br /&gt;Geographically KIOS focuses its support primarily to:&lt;br /&gt;Eastern Africa&lt;br /&gt;South Asia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KIOS holds an open invitation for applicants. Local civil society organisations in developing countries are eligible for funding. Funding is granted upon applications, which are accepted throughout the year. &lt;a href="http://www.kios.fi/english/application_forms/"&gt;Application forms&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.kios.fi/english/application_guide/"&gt;guides&lt;/a&gt; are available at &lt;a href="http://www.stopvaw.org/www.kios.fi"&gt;KIOS website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Languages: English, Spanish, French&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.soros.org/initiatives/women/focus_areas"&gt;OSI Network Women's Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Region: Central and Eastern Europe, Central Eurasia; Russia, Ukraine and Belaurs; South Eastern Europe&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: The program does not fund projects directly, rather, it funds projects through specific programs and country offices. Organizations seeking grants are told to contact the OSI &lt;a href="http://www.soros.org/initiatives/women/focus_areas/initiatives/women/contact/coordinators"&gt;program coordinator &lt;/a&gt;in their home country.Grant seekers are also directed towards a list of &lt;a href="http://www.soros.org/initiatives/women/focus_areas/initiatives/women/links/grant_scholarships"&gt;grantgiving organizations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Languages: English&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.soros.org/grants"&gt;Soros Foundation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Region: Central and Eastern Europe; Central Eurasia; Russia, Ukraine and Belaurs; South Eastern Europe&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: Go to the "Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships" page, then follow a four-step process to determine whether there are any grant initiatives in your region and for your program type. If so, the fifth step will offer detailed information about the grant, and contact information for specific grant proposal inquiries. Grant seekers can also send grant inquiry to a designated contact person, who will mail the grant seeker an application if the organization is accepting applications at that time.&lt;br /&gt;Languages: English&lt;br /&gt;Government Funding&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acdi-cida.ru/funds/index.en.html"&gt;Canadian International Development Agency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Organizations: Russian NGOs&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: The Canadian Government offers three grant opportunities for NGOs operating in Russia. The Gender Equality Fund supports projects for Russian Women's NGOs that promote capacity building, transfer of knowledge about gender issues, support for women's networks and coalitions, and awareness campaigns in Russia. The Canada Fund supports grassroots projects that require relatively small amounts of funding and promote sustainability and self-reliance.The Civil Society Fund provides support for NGO initiatives that support capacity building, network and coalition building, information technology support, and other forms of NGO sector development activity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: The Canada Fund and the Gender Equality Fund do not offer specific application information on their pages, but the site offeres contact information for inquiries. The Civil Society Fund does offer such information.&lt;br /&gt;Languages:English, French, and Russian&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.minbuza.nl/default.asp?CMS_ITEM=BD44DD042DF34A49BC6C487956653E15X3X39072X24"&gt;Dutch Foreign Ministry, Development Cooperation Agency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Region: In 2003, the following CEE/FSU countries earned aid: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine.&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: The Dutch Foreign Ministry provides grants for NGO work relating to gender equality, as long as it fits the Dutch development goals of poverty reduction, human rights, peacebuilding and good governance. The application requires ties with the private or public sector in the Netherlands. A &lt;a href="http://www.minbuza.nl/default.asp?CMS_ITEM=6B20D697D42545D889A3B9418A1032AEX3X52367X84"&gt;grant application &lt;/a&gt;is available online.&lt;br /&gt;Languages: English and Dutch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://global.finland.fi/oikopolku/jarjestoille.php?kieli=3"&gt;Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Region: CEE/FSU, Murmansk, the Republic of Karelia, Leningrad, St Petersburg in Russia, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers two types of funding for CEE/FSU NGOs. First, NGOs that promote goals that parallel the &lt;a href="http://global.finland.fi/english/poverty/"&gt;Finnish Development Policy &lt;/a&gt;(including gender equality) can apply for support through the Finnish International Non-Governmental (&lt;a href="http://global.finland.fi/english/ingo.html#hr"&gt;INGO&lt;/a&gt;) fund, which lists specific requirements on its website. Second, while there is no website information, NGOs operating in neighboring regions (Murmansk, the Republic of Karelia, the Leningrad, St Petersburg in Russia, andEstonia, Latvia and Lithuania) can contact the Unit for Neighbouring Area Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (PO Box 176, 00161 Helsinki, Finland) for information about Finnish assistance.&lt;br /&gt;Languages: English and Finnish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usaid.gov/"&gt;USAID&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Region: All&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: USAID offers support to non-American NGOs. Applicants are told to contact the USAID &lt;a href="http://www.usaid.gov/locations/missiondirectory.html"&gt;mission office &lt;/a&gt;in their home country for regional grant opportunities. Applicants can also participate in the &lt;a href="http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/private_voluntary_cooperation/ngo.html"&gt;NGO Strengthening Program&lt;/a&gt;, which pairs US private voluntary organizations with several indigenous nonprofit organizations, in order to strenghthen the nonprofit sector in individual countries.&lt;br /&gt;Languages: English&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fee-based Funding Services&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geofunders.org/"&gt;Grantmakers for Effective Organizaions&lt;/a&gt; http://www.geofunders.org/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.allianceonline.org/ARC"&gt;Alliance for Nonprofit Management&lt;/a&gt; http://www.allianceonline.org/ARC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.welcomeurope.com/"&gt;Welcome Europe&lt;/a&gt; http://www.welcomeurope.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iwave.com/"&gt;iWave&lt;/a&gt; http://www.iwave.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fdncenter.org/"&gt;The Foundation Center&lt;/a&gt; http://www.fdncenter.org/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Funding Databases and Guides&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.allavida.org/finder-donors.html"&gt;Allavida, Links to Donors and Support Organizations&lt;/a&gt; http://www.allavida.org/finder-donors.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bond.org.uk/funding/guide.htm"&gt;BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development)&lt;/a&gt; http://www.bond.org.uk/funding/guide.htm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.friends-partners.org/friends/funding/agencies.html(opt,mozilla,pc,english,,new)"&gt;Friends &amp;amp; Parterns, Funding Sources&lt;/a&gt; http://www.friends-partners.org/friends/funding/agencies.html(opt,mozilla,pc,english,,new)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fundsnetservices.com/women.htm"&gt;Fundsnetservices, Women Grants and Resources&lt;/a&gt; http://www.fundsnetservices.com/women.htm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.idealist.org/tools/fundraising.html"&gt;Idealist.org, Tools for Nonprofits&lt;/a&gt; http://www.idealist.org/tools/fundraising.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ngonet.org/grants.html"&gt;NGONet.org, Grant-Makers List&lt;/a&gt; http://www.ngonet.org/grants.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sluzhenye.sandy.ru/sl/engl/links.html"&gt;Sluzhenye, Funding Opportunities&lt;/a&gt; http://www.sluzhenye.sandy.ru/sl/engl/links.html&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-6305848266762691020?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/6305848266762691020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=6305848266762691020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/6305848266762691020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/6305848266762691020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/ngo-funding-agencies_02.html' title='NGO Funding Agencies'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-5173012325611498174</id><published>2008-06-02T00:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T00:32:47.947-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding for NGOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World Bank'/><title type='text'>World Bank</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/CSO/0,,pagePK:220469~theSitePK:228717,00.html"&gt;World Bank &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Region: All&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: The World Bank provides several types of &lt;a href="http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/CSO/0,,contentMDK:20094255~menuPK:220440~pagePK:220503~piPK:220476~theSitePK:228717,00.html"&gt;funding for NGOs&lt;/a&gt;. However, &lt;a href="http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/64ByDocName/SmallGrants"&gt;small grants &lt;/a&gt;are the main form of World Bank Aid to NGOs. They are administered through each World Bank country office. Small grants provide support for, "activities related to civic engagement for the empowerment of marginalized and vulnerable groups." &lt;a href="http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/64ByDocName/ApplicationProcedures"&gt;Application Procedures &lt;/a&gt;are available online.&lt;br /&gt;Languages:English, French, Romanian, Russian&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-5173012325611498174?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/5173012325611498174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=5173012325611498174' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/5173012325611498174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/5173012325611498174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/world-bank.html' title='World Bank'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-2328075598903095162</id><published>2008-06-02T00:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T00:26:56.326-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UNIFEM'/><title type='text'>UNIFEM</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.unifem.org/global_spanner/index.php?f_loc=cis"&gt;UNIFEM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Applicable Region: &lt;a href="http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html"&gt;UN &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html"&gt;Member States&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Languages: English, French, Spanish&lt;br /&gt;Additional Information: The UNIFEM Trust Fund supports women's initiatives that address violence against women through awareness campaigns, capacity-building measures, and training. The Trust Fund is not accepting applications, but applicants are encouraged to check back with the site periodically for updates.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-2328075598903095162?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/2328075598903095162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=2328075598903095162' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/2328075598903095162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/2328075598903095162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/unifem.html' title='UNIFEM'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394151297334951483.post-3167298630955976748</id><published>2008-06-02T00:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-02T00:25:50.784-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NGO funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding agencies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ngo'/><title type='text'>NGO funding agencies</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;NGO funding agencies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10623&amp;amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UNESCO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Applicable Region: all &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://erc.unesco.org/cp/MSList_alpha.asp?lg=E"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;member states&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;Additional Information: UNESCO maintains a variety of relations with NGOs, including women's organizations. Funding is not guaranteed once a relationship is established, and funding is intended to supplement the NGO's permanent sources of funding. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10631&amp;amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Directives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt; outline the benefits of a partnership with UNESCO, as well as UNESCO's expectations for NGO partners, and specific procedures for applying for a relationship with UNESCO. The Directives do not list contact information, which is available from the main &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6427&amp;amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;UNESCO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt; site.&lt;br /&gt;Languages: English and French&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;for more details visit UNESCO &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6427&amp;amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;amp;URL_SECTION=201.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6427&amp;amp;URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&amp;amp;URL_SECTION=201.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6394151297334951483-3167298630955976748?l=ngos-inindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/feeds/3167298630955976748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6394151297334951483&amp;postID=3167298630955976748' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/3167298630955976748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6394151297334951483/posts/default/3167298630955976748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ngos-inindia.blogspot.com/2008/06/ngo-funding-agencies.html' title='NGO funding agencies'/><author><name>Mahendra Mahara</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08285954725709528558</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_023LaYTRDuk/Sp5q0cPMxlI/AAAAAAAAC54/7MFHl2sKCf8/S220/DSC00108.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
