Role of ngo in nation building madhav 2003

Role of NGO’s in nation building

Dr. Madhav Sathe.Joint Hon. Secretary.

Bombay Mothers and Children Welfare Society.

What are NGO’s

By definition, a non-governmental

organization (NGO) is a legally constituted

organization that operates independently from

the government.

They are organizations that are not a part of the

government and are not conventional-for-profit

business.

They are organizations that pursue wider social

aims.

What do they do – Roles that NGO’s play

• Investing personal wealth in social development• Azim Premji foundation, Sudha and Narayan Murthy

and many more.Investors

• Creating awareness and enabling the development of public opinion/view

• Amir khan addresses burning issues through his program

Communicators

• People using their good office and goodwill to percolate govt. schemes to target groups.

• Mrs .Supriya Sule M.P.Facilitators

• Credible foundations created by philanthropist to do a target work in different areas

• CRY, Helpage India and many more.

Workers (Large)

• Small NGO like BMCWS who choose a small area of work and different causes dear to the trusteesWorkers

(small)

BMCWS - The Bombay Mother and Child Welfare Society

BMCWS – Introduction

Charitable trust established in 1919

Functions with donations from private and public

trusts

The Shahani Trust

The Dorabji Tata Trust

The Mahalaxmi Temple Trust

The Shri Siddhivinayak Temple Trust

The organization has received 1.5 Crs. in donations

All donations accepted are project specific

What do we do

BMCWS

Rural & Urban Health Care

Child Care

Education

Rural Development Support

Rural & Urban Health Care

• Low cost hospitals

• Worli Mumbai -40 beds. Ultra modern, beautiful

décor, and very affordable cost.

• Rajgurunagar Hospital 30 beds ,ultra modern rural

hospital with sprawling garden.

• Bhilwadi (Sangli) 10 beds , beautiful décor,with

modern facilities.

• Rs.3000/ for normal delivery Rs. 5000/ for caesarian

section with 5 days stay and doctors charges

Cancer Patient Convalescent Homes

• Facilitate treatment of Cancer patient by

providing affordable shelter during treatment.

• 100 patients can stay with their relatives.

• Common cooking areas for palatable home food .

• 20 children @ free , 30 @Rs. 230/Day and 50

@350/day.

• Convenient locations, proximity to Tata hospital .

Modern Crèches.

• Baby friendly, well decorated crèches .

• We do everything that a mother would do for a child.

• Mothers pride as it reduces her guilt of leaving the

child to great extent.

• Total 1000 children in different income areas.

• Same facilities but different fee structure as per area.

• Sanskar classes to computers every thing under one

roof

Parle photo

Rural Development

Perceptible change in rural mindset is

development.

Health, Hygiene, Education, Vocational

training, Environment.

40 villages, 64 schools,5 Tribal schools

Low cost , innovative, modular, scaleable

program design.

BMCWS-NGO with a difference

Self Sustaining social innovator.

Earning units are encouraged to support social

upliftment.

All the units are best in their category and still

very affordable.

Average cost in each unit is 30% of market

rates

Professionally managed progressive organization.

Constant up gradation of all units is the norm.

Must be the best in the category.

Immaculate cleanliness an absolute must.

Use of technology to increase the efficiency

and quality.

Staff training and quality audits regular

features.

Business like attitude for charitable work

Cutting cost without compromising qualities

Modern technology to help improving

administration

Taking financial planning to different level by

using innovations

Giving limited financial freedom to every unit

by giving them monthly and yearly budgets

Simplifying accountability by regular monthly

audits of all units

Don’t hesitate to earn profit!!!

• We always felt that subsidy is a tool to leverage

needs of needy.

• Distributing largess in a affordable class is not an

NGO philosophy.

• Earning units make organization grow faster as you

can develop and execute project without waiting for

finances.

• One completed project brings more ideas and more

people in organization.

Social entrepreneurship

Social enterprunership

Social entrepreneurship combines the passion

of a social mission with an image of business

like discipline ,innovation, and determination

commonly associated with the high-tech

pioneers of silicon valley.

Social Entrepreneurs are….

• Change agents in social sector, played by

• Adapting a mission to create and sustain social value.

• Recognizing and relentlessly pursuing new opportunity

to serve that mission.

• Engaging in process of continuous innovation,

adaptation and learning.

• Acting boldly without being limited resources currently

in hand

• Exhibiting a heightened sense of accountability to

constituencies served and for the outcomes created.

My personal experience• I achieved this without any knowledge of -

• Financial economics.

• Accounting.

• Management.

• Administration.

• Human resource development.

• Marketing

• Social work

Imagination is more important than knowledge

Einstein

Sustainable social Entrepreneurship

25 yrs of my work

The march to sustainable social entrepreneurship.

Innovations in

HR.

Finance.

Administration.

Designing and developing of rural program

Special attention towards Tribal schools.

Environment and nutrition.

Human resourses.

• Creating confidence in work force with constant

interaction to develop cordial relationship with

union.

• Maintaining their salary dates even during difficult

situation.

• Acknowledging their motivated participation by

adequate and frequent salary rise.

• Transparent accounting system created the faith in

management and its actions.

‘Human nursery’ – an experiment to nurture individuals

• Peon trained as X-Ray technician.• Watchman trained as hardware and

networking expert and then absorbed as peon cum technician on vacant post.

• Mali to driver to social worker with difference.

• Mali to approved and very popular MSCIT teacher.

Financial innovations

• Unsecured zero interest loans from individuals to

execute projects that mattered.

• 5000 Sq. Ft. construction by Builder repaid in 15

Yrs of EMI.

• Water proofing of 4000 sq.ft. hospital.

• Creating assets by taking Differed donations for

ongoing projects.

• Paying back part of fees paid preserving part for

organization.

Administration

Budgets and Audits of individual units

Decentralized the organization by giving

limited liberties to each unit.

Transperant audit systems.

Modular structure of program to allow

necessary flexibility in execution.

Training of existing staff to take newer

responsibilities-maintains cohesive structure.

Education and vocational training.

25 million subsidy to train 2500 women in

Tailoring .(Door step teaching in 40 villages

over 5 yrs).

2.5 million subsidy to 2500 students

facilitating MSCIT course.

39 rural youth trained in hardware and

networking by TCS.

100 Rural girls trained as DAI .

Nutrition and environment

Planted 15000 banana plants in 7500 rural

houses.(nutritional support to 7500 children).

Cost per house Rs 20 only.

Yearlong nutritional support to 7500 children

in form of 1 banana each to 2 children.

Enhanced green cover to mother earth.

Computer training

50 computers in our own central lab at

Rajgurunagar.

1-2 computers in 64 primary schools.

6-10 computers in 11 highschools with free

internet.

All teachers have to clear MSCIT before

computer instalation.

How this has helped the organisation

The organization is now fit to be labeled as a

social entrepreneurship.

Not only is it sustainable, it is now, in a

position to have its own CSR.(RURAL

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM).

We can initiate project execution as soon as

the ideas are formulated and save valuable

time.

Financial growth

assets

Pay structure

Rs 485/pm(1985) is now Rs. 10000/pm.

Bonus every year.

Gratuity provident fund benefits as per govt.

rules.

Free medical treatment in our hospitals.

Planning to add group life and medical

insurance in coming years.

Way forward…

Come out of ME and MYSELF

And start

How was it possible….

Driven by

Passion

Urge to give back to society.

Clarity about goals to be reached.

Ready to innovate and take calculated risks.

To motivate by example.

Accepting failures and learning from it.

Inhibitions to act ….

Common thoughts in the mind are

How do I manage to find the time?

Where will the money come from?

How do I volunteer in social field without

knowledge?

I have no knowledge so better not to do it.

Let somebody with knowledge do it

True difficulties or just the reasons to…..

It is not time investment but a thought

investment.

You create an idea and there are people to

execute it.

Money is available in plenty but credible

channels are lacking.

Urge to give back is itself a thought generator.

Be an entrepreneur

Its truly simple.

Does not take your valuable time.

Use your knowledge to design and develop

product.

Donations in any form of thoughts ,money or

efforts is welcome in the sector.

Find your area of work and contribute.

Need of an hour is to contribute

Your responsibility…

Gigantic task of social upliftment.

Only government cannot do it.

Requires a participation by everybody.

Help to create participatory society .

Government is doing plenty. You need to walk

the last mile for it to reach the target

Thank You.