Every day we all see children sitting on the roadside, hungry and homeless. The demographics of India are on a constant rise and so are the problems. Today, there are a lot of poor people who need help. The society might not be able to turn into a Marxist one, but the least we can do is our bit. Now with greater social awareness more and more youngsters are pursuing social work as a full time profession.
Social work is divided into three broad categories Service, Advocacy and Corporate social responsibility. The services include personal initiatives like mobilizing resources and occupations for the poor; physically challenged or simply those in need.Advocacy is generally taken up international or government organizations and large NGO's.
There are many problems which could not be solved effectively within a country. The international bodies at a global level including international organizations like World Trade Organization were considered to be too centered to favor the interests of capitalist firms. The growth and rise of NGO is seen as an attempt to offset this trend, where NGO emphasize the core issue related to human cause like sustainable development, developmental aid and other humanitarian issues.
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is basically a legally constituted organization which is operated by legal persons who act independently from any government. In those cases where the NGOs are funded partially or completely by governments, the NGO barred the government representatives from any membership in the organization in order to sustain its non-governmental status. The term is used for those organizations which have wider social target with political aspects. However, any NGO cannot be blatantly political organizations. The term "non-governmental organization" has no agreed legal definition and these are termed as "civil society organizations" in many jurisdictions.
The NGOs can be classified into various types on the basis of different factors like orientation or level of cooperation. NGO type by orientation can be grouped into charitable orientation; Service orientation; Participatory orientation; and Empowering orientation. NGO type by level of co-operation can be grouped into Community- Based Organization; City Wide Organization; National NGOs; and International NGOs.
The Non-governmental organizations forms a heterogeneous group and it has a long list of organization working in different areas with varied scope of work. The alternative terms used in addition to "NGO" include private voluntary organizations, civil society, independent sector, self-help organizations, grassroots organizations, volunteer sector, transnational social movement organizations, and non-state actors (NSA's).
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