Introduction:
The NGOs not only in India, but worldwide are growing at a
very rapid pace. According to some reliable resources, there are millions of
NGOs that are operating worldwide. USA alone has more than 2 million NGOs whereas
India has got about a million NGOs which are registered and the Relief India Trust is just one of them.
There may be several more which are still not registered, but working in the
humanitarian and other sectors. If we talk about China, then it is the country
which has nearly 2 million NGOs where thousands of them are still not
registered. There are about 40,000 International NGOs which have operations and
connections in several parts of the world. As we can see that the growth in the
NGO sector is enormous, but at the same time it is challenging and raises a lot
of concerns for the NGOs to manage on their own. There are several reasons that
accountability is an issue for the NGOs which they are finding a bit hard to
address. It became a very hot disputed topic, especially in the 1990s, when the
growth of NGOs started to pick up viciously. The Relief India Trust is well aware with this issue and trying hard to
come up with a really inspiring accountability structure of their NGO.
Increased amount of
funds:
A lot of money is involved in the NGOs sector and many of
the NGOs even in India gets millions of dollars in the form of aid. This
obviously raises concerns for having a transparent accountability system as
where the money is coming from and how is it used. The main challenge here for
the NGOs as according to the Relief IndiaTrust is that there are several bodes such as your local and state
government and also the donors are very much interested to know that where the
funds are used and what are the results that they achieve through their
operations. It is always not about just the usage of the money, but the
concerned parties are more interested in knowing that what results they
produced by the millions of dollars that they received in the form of donations
by different national and international donors. The NGOs sometimes which are
honest and doing notable work fail miserably to meet the accountability
expectations that the stakeholders have with the NGO. This may result in
negative impacts and the future funding can be affected big time.
Pressure of the
government:
Whether an NGO is working in collaboration with the
government or not, they always feel some sort of pressure either directly or
indirectly from the government. It is because both these parties share the
common interests and also the common goals, especially when it comes to the
welfare of the society. This becomes a serious challenge and a war of survival
for the NGO as they are bound to prove that they are genuine, loyal and
accountable to whatever work they are doing in the social welfare sector.
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