By \u200bAravindan Rajaram<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n As per official\u00a0information<\/a>\u00a0in 2015, India had 31 lakh registered Non-Government Organizations (NGOs). That\u2019s roughly one NGO per 420 folks!<\/p>\n What are the roles of NGOs? The work performed by NGOs ought to ideally be performed by the federal government or significantly minimized. If the federal government does its responsibility, it’ll make the job of NGOs redundant or minimal. If the NGOs do their job correctly, they may make themselves redundant!<\/p>\n The Majority of NGOs don\u2019t work to make themselves redundant \u2013 based mostly on my involvement in bettering well being and schooling for the deprived. Why is it?<\/p>\n The nature of NGOs\u2019 work is reflective of the founder\u2019s intent and understanding of social points. The nature of labor is a giant spectrum \u2013 as talked about beneath. At one finish of the spectrum, they do straightforward, shallow, charity-based, brief time period work, resulting in low impression. The different finish is about arduous, in-depth, rights-based, long run work, making a excessive impression.<\/p>\n Examples:<\/p>\n 1)<\/p>\n 2)<\/p>\n 3)<\/p>\n My buddy as soon as requested a easy query at a volunteer assembly in Bangalore: \u201cIf our room is getting filled with water, should we mop the floor or close the tap?\u201d.\u00a0<\/em>So, the place ought to the well-meaning people begin?<\/p>\n Should they immediately go to the suitable finish of the spectrum? Though that’s the supreme situation, it is probably not sensible for everybody.\u00a0 It is determined by the person character and the attitude concerning the socio-political points.<\/p>\n Not everybody has the endurance to battle for the rights the arduous approach \u2013 like Medha Patkar who has been combating for social justice since 1984! It\u2019s certainly a tough grind!\u00a0<\/p>\n As the social points in India are a fancy interconnected net, the work performed at completely different phases of the spectrum by numerous folks can complement each other. Individuals could begin from the left facet; however,\u00a0should<\/em>\u00a0get their perspective wider and transfer in the direction of the suitable, so far as they’ll!<\/p>\n **\u00a0Right<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Left<\/em>\u00a0are to not be confused with ideologies. They consult with the ends of the spectrum.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/_KKSz3PXWrw-5Ia7NUHoPGOSx0YQaZz1hHpMl2d3uEu1qTsR34IxoKPNSFdcR8lP4VebAxBghYXV6zpAGprZVaGP1k10Zcwa02GMkgb57nE60LE_=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/aravindanrajaram.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/03\/spectrum.jpg\")
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