COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

ON
LOCAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION

Submitted by
Bhavanam SivaNagiReddy

Registration Number: 12114836

In partial fulfillment for the requirements of the award

of the degree of Community development project

B.TECH(Computer Science Engineering)

Lovely Professional University
Phagwara, Punjab.

About NGO Organization:

TOSS(Talent Origin Seva Sangam)

TOSS is a non-government, non-profitable organization, founded
by individuals actively involved in social services. Registered as a
Seva Society under the registrar office of Vishakapatnam. The
registration no is:131/2014. It was registered on 18th March
2014. In January 2014 local students from Asivanipalem formed
as a committee named Talent Origin Seva Sangam (TOSS),
Visakhapatnam; TOSS is registered on 18-03-2014. By a group
of young qualified Students Who were interested in social work to
support children deprived of education and the joys of childhood

INDEX
S.no Content Page
Number
1 NGO 4
CERTIFICATE

2 INTRODUCTION 5-6
3 PROBLEM 7
IDENTIFICATION

4 CAUSES 8

5 Objectives 9

6 STEPS TAKENTO 10-11

ACHIEVE THE
OBJECTIVES

7 EFFECTIVENESS 11-12

8 CONCLUSION 13
NGO CERTIFICATE

INTRODUCTION
A non-government organization (NGO) is an organization that
generally is formed independent from government. They are typically
non-profit entities, and many of them are active in humanitarianism or
the social sciences; they can also include clubs and associations that
provide services to their members and others. Surveys indicate that
NGOs have a high degree of public trust, which can make them a
useful proxy for the concerns of society and stakeholders. However,
NGOs can also be lobby groups for corporations, such as the World
Economic Forum.

The term as it is used today was first introduced in Article 71 of the

newly-formed United Nation's Charter in 1945. While there is no fixed
or formal definition for what NGOs are, they are generally
defined as non-profit entities that are independent of governmental
influence—although they may receive government
funding. According to the UN Department of Global
Communications, an NGO is a not-for profit, voluntary citizen’s
group that is organized on a local, national or international level to
address issues in support of the public good.

The term NGO is used inconsistently and is sometimes used

synonymously with civil society organization (CSO), which is any
association founded by citizens. In some countries, NGOs are
known as non-profit organizations, and political parties and trade
unions are sometimes considered NGOs as well.
About my NGOs work, I visited TOSS Organization,
Visakhapatnam, it is a oldage home. TOSS is in the Vizag
district of ANDHRA PRADESH state. pin code is 530008.
TOSS was established in the year 2014. The management was
started by a single person who is Hari Narayana Rao and later
on slightly published in surroundings.

TOSS is an organization. It has 1000plus charity events.it was

conducted 2k Activites in various places and
surroundings.200 hundred plus Volunteers are there.It
provides so many services like Food Donation,Blood
Donation,Grocery Donation,Clothes and Books Donation,
Health campus…..etc.

The main vision of TOSS Organization are:

1.Conducting Health Awareness camps.
2.To help the poor and needy.
3.To serve the orphans and old age people.

PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
I had identified some problem in this NGO programme like
lack of food supply An NGOs goal doesn’t lie on
accomplishing a project alone. After the success of a certain
project, NGOs would want to maintain contact with their
beneficiaries and make sure continuous progress is happening.
Apart from that, NGOs would also want to be able to help
more individuals and communities depending on their needs.
To do so, NGOs need to constantly acquire funds. In some
cases, NGOs become complacent and simply wait for
donations or previous supporters to contact them. This
practice will in no way contribute to the successes of an NGO.
Although partner organizations and supporters will want to
continually support an NGOs causes, they may possibly see
more potential in other organizations and decide to fund
others instead. Not having enough funds not only pose
difficulties in accomplishing projects, but it also puts NGOs
in jeopardy given that there are also many operational costs.
At times, many bright ideas can come to place but it can also
cause confusions and stray you away from the initial goal.
Although many good ideas come, sometimes, they don’t
always remain in line with the goals set out. NGOs working
together to reach their goals more efficiently is one
perspective. However, some NGOs also see it as a form

of competition. For some reason, there are NGOs who believe

getting close to other NGOs or non-profits will cause them to
have more competition in terms of applying for grants.

CAUSES
 1.Lack of Long-Term Strategic Planning
2.Poor Cooperation with Mass Media 3.Lack
of Commitment 4. Lack of Feedback and
Social Support Suppresses Enthusiasm 5.
Unwillingness to Cooperate with Each Other
6. Politization of NGOs 7. Lack of
Professional Experience of Working in a
Particular Area 8. Fear of Grants and
International Cooperation

Objectives
A major objective of many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is
welfare work in relation to poverty and disease or in respect to social
groups such as the elderly or children. Some other types of NGOs help
groups of people to unite at a grass-roots level and find their voice in
local and national government. The groups that NGOs aim to help
may have an economic focus, such as producer groups, or they could
be marginalized for other reasons, as with women’s groups or ethnic
groups. Some NGOs aim to help small businesses in particular
geographical areas and may concentrate on particular functions such
as providing training or microfinance. NGOs also are formed to help
scientific research in areas such as improved agricultural methods or
the elimination of certain infectious diseases.

Objectives of NGOs may include assisting producer

groups to come together as pressure groups and find ways to influence
policy on matters that concern them. An NGO can make these groups
aware of their rights and educate them on ways to demand greater
political participation. An example is the work of NGOs involved in
fair trade issues. These may help producer groups to negotiate
improved terms for selling their produce and may campaign on an
international level for fairer world trade.

Objectives of NGOs concerned with the

empowerment of women may include activities on a political or
economic level. Such an NGO might be concerned with issues
concerning the education and health of women and would help
women’s groups to use their united strength to stand up for their
rights in the political arena. Some NGOs also are concerned with
helping women in business.

STEPS TAKEN TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES

For an NGO to expand its organization, it is necessary to review its
current practices and make improvements. Every NGO must look into
its current practices it has adopted while performing its functions.
Some of the things it can adopt are such as, NGO clearly
communicating what is the social cause it is trying to deal with? Or
whether it has ever asked for feedback from the earlier recipients and
made improvements based on it? And many other such questions.
Properly reviewing the practice will help the NGO to expand and work
efficiently.

NGOs must be specifically requested to add

budget so as to cover the proper office space, staff training,
fundraising staff time, communication, quality computers and tools
and etc. The High-capacity well-resourced NGOs can easily plan and
result in giving highest impact over time. And this would also help the
NGO to be less reliant for its survival on a single donor. An NGO
must prepare an action- oriented sustainability plan once funds are
received. It must make short plans with specific goals such as
assigning tasks to staff, earmark budget etc that will help it in
improving. A basic template and instructions must be there.

Another strategy to expand and improve NGO

organisation is that the NGO must fundraise continuously and not
when funding is coming to an end, by which time it is often too late to
find alternatives. It must add donors to their list of supporters and

diversify its funding. The donors can help in this process by requiring
budget lines for fundraising. The NGO must often report on efforts
undertaken and contacting donors and further sharing the information
and contacts.

Many NGOs has limited capacity to fundraise. Donors are well

positioned to support the NGOs in fundraising with their funding
expertise and large capacity. Critiquing and reviewing applications
and approaches and providing feedbacks on reports and proposals to
other donors can be very valuable. Approaching NGOs to apply as a
consortium would help the NGOs to develop their capacity. Creating
partnership between grass- roots local NGOs and High- capacity
(inter) National NGOs will help the smaller NGOs in learning how to
mobilize and utilize resources as well as helping the larger NGOs to
gain better insights into the local issues.

Many donors are linked through peer groups

or personal connections. These networks can be used to widen the
support given to an NGO. An NGO can make the initial referral
instead of cold- calling the potential donor. Also, NGOs can pitch to
other donors for showing interest in co- funding certain programs.
Another Strategy to expand and Improve NGO organization is that an
NGO must think value for money and not the low cost. It must balance
the budget set by it, as already stated sustainable budget is necessary
for an NGO to continue for a long run without facing any hassle or
obstacles in future.

Since the working of the NGO must be done

without any obstacles, it must always ask for feedback and suggestions
on how to improve its sustainability

EFFECTIVENESS
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are voluntary institutions
that play a significant role in the development of the community and
poverty reduction. However, NGOs cannot achieve their objectives of
community development and poverty alleviation due to financial and
human resources challenges. As a result, NGOs resort to engaging
community volunteers. This is to enhance participatory development
which is an important approach towards enabling communities to help
themselves and sustain efforts in development work. The community
is no longer seen as recipients of development programs, rather they
have become critical stakeholders that have an important role to play
in the management of programs and projects.

Theories provide a set of interrelated statements

designed to explain and guide observed patterns of volunteerism. Non-
Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders can use
these theories as tools to interpret behaviours and develop
interventions and strategies. For the purposes of this study, the
theories that are presented here represent the most common
perspectives NGOs use to understand volunteer behaviours. This
section analyses volunteerism through the lens of different theories.
CONCLUSION
“A goal with a strategy or plan is just a wish” as rightly
stated by – Antoine de Saint Exupery, a French writer. It is an
essential process for every NGO to plan and make strategies to achieve
its goals and work in a long run. The strategy to expand and improve
NGO organization must be made by every NGO so as to make a clear
understanding about its purpose, functions and existence.

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