The Relationship Between the State and the Voluntary Sector

Image courtesy bishopgsu.co.uk by John Clark Abstract In some countries, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are major contributors to development processes. This is not uniform, however. In a number of countries, NGOs are weak or play more of an oppositional...

iVolunteer Chennai – Star Volunteer for August – Suthan – Sociology Student – Loyola College

Mr Suthan with kids Mr Suthan, a socialogy student of Loyola college has been chosen to be the Star Volunteer of iVolunteer, Chennai for the month of August 2009. In sharing this information, Ms Dheepam, iVolunteer, Chennai Co-ordinator when speaking...

NGO: ‘Save my world’ to start free cyber cafe facility for poor

Image courtesy vacationhousedisney.com The city is going to have country’s first cyber cafe at Gurudwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Jamalpur, courtesy ‘Save my world,’ a non-government organization. Mehtab Singh, founder of the NGO, said, “We are...

NGO launches portal for blood donor data

In an emergency situation require blood immediately but don’t know where to look for- Your search ends at www.joinuttarakhand.com, a community web portal of people of Uttarakhand, the first of its kind in the region, which was launched in Chandigarh...

On Mission Reunion

A small argument with his family members resulted in 16-year-old Manoj running away from his home in Koregaon near Satara but luckily for him he was found by activists of the Society for Assistance to Children in Difficult Situation (Sathi). It was a...

NGOs to build houses, feed the hungry

One obvious presence in every flood-affected village is that of NGOs. Many NGOs have gone to places that have remained out of reach for government officials. NGOs of all colours, religious, social, community-based, charity wings of trade bodies and corporate...