Giving Compass' Take:

• Kanan James, writing for Medium, explains the work and efforts of non-government organizations (NGOs) and how they differ in services from non-profit companies. 

• What are some successful partnerships between donors and NGOs aimed at developmental causes and projects? 

• Read about building structured and engaged trust in philanthropy. 

NGO is an acronym which stands for a non-government organization. They are voluntary citizen-based nonprofit organizations who work for causes directly or indirectly benefitting the suppressed and the deprived sections of the society. These organizations can function on a local scale, a national scale and even on an international scale.

The work of an NGO is not limited by any boundaries. They play a very critical role in the betterment of society as a whole by devising projects which help to develop the society, improve communities and encourage and promote the participation of its citizens in the various developmental causes and projects taken-up:

  • Society as a whole by introducing better thinking, good hygiene, promoting family relations, encouraging respect among its members, providing elder health care etc.,
  • Advocate human rights by helping to stop human trafficking, illegal selling of babies and children, child labour, prostitution, saving the girl child etc.,

With the society undergoing a gradual degradation in several avenues, it is the NGOs who work as the social conscience thus keeping the society and the world as a whole on the right track.

Read the full article about NGOs by Kanan James at Medium.