When you come across the term NGO, you think children, poverty, education, human rights, victimized women, let me know what more?
However, let’s go 360 degrees into it. Are NGOs really the righteous agents of goodwill. Does benevolence prevail, only?
(NGOs- non-governmental organizations), they’re sky-rocketing in numbers, are we progressing towards a place in the world, where we’ll meet RAMA and KRISHNA. In India, are we growing the number of people who are God sent?
Organized charities are a thing in the past, the masses of the current groupings (NGOs) are spread across the world. They have a non-fragmented, avowed mission. Well, it is neither related to a governmental agency. Perhaps, not close to a business either. With the perfect kind of motive, they be the torchbearers for protection, development, being the voice of the marginalized ones and ensuring to reduce poverty, empowering women, how fangled is this idea, which is fanning out throughout the entire nation
Are we reigning in a Thatcher-Reagan Era?
In recent times, NGOs are looking apparent on enshrining public provisions. Whether it is education, employment, healthcare, etc. There is a progressive ideology involved, which is eventually turning into disruptive capitalism.
Let’s ponder on it
The government in India is growing sternness in this matter, are governments laundering cheap services by funding NGOs, how do you funnel the residual idealism and fight such a power?
NGOs are marching towards us, speaking of revolution, showcasing activists, presenting the sentiments and good natures of intellectuals and celebrities. They’re softly decoying deep-seated clashes.
Is it an indication for devastation?
In India, we have the government, IT, media and now the NGOs, they’re powerful. Or, just neutralizing in the face of activism? They serve as the best underdogs, playing the rhetoric and achieve the motives of social justice effortlessly.
Large chunks of their income come mostly from non-compromising government aids, corporates, big shots. However, we in India, promote idealism of denying funding or being donors. These agencies are extending partnerships, with the illusion of partly affirmative interests to transform and develop the people and children of India.
Stifling the system
The NGOs with their ways to deliver an illusion of resistance movements. But delivering, predetermined agenda, which are likely of possessing ulterior motives deflect their power against denial. They’re the unelected representatives, choosing to help and ripping off communities.
NGOs are neglecting to be beneficiaries, they infuse small hopes, they group people and look for their motives in them. They address minor issues and voice their tiny actions into movement. Portraying to focus on larger problems of the society. The eye opener here is these radical endeavors prove void when they form alliances and post the good reputation, refuse to use the funds.
It isn’t all bad
There’re many NGOs in India, that operate parallel to the government and raise money to develop and protect human rights. There are profit seeking individuals, many of them are succumbed with debt traps. Their success is local, unfragmented. We’ve to fathom to the fact that NGOs can’t bring in large structural changes. They can render a helping hand for commoners and deprived ones to stabilize.
There are within the streets of India, many NGOs, who are the first ones to be present at an emergency, or natural disaster or for humanitarian assistance. We never look to condemn the government much. These NGOs suffer huge criticism for mishandling activism.
Regardless of the huge industry of tax evaders within the NGO’s realm, transformation and development does happen. It is not done by these groups. There are in the face of womankind, environment, social issues, etc. Many enthusiastic activists in India, who aren’t conceded or corporate goons. We need them more the big guys.
How do we salvage the situation?
Instead of increasing the number of dubious NGOs, for uncompromised motives. We can achieve a lot if government takes initiatives to fund the little guys and work with them to eliminate slavery, provide proper medication to the needy, oppress the sexual minorities.
The activists within the society who have a single agenda in mind and work towards the development of that issue only, these are the ones who are likely to succeed in making a change, they need no special assistance.
The bottom line is NGOs shouldn’t operate themselves as a system of power, or a political chain. They need to be approachable, they’ve to pose themselves as grand philanthropists who’re working towards reconnecting the people in distress and fight along with them for justice or liberation.