Aims and Functions of Relief India Trust

Aims and Functions of NGO:

An NGO is a nonprofit organization which works for the betterment of humanity and the society overall. Every NGO has its specific aims and functions which distinguish it from the rest of the organizations. Further, it also enables the general public to know that what you are up to working as an NGO. Your donors are also part of the general public who at any time can contribute valuable donations for your NGO.  What are the functions of NGO is not that matters. What should be the functions of NGO is all that matters. That’s what defines the mission statement of Relief India Trust.

NGO as a social service provider:

Relief India Trust is a social service provider which at times performs much better than the state government in case of any emergency situation. Any state government might not perform up to the mark, maybe they are unprepared for any emergency situation. On the other hand, an NGO is always prepared to tackle any unforeseen situation which can affect the humanity or the society at large. Actually, that’s what defines the functions of an NGO in case of any emergency situation. In most of the western countries, the NGOs work together with the state government having the common aims and objectives. ON the contrary, in Asia and other developing countries, government only provides financial aids to the NGOs in case of emergency situation. They don’t actually work in tandem having common aims and objectives. Further, the financial aid is not always consistent with the government and the NGO has to find their own way to arrange the resources in case of any crisis. This makes the work of NGOs in such developing countries even more difficult and that’s what the Relief India Trust has faced in the past.

Monitoring and Criticizing:

NGOs are always of the opinion that they should bring social change in the society wherever it is required. The NGOs can do so by monitoring the government policies and criticizing them where they feel something needs to be done the other way around. Such things can make an NGO to act against the government which can strain the relationship between both the parties. But this is not always the case. A lot of times when government has some critical international matters, they take the services of NGO to represent their case. NGOs as a non government organization make their presence felt and their voice heard by everyone without any restrictions. Therefore, such gestures by NGOs encourage a good relationship with the government, which helps the NGOs a lot when they need some resources from the government. At the same time, the NGOs need to be careful by not indulging too much into the political matters. Getting deep into political matters can dent the reputation of an NGO and it can lose its impression in the eyes of the donors. Essentially, the NGOs should try to keep a good balance when working in favor of the government.

Relief India Trust Leadership

Evolving Roles and Characteristics of NGO:

Leadership is a big job role when it comes to the characteristics and competencies of Relief India Trust. The role and characteristics of NGO leasers evolve from one NGO to the other and also from one region to the other. The reason for such evolving nature of the roles and characteristics are the circumstances which stood as the main challenge. There might be some easy regions for NGOs to work while some regions can be very tough due to the local challenges prevailing there. The competencies of Ngo leaders are well tested in pressure situations or exceptional conditions, such as working for the benefit of HIV/ AIDS victims.

Competencies and Characteristics:

Typical competencies of NGO leaders include the capacity of the NGO leader to effectively communicate the strategy and objectives of the organization, ability to inspire NGO teams and Co workers, ability to motivate individuals, identification of opportunities and transforming the plans into a workable model. The Relief India Trust management has noticed that the competencies of NGO leaders have a much broader range as compared to the private and corporate sector. Therefore, the leader’s job is much more challenging in NGOs then in the private and the corporate sector. There might be the reason that NGOs leaders’ performance is measured by their emotional maturity and their capability to mobilize the emotional intelligence that they possess. On the other hand, the corporate and the private sector has nothing to do with emotions as their sole aim of working is to generate revenue without getting emotional about anything related to their business.

NGOs Leader assessment tools:

Many NGOs working worldwide have introduced the assessment tools to determine the competency of the leaders. For example, a tool introduced by Red Cross contained 70 questions which were enough to reinforce the required qualities in the leaders of their organization. Similarly, in another organization, they introduced a set of standards for their leaders, which applies to all levels of their NGO. Further, these standards are independent of the location and the function they are used upon.

Qualities of Leaders:

Following are some of the core qualities which Relief India Trust believes that the leaders of NGOs should posses:

• The leaders should have a clear and definite vision which could give them a sturdy sense of assurance to help the poor and needy people irrespective of the location and challenges faced.
• The leaders should always show a willingness to learn any skill or tool. They should also show willingness in experimenting about a thing which hasn’t been done before by the NGO.
• The leaders are expected to have curiosity about the field he is working on and should try to explore things on his own.
• The leaders obviously should have excellent writing and interpersonal skills which differentiates him from the rest of the staff.
• The leader should be capable enough to maintain a balance between competing demands.
• The leader should also be able to absorb pressure given by different stakeholders.

Role of Relief India Trust

The NGOs are known to play extremely critical role in different segments of disaster management and in eliminating the risk of any further disaster. Several times, it has been noted that the NGOs fail to achieve their goals in the occurrence of any disaster. It is mainly due to the reason that NGOs lack coordination with different stakeholders. These stakeholders can be the state government with their machinery resource which can be an extremely critical resource in a disaster occurrence. The need is to have effective communication among all the stakeholders, especially the state government for efficient disaster management and reconciliation process. The Relief India Trust has always been up to the mark meeting all its stakeholders’ requirements.

Roles and Responsibilities of NGOs in Disaster Management:

The relief India Trust with its powerful set of resources has always proved to be very efficient in managing and facilitating the affected people in all kinds of disasters, including earthquake, fire, floods, etc. Following are some of the roles and responsibilities which Relief India Trust always fulfills to encounter any unseen disaster or acting promptly in case of a disaster occurrence:

• NGOs are required to analyze the basic needs of the affected people in case of any kind of disaster.
• The disaster preparedness processes of the NGOs should be up to date and mature enough to manage any disaster.
• The NGOs are required to work hand in hand with the state government for effective and timely reconciliation of the people affected by any disaster.
• The NGOs should enormously participate as facilitators in the implementation of any state, government programs and policies for disaster management and risk mitigation.

Typical First Phase Response of Relief India Trust NGO in Disaster Management:

The response of an NGO in case of any emergency situation or disaster depends on the scale of the disaster. The NGOs always have to be ready with their Plan A, B and C to encounter any unforeseen emergency situation. In normal disastrous situation, people usually don’t have access to their homes and get in immediate need of shelter and food. The NGOs are required to facilitate them in every possible way. If they are not facilitated in time, then the situation might trigger a lot of viral diseases in the affected people which will result in another severe problem to counter by the NGO. In the first phase of disaster management, the Relief India Trust NGO has the following priorities in facilitating the affected people in a disaster occurrence:

• Water – Supply of clean water to the affected people is highly desirable and should be provided as quickly as possible. There should be a good water distribution system in the camp so that people could easily get access to the basic necessity of life.
• Sanitation – Sanitation facility is the next thing on the list for facilitating the affected people.
• Food Supply – Food should be supplied in an organized manner along with the cooking kits.
• Shelter – Shelter for the affected people is critical to protect them from severe weather.
• Medical Facility – Malaria and other viral diseases are very commonly triggered in the disaster camps and it requires services of a good medical staff to counter such diseases.

Skills needed by Board Members and the lower staff of Relief India Trust for Fundraising campaigns

Introduction:

Fundraising is the most crucial step for the proper operation of the NGO. The Relief India Trust has been always lucky in this regard as they have good long term donors donating generously for the mission of the NGO. The board members of any NGO have a critical part to play in the fundraising campaigns. They know that which donors or government bodies should be approached in order to ask them for donations. Effective communication is a key element in this regard where only board members have the right ability and skills to approach or convince a donor. Following are some of the ingredients that the members of the board and the other staff should have in order to ensure that smooth donations are flowing in towards the NGO:

• Motivation – Motivation is a key not only in fundraising, but every other work that you want to do. Efforts without motivation can lead to incomplete or distorted results with a lot of discouragement and disbelief. The board member along with their lower staff should have periodic meetings discussing the importance of the financial resources and how to raise the fundraising campaigns for the NGO. The Relief India Trust has always encouraged its staff to actively participate in meetings but try to give to the point input regarding fundraising campaigns. The Relief India Trust also has a policy which encourages the staff to come up with an idea to the management any time when they feel like having one. Having periodic meetings between the board members and their subordinate can give them an opportunity to brainstorm together where one good idea would lead to another much better and mature idea. The management can also encourage lower staff by giving a motivational speech in the meeting room describing the importance of the funds needed for the organization. The board should also advise their subordinates to have realistic expectations in their campaigns for fundraising.
• Support –The founding members or the board of directors of the NGO can advise their board members to be very much involved with all the stakeholders of the NGO. The strategy for the relationship with the stakeholders should be reviewed and updated (as and when needed) on a weekly basis. The board of directors should assure their management of all the support they might need in their fundraising efforts for the NGO. The support assurance should also be given to the management, especially where they are having other resources and access problems with various donors, governmental officials and to different locations as well.
• Gratitude – Showing gratitude makes a big difference in NGOs too, as experienced by the Relief India Trust as well. The members dealing with the donors should always be very nice and thanking them for their efforts. This gratitude serves as a big opportunity for the NGO. The people who are inspired from the work would forward your cause to other potential donors as well. Thus, giving chances of having more funds coming towards your NGO.

Weakness of Relief India Trust NGO

Introduction:
The NGOs like Relief India Trust, which are operating in the developing economies like India face several challenges on a daily basis. Some challenges are tackled timely while for some of the challenges the NGOs normally prefer to compromise. Efforts are being made by most of the NGOs to minimize such issues so that the productivity of the NGOs is maximized and maximum numbers of people are facilitated by the NGO. These challenges and problems become a lot bigger in case of unforeseen circumstances or emergencies like flood, earthquake etc. where a lot of NGOs sometimes feel helpless. This is where the NGOs strategy and risk mitigation plan becomes pivotal and it depends that how effectively, they incorporate such plans into their operational system. The Relief India Trust Ngo despite huge success and several successful projects to its credit do have some weaknesses as well. Although they are not something unique to them, but in general almost all the NGOs have such weaknesses.

Weaknesses of NGO:
Here we will talk in general about the weaknesses of NGO and we wouldn’t be getting particular about the Relief India Trust NGO. Following are some of the weaknesses that most of the NGOs either operating in India or anywhere in the world face:

• The small size of an NGO is in itself a big problem as they have very limited scope of operational work in the practical field where the help or relief work is needed. The small size of NGOs very rarely addresses the basic factors, especially of the rural poverty. They are unable to work at the grass root level and they just look and try to solve the problem at a broader level.

• Some urban locations of the country have got flooded with the NGOs unnecessarily. This triggers a lot more problems rather than soling due to the unhealthy competition between the NGOs. Most of the NGOs in such locations are mostly looking to degrade the other Ngo rather than doing some productive work in order to serve the purpose for which an NGO is created.

• In the agricultural sector, the small NGOs have very limited capacity, especially in the technological and other agricultural resources sector. Further, the NGOs in the agricultural sector are often found helpless in creating useful demand-pull on the services given by the state government of the country.

• There are some NGOs in India who have a very weak accountability structure. This badly exposes their administration and becomes a big hurdle in generating funds for the NGO. The reason is that most of the NGOs have made themselves more accountable for the foreign funding and donor rather than giving the equal importance for the local donors are well who are actually part of the system for which the NGO is working for. Neglecting them might trigger some serious problems and the NGO can fail badly under such circumstances. Although, the international donors are also very important, but the NGOs can’t just overlook the local importance.

Tips to start an NGO like Relief India Trust

Introduction:

Setting up a reputable NGO like Relief India Trust can be a daunting task. Careful planning and analysis of the circumstances can lay the solid foundation of a good NGO. The prerequisite list of setting up an NGO demands the founder to be extra agile and flexible in his thinking and the activities as well. Before you lay the foundation stone of an NGO, you need to be a good social person in the area where you live. You should have a credible person in the eyes of your acquaintances in your area. Ideally, you should yourself be a part of any social work before at least once in your life for a reasonable amount of time. Then you will have a good idea, experience and motivation to set up your very own NGO and can work for the welfare of the community just the way you want. Following are some of the tips which can help you a great deal in setting up your own NGO:

• Self Analysis – The first step is to analyze yourself that, are you experienced, and have the right idea that what you want to achieve. You should also analyze that you are appropriately motivated for the cause or there can be a time later when you can think that you want to quit from your NGO work. This tip should take a good amount of your time to consider. If you think that you are positive about it, then the further steps in setting up your NGO wouldn’t take much  time.
• Setting up your Goals – You should set very legitimate and achievable goals for your NGO. Don’t look to put your foot in too many places. Find out one or two things which you think needs the most attention in your community and then start working on it. The different sectors that you can choose from can be Health, Education, women empowerment, Child Labor, Disaster Management, Old Age Home, Orphanage and Agriculture etc.
• Action Plan – Based on your chosen sector, devise an action plan which entails that how would you achieve your goals and objectives.
• Staff Recruitment – Staff recruitment is a very tough process for the NGO. The NGOs in the start don’t have much financial resources so ideally they should start with minimal possible staff. Once the NGO gets operational then you can look to hire more staff. The Relief India Trust NGO initially had the same approach and they opted to recruit more volunteers initially who helped a great deal in order to raise funds for the NGO.
• Making a website – Making a website for your NGO is highly desirable. The Relief India Trust NGO has a very comprehensive website which has all the details of their past achievements, their ongoing projects and also their projects which are still in the pipeline. A website can be a good source to spread your message to far and wide audience, which can eventually help you to generate funds.

Relief India Trust NGO: Fighting Thalassemia through human touch

For three-year-old Sneha, life is a struggle in continuity. A patient of Thalassemia major, Sneha battles death every single day. Her parents, despite being advised to undergo medical tests to diagnose her condition when she was in her mother’s womb, chose to disregard this warning. Now, this unawareness and lack of understanding might cost them dear. Unfortunately, they lost their four-year-old son two years ago due to the same blood disorder.

According to medical experts, more than 10,000 children are born with Thalassemia every year in India due to the sheer lack of awareness among couples, consequently leading to more and more deaths. The disorder causes iron overload, bone deformities and also cardiovascular illness leading to death. If either parent is Thalassemic, then there is a 25 percent chance that their offspring will have the disorder as well.

According to a WHO report, more than 90 percent patients with Thalassemia in Western countries lead a long and normal life. However, half of such patients in India die before reaching adulthood. The reason is simple: lack of awareness and complete care.

Relief India Trust, an NGO with a body of charitable work over the past few years, is actively involved in the promotion of awareness of the disease and support to those who are underprivileged, therefore ill-equipped to bear the cost of medical treatment. Relief India Trust’s ongoing relationship and network with various leading hospitals in the country enables patients to get free or subsidised treatment. The NGO’s recommendation letter on behalf of the patient is taken into consideration by the hospital concerned and they offer all possible help towards the treatment.

RIT (Relief India Trust) conducts blood donation camps for Thalassemia patients and provides this blood to various hospitals for patients totally free of cost. Medicines and injections are provided to hospitals specifically for those Thalassemia patients who cannot afford the cost of the medicine. The organization, through various media portals, creates awareness of the disease, especially in rural areas and keeps them informed about the availability of free treatment, medical and family help at their centers.

Relief India Trust NGO also offers free consultations for patients who face extreme trauma and depression. The organisation’s main thrust revolves around human touch. Being sensitive, and not just providing medicines and treatment, is inherent to the NGO’s work ethics. The Government has, from time to time, lent its support to the organisation.

India urgently requires more public and private participation towards eradication of this malady. The number of NGOs presently involved in the project is far too low and unless there is increased contribution from all spectrums of society, the curse of Thalassemia will only thrive.

Relief India Trust: Uplifting moral standards

Morality is generally considered as the ability to differentiate what is wrong and what is right. It is inevitable to educate individuals to develop a sense of concern for others. A prosperous society cannot be built on pseudo values and practices. The decline of moral values in Indian society is quite evident; denial of ethical obligations is rampant. Progress in economic and political environment entirely depends upon the moral health of any society. As a builder of a healthy society, the Relief India Trust has been playing a vital role in uplifting the moral standards in India. Poverty mainly is a consequence of lack of or complete absence of morals in economic activities. Exploitation of labor force by industrialists makes it excessively difficult for poor people to fulfill their basic needs.

Endeavors of the Relief India Trust:

Relief India Trust educate society on many issues in order to eliminate corruption, socioeconomic exploitation of the disadvantaged, double standard education system, diseases and poverty. It strongly emphasizes upon the teaching of moral values and that it must be an inseparable part of the education system. The Relief India Trust is widely considered as a potent movement to address the issue of moral bankruptcy. These are some efforts by the Trust to restore the ethics:

• Elimination of biased and double standards in education
• An advocate of social and economic equality
• Focusing both on physical as well as mental health of individuals

Lust for power and money in individuals make society vulnerable to social and economic injustices. Accumulation of wealth in few hands damages the overall structure of a society. It widens the gap between the have and the have-nots generally, it is considered the obligation of the state to impose and restore ethics in the citizens. However, the corrupt political structure in India rather promotes and encourages morally unhealthy practices. Corruption is rampant in every walk of life. Relief India trust commences awareness camps and tries to promote the message of equal educational privileges for both rich and poor classes. It actively criticizes the flawed policies and irregularities of government.

Political awareness in individuals:

The role of Relief India Trust Review is not limited to education and health. Volunteers attached with the Relief India Trust organize seminar and awareness camps to educate ignorant people on political matters. It educates people on the strength of the masses and how they can use the right to vote in an appropriate way to bring a positive change in the society. Democracy is of no use if a major portion of the population is ignorant of their rights and obligations. Morally bankrupt people cannot choose the honest rulers. Only awareness and education can make democracy more fruitful for socially, economically backward communities. Therefore, the role of Relief India Trust has been widely acknowledged. The trust has been fighting comprehensively to uplift the social standards in India. The number of programs like educating the disabled children and providing them proper health care can be cited to back the sincere efforts of the Relief India Trust. It is advisable that individuals and groups should come forward to join the cause of the \trust to help India prosper.

Relief India Trust: Women’s Resource And Welfare Organization

Indian women are subjected to the worst discrimination in the world. A female child in India is equal to a bad omen! For that reason infanticide is a common practice today, resulting in a loss of millions of female children before they are born. This practice is quite popular to a point you could think it is legal. By the way, who said that women are not important in the society? Many societies that have prospered in their endeavors believe that women are a critical force in driving the society towards the right direction. Relief India Trust is a women’s social welfare organization looking to change the cultural norms so that women can also get their rightful place in the society without discrimination or prejudice.

 

We do not want to see diagnostic adverts reading, “spend 500 rupees to save 50,000 rupees in future” anywhere in the country. Though this is business, it is discriminatory and socially wrong. Such adverts are encouraging many families to practice infanticide simply because they do not intend to pay dowry for their girl children in future. By supporting and promoting girl-child education things are slowly turning into place as more successful, bold women are coming forth to fight for the rights of fellow women in the society.

From time to time, Relief India Trust is organizing for summer camps basically meant to sensitize all school going children to desist from such practices of women discrimination. Vocational trainings for women have also in a way helped empower women to become self reliant and independent. This way, men become aware that women can also run the affairs they think they are the only ones who can manage. The organization, however not only concentrates on women, but also the boy child in the society. All members of the society are sensitizing towards women’s rights. Through empowerment of women, freedom is possible. To get the empowerment, all children should get education equally irrespective of their gender.

Field workers on the grass root are working hard to report back various cases of domestic violence, educating families on the dangers of HIV and the need to have all children get basic education. Forced marriages which have been common in India are also reported and action taken immediately to subvert the illegal practice. The various community based organizations by the Relief India Trust also plays a great role in organizing for public meeting where the masses are educated and made aware of the move to protect the girl child and embracing them to the later.

“Liberating women is liberating men”, a common saying by Mead. For India to achieve its socioeconomic development goals, women need to be part of the process. This is the only way the country can achieve progress. No more suppression of women because it is time the system changed to allow women also be in charge of various development plans. What a man can do, a woman can do even better!

Relief India Trust- What The NGO Does To The Society

Many calamities face India today and many people suffer miserably because of that. The government and other stakeholders are trying hard to find an urgent solution for these miseries and bring a change to the society to ensure people are not dying of hunger among other challenges. The existing social classes also need to be got rid of so that people can live together in equality and harmony. No society wishes to have some people dying of hunger while others are feeding their quality food to the dogs. The Relief India Trust is an NGO in India that is focused to ensure all people get a decent life with equality throughout the country. Since its inception, the trust has been working hard to ensure a change is here with everybody in the society to witness. In a number of ways, the charity has brought about lifelong changes that have improved the quality of life, more especially for the poor and less privileged.

The Relief India Trust is working very hard to facilitate the lives of the poor and less privileged in the society. This is the main objective of the welfare organization done through public mobilizations using media, volunteers and social media among other platforms. The mobilized people have played a critical role in building a stable society with fewer problems. The team members in the organization always remain together and focused on achieving the main mission. Disease elimination, education for all, enhancing security among others make the core areas of concern of the trust in its effort to help have a better quality life for all members in the society.
The Relief India Trust has come up with a chartered plan to ensure all the people in the society who are less privileged are taken care of in the best possible way. The following programs are part of what the Relief India Trust focuses on to ensure the society is safe;

• Providing education materials like books to all school going children in various parts of the country more especially the slum and rural areas
• Providing medical facilities to the poor, disabled, elderly and those that can’t afford medical care in the society
• Organizing awareness campaigns across India to keep people on the lookout for any misfortune or calamity such as drought, tsunamis and deadly diseases among others
• Financing the needy and less privileged members in the society so that they can sustain themselves in the best possible way more, especially the special groups such as widows, elderly and disabled

So far, there are many volunteers who have come out to help Relief India trust achieve its objective. Through child education, the society is slowly but gradually realizing the importance of supporting one another for the betterment of the entire society. Many vulnerable members of the society are now a happy family with the Relief India Trust as it has worked hard to ensure they also have a decent life like anybody else in the society.