RUN THE NGO:

Team – Awesome Twosome Members- Milan Agrawal

Institute- IFMR Chennai Mudita Gupta

Problems Faced by NGOs:-

1) Lack & Misuse of Funds2) Lack of Volunteerism/Social work among

Youth

1) Lack & Misuse of Funds:

NGOs need money for operation.

NGOs depends’ on funds donated by common people. Unlike companies, NGOs don’t have any particular product to sell in the market and to generate revenue.NGOs mostly suffer from paucity of funds and the funds which they collect, half of that is misused by workers in most of the NGOs. Now-a-days’ companies and business-men’s run NGOs, only to convert their black money into white money and also to avoid taxes.NGOs which actually are willing to work for a social cause never have enough funds to fulfill the need of people living there. Anyone can register a society and it becomes an NGO, there is no legal regulation for NGOs. People are getting part of NGOs for their own interest rather for social work.

Solutions:

NGO can organize fund raising events in the NGOs and can invite people to spent time with people living there. For Eg.:- In orphanage homes and old age homes.NGO can offer simple products for sale at a special price, which will help them to generate revenues and can help NGO to become independent.

Government can/should make the current legal regulation more strict regarding the way NGOs raise/spent their there fund.

2) Lack of Volunteerism/Social work among Youth:

As NGOs are non-profit organization most people are not willing to join them because they don’t have much financial resources to pay them.

Lack of access to skilled volunteers is another problem faced by the NGO. Management of human resource, marketing strategies is needed in running NGOs. But now a days’ youth is more leaned towards professionalism rather than social work. Considering the society's obsession with stable, high paying, secure jobs, working at NGOs is seen as something one would do due to lack of other options. NGOs require people to work at remote areas for longer hours, it is difficult to attract skilled and experienced people to work in those remote areas for extended hours. Highly experienced people demand more salary which is not possible for NGOs.Finding people who are passionate and serious about the work is very difficult. One should be able to work with limited resources available. Self-motivation and willingness to work for a cause are two most important characteristics a person should poses to work in an NGO.

Solutions:

There are many websites which assist in fulfilling this need for skilled volunteers. They connect NGOs with volunteers based on their specific requirements. These enable organizations to increase the efficacy and amplify the impact of their work with the support from skilled volunteers Entrepreneurs, home makers, working professional and students looking for social work may join in as volunteers by registering through these sites.Advertisements and Camping should be done to attract and motivate more people towards social work. NGOs may contact particular companies to finance them through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) work.