Contents

Acknowledgement.2
Executive Summary..3
Contents

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Chapter 1 Purpose of the study

1.1. Objective of the project report

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1.2 Scope of the study

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Chapter 2 - Introduction
2.1. Overview of NGOs in India

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2.2 About the NGO (history & evolution)

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2.2 Objective of the NGO

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2.3 Vision & Mission of the NGO

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2.4 Geographical Presence

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Chapter 3 NGO Profile

3.1 Organization Structure & Pattern

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3.2 Programmes & Services Offered

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3.3 Awards & Achievement

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3.4 Source of Funding

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3.5 Key challenges/problems facing the NGO

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Chapter 5 Suggestions & Learnings

Chapter 6 Findings & Conclusion (if any)

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Based on data analysis presented in earlier chapters, relevant observations inference to be made /
drawn.
Bibliography (for format please refer to Annexure D)
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Executive Summary

This project report has been prepared in regards to the one month project done at
an NGO. The details of which are:
NGO: Care
Place: New Delhi
Care Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental, social development
organization that provides family-based care for children in 132 countries and territories
and that advocates the concerns, rights and needs of children. Approximately 73,000
children and young people live in 491 Care Children's Villages and 396 CARE Youth
Facilities around the world. More than 174,000 children and young people attend CARE
Hermann Gmeiner Schools, CARE

Kindergartens and CARE

Vocational Training

Centers. Moreover, Care Children's Villages provides families with material,

psychological and social support. Approximately 450,000 people benefit from these
family support services; some 489,000 people make use of the Care Medical Centers. In
times of crisis and disaster, Care Childrens Villages helps through emergency relief
programmes.

Chapter 1 Purpose of the study

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TITLE: To learn managerial skills while working with Care .

OBJECTIVES:
To take classes of the students who are not admitted to school. And take tuition's
of the weak students of different subjects and help them in their winter projects
To prepare students for various events on - Makarsakranti, Republic Day,
Marriages, Birthdays etc. and cover them for the Monthly magazine
To know about the NGO - How, when, where and why it started? What kind of
social work they do and how they work in India.
To study the managerial aspects of Care childrens villages of India.

1.2 Scope of the study

In this study, basic questions concerning the scope and structure of Care working on
development and poverty activities are addressed. Under what conditions is work on many or
few poverty problems by a single Care and warranted? Moreover, for a given Care scope, how
many issues and in what combinations are best in a specific programme? How are these choices
related? How does inheriting an organisational structure, that is difficult (very costly) to
change, influence choices concerning programme type? The application of the economics of
organisation yields useful insights into non-governmental organisation (NGO) structure and
activities, revealing opposing forces that may lead NGOs to diversify either excessively, or
inadequately. NGOs working in the poverty field are a natural focus for this research because
poverty is a multidimensional problem with potential (or contingent) complementarities across

dimensions. Perspectives on activity choices such as child sponsorship and microfinance emerge
from this broader context.

Chapter 2 - Introduction
Introduction to the NGO
CARE Childrens Villages is an independent, non-governmental, social development
organization that provides family-based care for children in 132 countries and territories
and that advocates the concerns, rights and needs of children. Approximately 73,000
children and young people live in 491 Care Children's Villages and 396 Care Youth
Facilities around the world. More than 174,000 children and young people attend CARE
Hermann Gmeiner Schools, care Kindergartens and CARE Vocational Training Centers.
Moreover, Care Children's Villages provides families with material, psychological and
social support. Approximately 450,000 people benefit from these family support services;
some 489,000 people make use of the Care Medical Centers. In times of crisis and
disaster, CARE Children's Villages helps through emergency relief programmes.

History and evolution:The first CARE Childrens Village was founded by Hermann Gmeiner in 1949 in Imst,
Austria. He was committed to helping children in need children who had lost their
homes, their security and their families as a result of the Second World War. With the
support of many donors and co-workers, our organization has grown to help children all
over the world. We take action for children as an independent nongovernmental social
development organization. We respect varying religions and cultures, and we work in
countries and communities where our mission can contribute to development. We work in

the spirit of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and we promote
these rights around the world.

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
Gmeiner's concept was based on four main aspects: every child needs the care of a parent
who establishes a close relationship with each child. The children grow up in a family
with girls and boys of different ages as their siblings. The family is part of a community
that functions as a support system. Biological siblings are not separated if possible and if
this is in the children's best interests. The model of the "classic" CARE Children's
Village has been and will continue to be modified and adapted to local conditions and
requirements. There are now, for example, CARE Children's Villages that have been
integrated into housing estates, short and medium-term care places and assisted living
facilities for young people.
Even though the number of orphans is decreasing in many countries, the number of
children who, for various reasons, cannot live with their biological parents is increasing.
This concerns an estimated 150 million children worldwide. CARE Children's Villages
continuously works on developing child care methods and preventive support for families
to be able to respond to the continually-changing requirements.
In this development process, community-based programmers aimed at preventing the
marginalization of children in society play a key role. With its family strengthening
programmes, CARE Children's Villages aims to help families to support themselves in
the long term, leading an independent life and raising children in a healthy and protected
environment. This is the only way we can assure that children are not abandoned and can
grow up with their family of origin.
In many countries we have for years provided comprehensive support services regarding
nutrition, health, education and child care, which aim to support women and families in
particular. Within this support process, solidarity and self-help among women, families
and communities are very important issues. Community projects, such as child care that
the beneficiaries themselves have organized, serve as a clear relief and protect families.

CARE Children's Villages has a consulting function in the UN Economic and Social
Council and is, among others, a member of the Child Rights Action Group that supports
the EU Child Rights Strategy.

Objectives of NGO
With the CARE Childrens Village concept, our organization pioneered a family
approach to the long-term care of orphaned and abandoned children. This concept is
based on four principles:

The Mother - Each child has a caring parent

The CARE mother builds a close relationship with every child entrusted to her, and
provides the security, love and stability that each child needs. As a child-care
professional, she lives together with the children, guides their development, and runs her
household independently. She recognizes and respects each childs family background,
cultural roots and religion.

Brothers and Sisters - Family ties grow naturally

Girls and boys of different ages live together as brothers and sisters, with natural brothers
and sisters always staying within the same CARE family. These children and their CARE
mother build emotional ties that last a lifetime.

The House - Each family creates its own home

The house is the familys home, with its own unique feeling, rhythm and routine. Under
its roof, children enjoy a real sense of security and belonging. Children grow and learn
together, sharing responsibilities and all the joys and sorrows of daily life.

The Village - The CARE family is a part of the community

CARE families live together, forming a supportive village environment where children
enjoy a happy childhood. The families share experiences and offer one another a helping
hand. They also live as integrated and contributing members of the local community.

Through his or her family, village and community, each child learns to participate
actively in society.

Vision:
Every child belongs to a family and grows with love, respect and security.
Every child belongs to a family
Family is the heart of society. Within a family each child is protected and enjoys a sense
of belonging. Here, children learn values, share responsibilities and form life-long
relationships. A family environment gives them a solid foundation on which to build their
lives.

Every child grows with love

Through love and acceptance, emotional wounds are healed and confidence is built.
Children learn to trust and believe in themselves and others. With this self-assurance each
child can recognize and fulfill his or her potential.
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Every child grows with respect

Each childs voice is heard and taken seriously. Children participate in making decisions
that affect their lives and are guided to take a leading role in their own development. The
child grows with respect and dignity as a cherished member of his or her family and
society.

Every child grows with security

Children are protected from abuse, neglect and exploitation and are kept safe during
natural disaster and war. Children have shelter, food, health care and education. These are
the basic requirements for the sound development of all children.

Mission:
We build families for children in need, we help them shape their own futures and we
share in the development of their communities.
We build families for children in need.
We work for children who are orphaned, abandoned or whose families are unable to care
for them. We give these children the opportunity to build lasting relationships within a
family.
We help them shape their own futures.

We enable children to live according to their own culture and religion, and to be active
members of the community. We help children to recognize and express their individual
abilities, interests and talents. We ensure that children receive the education and skills
training they need to be successful and contributing members of society.
We share in the development of their communities.
We share in community life and respond to the social development needs of societys
most vulnerable children and young people. We establish facilities and programmers that
aim to strengthen families and prevent the abandonment of children. We join hands with
community members to provide education and health care, and respond to emergencies.

Values:
These are the core beliefs and attitudes on which our organization has been built, and
they are the cornerstones of our success. These enduring values guide our actions,
decisions and relationships as we work towards fulfilling our mission.

Geographical Presence

What (Save our Soul) CARE Children's Villages stands for - A loving home for
every child

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Chapter 3 NGO Profile

Organizational Structure and Pattern

In adult life we reveal how we fared in childhood. The quality of childhood is critical as
a help or hindrance in later life. What set the stage for our future development loss and
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hurt, or love and respect? Although we all know that childhood is decisive, children are
still ignored, manipulated, abused and abandoned.
At CARE Childrens Villages we are committed to the welfare of children often
throughout the whole of their childhood and to strengthening families and communities
as a preventive measure in the fight against abandonment and social neglect.
It is a truly difficult but also rewarding task for an organization to seek to restore the
balance in life for abandoned, destitute, and spiritually and physically traumatized
children, to pick them up when crisis brings them down, to give them individual support,
to take them by the hand on the road from childhood to adulthood.
The influence of childhood on adults applies equally to us as an organization with its own
special history. The beginnings of CARE Childrens Villages are decisive for our further
development, but as we grow up the yardstick for our endeavor and the future the
challenge. It is this synthesis of the traditional and the modern, of professionalism and
compassion that guides CARE Childrens Villages in meeting the responsibilities it has
assumed for thousands of children and young adults.
The mission statement of CARE Childrens Villages defines the general framework, our
motivation and commitment to genuine social change that will benefit children
worldwide. That is our vision, which we are working to achieve step by step, to help
children enjoy their right to a childhood and to healthy development, through a family,
through security, through love and respect.
Helmut Kutin, President

Program and services offered

CARE - an eco friendly childrens village
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The childrens village is today a role model for environment conservation. All its homes
are equipped with solar water heaters and solar lighting systems. The village recycles its
waste water and uses its for its gardens and tube wells recharged through rain water
harvesting. Its gardens are full of herbal plants and flowering and fruit trees like teak,
almond, jackfruit etc.

CARE -India and Coca-cola in national wide water conservation

partnership towards a better life for children
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CARE -India, Coca-cola Foundation and Coca-cola India announced a national wide
Water conservation partnership on 20th Jan 2009, to implement water conservation
projects for a better life for children. The partnership will collaborate to ensure
sustainable water resources by undertaking rainwater harvesting projects at 39 CARE
locations spread across the country.

Awards and achievements CARE Childrens villages of India

1964

CARE Childrens Villages of India work commences in India.

1968

first childrens village set up at Greenfields, Faridabad, Haryana.

1974-83

childrens villages at Bawana, Jaipur, Pune, Chennai, Thrissur, Bhakatpura

and Kolkata.

1984

First medical centre at Chennai and childrens villages at

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Varanasi,Bhimtal, Faridabad and Hojai.

1988-91

Childrens villages at Guwahati, Bhopal, , cochin and Bhubaneshwar.

1993-94

First vocational training centre at Faridabad and social centre at Anangpur.

1995-99

Childrens villages at Latur, Rajpura, Vishakpatnam, Jammu and Shillong

and CARE nursing school Faridabad.

2000

Shri.J.N Kaul, President, CARE Childrens villages of India awarded

Padmashree.

2001

Childrens village for special children at khajurikalan, Bhopal.

2002

New outreach initiatives launched to reach out to children in needy

families neighbouring to childrens villages.

2003

Childrens villages at Bhuj, Hyderabad and Rourkela.

CARE -India receives the National award for child welfare(2003-04) by
Ministry of HRD.

2005-10

Emergency relief and rehabilitation programmes for Tsunami affected

children and families in south india and earthquake affected families in
Jammu and Kashmir.
New childrens village under development at Srinagar, Begusarai, Raipur,
Pondicherry and Andaman & Nicobar islands.

2012

Children and families move into childrens village at Raipur and

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pondicherry successful completion of Tsunami projects and programs.

2013

CARE Childrens villages of India felicitated as the Regional Awardee

North at the India NGO Awards 2011

2014

CARE India conferred with PHD Chamber for outstanding contribution to

social welfare,2012
CARE childrens vilaage, Jaipur awarded Godfrey Philips bravery award
New CARE Childrens village under development at alibaug.
Social Monitoring Committee formed discusses the project activities
(WASH, shelter and cash transfer)

Function Wise Study

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: NGOS are non profit making, non government
organization. No fund is available from government. So there is a limited
budget available for expepditures. They use their resources in better manner.
According to the requirement they do manpower planning and pay scale is
lower than other organizations. Most of the appointments are on permanent
basis so that money spend in training would not be waste. So we learn how to
do optimum utilization of resources.
ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE: CARE follows a particular hierarchy.
Village Director is the head of CARE village and all other coworkers work
under Director. Their responsibilities are well defined ie. Organization structure
is transient enough. But all CARE workers are interlinked with each other in
their work as they all have same goal in mind to do the betterment of children.
This gives me the learning that how to coordinate with others while working in
an organization.
OPERATIONS: CARE Childrens village is committed to long term care of less
privileged children of society. As their area of operations is for betterment of
children. This organization is expanding its services through community project
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for the benefit of children of nearby community. Success of FSP (community

program) proves how efficient this organization is in operations
HR POLICIES: In CARE manpower planning is done by HR Head in Delhi.
For each post there is a defined training period which makes employee more
efficient. Their recruitment policies are clear, even in manual we can get the job
profile and job description of each post. Village Director send performance
appraisal to the National Director. ie. HR policies should be well defined.
Training plays an important role in developing organization as a whole.

MARKETING EFFORTS: There is a PFR department for marketing of

CARE . They form their marketing strategy in such a way that they touch
emotional cord of people. ie their strategy is centered to fulfillment of aim ( to
raise funds).

PPM
Planning
Planning is done mainly by the secretary and the director of the organization. For each project
the plan is prepared in attendance of the project coordinators and project workers. Planning is
very strong in the organization. Each plan is made by taking in account the objective of the
organization. Plan covers all area of operation and all members are involved in the planning
process
Organizing
After drawing out the plan the director delegates the responsibilities of a particular area to a
project coordinator who is responsible to answer about the progress of the plan. Project
coordinators are responsible to answer to director.
Leading

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Leading is done all through the process. Coordinators lead the workers and the director leads the
coordinators. Coordinators take care of the problems faced by the workers and communicate
director about them who tries to solve the problems of workers.
Workers move through the area and discuss the problem with villagers. after discussing the
problems activists discuss the issues with the coordinators, if the problem needs a basic level
improvement or action the coordinator takes the decision himself otherwise he/she approaches
the director who has ultimately most of the power regarding operations and takes major
decisions, however he is responsible to answer to the secretary of the organization who
ultimately follows board of directors
Applicability of scientific management theory:
In case of an NGO scientific management theory plays a vital role. According to scientific
management theory the system must be transparent and that helps out the NGO workers in a way
that the director draws a master plan for the project and convokes a meeting of the project
workers along with project coordinator and communicates the basic responsibilities, obligation
process and rewards for achievements. This motivation helps the employee to work effectively
and efficiently. The system increases the pace of operations because employee has a clear

understanding what exactly they are supposed to do and how.

Financial Management:
Financial policy is a tool as well as a measure for the standards of accountability of CARE .
Good financial policy enables the fulfillment of the vision of CARE . The nobler the vision, the
higher the standards of accountability will be. Transparency and high standards of accountability
can be infused only if there is a sound financial policy. Rather Financial Policies are not
disclosed by the organization but are mentioned.
Guiding principles of CARE financial policy:

A creative, honest and use of resources

Optimum utilization of the above resources
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Creative investments of the funds

High accountability standards.
A professional system of reporting, monitoring and evaluation.

Training of Finance Staff:

The Finance staff will be provided with orientation, refresher courses and workshops on a
continuing basis, since there is need for constant up gradation of skills in finances. This measure
improves the quality of the accounting standards and therefore will promote better financial
managements.

ABOUT PROJECT
FAMILY BASED CARE PROGRAM BY CARE
This Program is also been executed very well with the help of Director, CARE
Childrens Village & Incharge of Family Based Care program.
Family based care program is each child grows up in a family, with love, respect
and Security inside CARE childrens village.

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 There are 18 family houses in the village, which are equipped for accommodating
8 to10 children each. At present there are 183 children in total accommodating
these houses. Out of them 80 are boys and 103 are girls.
Bringing Home Of Children
Keeping in view the intake criteria of the organization and the laws of the land
(dully recommended by child welfare committee of the concerned district),
children are brought home after due identification of the genuine cases. They are
placed in the family houses, which he/she will be adjusted. Siblings are placed in
one family house.
Care and Up Bringing
Individual mothers with her loving and caring attitude bring up the children in a
harmonious family environment. Medical and nutritional requirements are taken
care up with blood grouping, height weight measurement and a schedule of
vaccinations like Polio, Diphtheria, Typhoid, and Hepatitis etc.
Schooling
To make a beginning, children of 3+ age group enter village kindergarten who,
join outside English medium public schools after qualifying in the admission tests.
Children join vernacular public/ government schools, which do not qualify even
after one year of extra preparation in the village kindergarten. Children who come
in the late childhood are prepared in the village preparatory and later they appear
in the entrance examination in different schools both semi-English and marathi
medium. As per their suitability, the school authority decides their admission
classes. Children also receive tutorial supports in the village for extra input in
academics.
College/ Higher/ Professionals courses

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After completion of schooling, children opt different streams in +2 according to

their interest and aptitude. They join Degree courses in general and professional
education like Tourism and Hospitality services, B.Sc Biotechnology, Music
(Hindustani Vocal), Fine Arts and Engineering. In addition to this, they also pursue
Master Degree courses in desired disciplines.
Vocational Courses
Children choose vocational courses in two cases, firstly who are not good at
studies and unable to complete the tenth board and secondly, who prefer to opt
vocational rather than going in general line.
Extra Curricular Activities
Besides academics, extracurricular activities like spiritual classes, evening prayer,
literary competitions, music and dance class, traditional games and sports, are also
conducted in the village including recreational activities.
Outings and exposures
Children visit places of interests and historical and educational importance. They
go for sightseeing and picnics during vacations/holidays. Exposures to different
real life situations and world of works are given for gaining practical experiences.
Functions and Festivals
All National celebrations are held along with the observations of Holi, Diwali etc.
the famous state festival is celebrated with traditional fervor besides common
ones.
Training and Placement
After completion of the courses, children are placed in different workplaces to
gain practical knowledge. Later on they get selected on the basis of their merit.

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As on date children are placed in Lokash Private Ltd., Tata Holeset Ltd., Proctor &
Gambler Pvt. Ltd., Safa Marine Pvt. Ltd., Vimal Precision Pvt. Ltd., Lepra India,
Nanda Nursing Home, Aswini Hospital and Sum Hospital.
Enrichment Session
Time to time enrichment classes are organized for both children and mother. The
classes are conducted by experts and by outside resource persons. Children are
exposed to the areas such as Socialization; Awareness on HIV/AIDS; Preparation
before exams; Attitudinal aspects; Importance of Discipline, Patience, and
Obedience in students life etc. Practical exposure is also given such as Cooking,
Embroidery, and House Keeping class etc. Children are counseled on regular basis
Mothers are sensitized to handle the issues such as Dealing with adolescent
behavior; Parenting Skills; Home Management; Stress Management; conflict
Resolution etc. They are trained and oriented from time to time so that they are
abreast with the new trends of modern childcare.
Co-workers join National Training Center at Faridabad to update their knowledge
and skills in the areas of childcare and development. In the village too, training
programmes are arranged on need base basis.
Marriage and Settlement
All out efforts are made for the settlement of our Youths in marriage. We take the
help of print media and conduct mass contact programme to find out the suitable
match. Mental readiness is created in the youths for marriage through regular
counseling.
Objective of NGO project:

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1. To take classes of the students who are not admitted to school and prepare then for
school interviews which will get start from 1st week of March. (twice in a week)
2. To take tuition's of the weak students of different subjects(in which i am
comfortable) and help them in their winter projects.(They hire professional tutors
for childrens weak in certain subjects- Maths, Biology, Physics, Geography &
Chemistry).
3. To prepare students for various events on - Makarsakranti, Republic Day,
Marriages, Birthdays etc. and cover them in least cost for the Monthly magazine "
CARE Messenger".
4. To know about the NGO - How, when, where and why it started? What kind of
social work they do and how they work in India.
5. To relate and study Care (NGO) functioning with PPM, HRM and Operations
theories. (Only limited Marketing & Financial information is disclosed and as it is
centralized region wise they were not able to tell me much. I am trying to get more
detailed information if possible)
6. To study the managerial aspects of CARE childrens villages of India.
Deliverables at the end of project
I took 5 classes of the students who are not admitted to school and prepare them for
school interviews. Taught them everything through pictures and games. Took tuition's of
the weak students in Maths, Biology, and Physics & Geography and help them in
following winter projects.
I prepared students to present a patriotic song on Republic Day and cover the event for
monthly magazine CARE Messenger". Except financial details, I was able to get all
the details about Care from various sources.
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Plan of action:Step1:
Interact with the Director and Teachers to know about the schedule of the classes and
know about my sessions timings. Getting the details of all the childrens need help in
their winter projects and want tuitions in subjects of my interest
Arrange the meeting with one of the House mother when everyone else should be present
in the House at that time.
Always carrying a camera, note pad and pen to cover any event happening and updating
the schedules of the events.
Step2:
Knowing what could be asked in the interview to the children and how to make them
learn it, so that they will not forget it later.
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With the help of Internet I explained the winter projects to the childrens and gave them
printouts as well. In tuitions I made them do the practice of last year question papers of
that subject.
I took pictures of the events for the magazine as well for my report writing.
As per the schedule of the event I selected few childrens and made them prepare a song
for 26th Jan- republic day event.
Step3:
Playing games and tried to involve everyone to play as they will learn from it. Motivating
them by distributing candies.

Results
1. In depth study of CARE Childrens villages FBC programme and its functioning was
done.
2. The functioning of FSP programme was studied and effective monitoring of the
progranmme being implemented was done.
3. Linkage and Partnerships with NGO and other organization have been built to provide
vocational training and jobs.
4. The study of the NGO with management perspective was done effevtively.
Achievements
1. I got first time experience of teaching the underprivileged children.
2. Got the attention of the NGO towards the fact that the children under the FBC
programme are poor in English and hindi . so adequate care should be taken to ensure
that the external private tution faculty should be such that proper guidance regarding
the above should be given.
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Leanings
1.
2.
3.
4.

How the different functions of a NGO works.

How to make use of optimum resources.
How to implement the FSP programme and monitor it.
The procedure of bringing a needy child to these kinds of NGO.

Comparison of plan of action with execution

1. The execution for the first week went as per the plan of action.
2. For the second week , the execution was not as per the plan. It took 3 more days than
planned to complete the set objective of studying the FBC programme.
3. In the third week the objective to be achieved as per plan was to study the FSP
programme. But again it was prolonged by 2 more days.
4. In the end the project was extended for two more days to successfully complete it.

Sources of Funding:The various sources of funding available for NGOs both at the conventional as well as
non-conventional level. Conventional sources are those that are mostly existing and
donor based and non-conventional sources of funding are those that also include
alternative fundraising for organizations. The bilateral and multilateral aid is one of the
biggest sources of funding we have seen over the past fifty and more years. These
originate either from the foreign offices of the developed countries or from the
multilateral organizations set up by different countries such as the United Nations, the
World Bank, the Asian Development Bank. These organizations have been created to
extend international support for alleviating poverty and reducing the socio-economic gap
between the developed and the developing countries. But their agendas are far more
complex and they are not necessarily focused upon injecting funds into NGOs, but
definitely a small part of their massive programs does include funding support for NGOs
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in developing countries. The second important source of funding is the private

charities/foundations/international organizations that are more privately handled and have
a better focus on equipping local NGOs not just financially but also technically. In
countries where there is some economic growth recorded with a presence of a wealthy
private sector, NGOs can also look upon the corporate agencies as another major source
of funding for them. There are also international corporate groups that have Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda for enhancing equity, social justice and development.
Besides, in the present times, the corporate agencies are also partnering with NGOs for
joint profit-oriented projects. In some countries, the local governments are also a major
source of funding as they have different community welfare and development schemes
which NGOs can apply and raise resources and implement projects. Donations and gifts,
mostly from individuals or informal groups are also sources of funding for NGOs.
Finally, the non-conventional resources include the micro-enterprises, microfinance and
micro-insurance.

Key Challenges and Problem Faced By Care NGO

Donor funds are the lifeline of NGOs in developing countries. It is a fact that if
there were not many donor funds available from developed nations, there would
not really be so many organizations, as we see today. The NGOs have
mushroomed more out of the supply of aid than out of the demand for more work
with the community. Nevertheless, it is also a fact that these donor funds have
tremendous limitations and restrictions that sometimes challenge the very ideals of
social work. NGOs have known to implement projects based on certain conditions
imposed by the donors. Often these conditions could prove unfavorable to the kind
of the developmental activities that really need to be implemented for the welfare
of the community. But when choices are few, NGOs really cannot refuse this
reality. Besides this, we also know that funding resources from foreign donors are
not sustainable. They are there now, but then they can just disappear next day
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without any warranty and they can just reappear back again.Therefore, it is high
time that organizations started to think beyond just donor funds. We are not trying
to make a point that we need to stop depending upon external funding, but we
really feel it is time that NGOs started becoming creative to overcome the
challenges posed by conventional sources of funding in order to be more
sustainable and effective in their approaches towards the development of their
communities.
In this context, it will be a good idea for NGOs to analyze the various advantages
and disadvantages of the different funding sources received by them. For example,
there may be funding received by an NGO from the Europe Aid. The advantage of
this funding is that it is substantial and can enhance the quality of services, but the
disadvantage can be that it is mostly available for small period of time like one
year to 18 months to 30 months that can limit the scale of intervention. Similarly,
the member contributions are also a source of income, but their advantages and
disadvantages can also be listed like being sustainable but small in terms of value.

Chapter -5
Suggestion and Learnings
Leanings during execution
1. While dealing with underprivileged kids we should not treat them with pity but show
love and affection towards them.
2. While planning we should inform all the persons concerned about our plan so that
they could guide or help us execute our plan.
3. Implementing a programme does not guarantee its success but effective monitoring
has to be done to guarantee its success.
4. What are the different rules and regulations to be followed while functioning a NGO.
Overall learnings from the project
1. How an NGO works and the different functions work simultaneously for the
successful attainment of objective.
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2. How to deal with underprivileged children .

3. How to plan and implement the programmes meant for the needy and closely monitor
it to guarantee its success.
4. How to link different NGOs to fulfill the common objectives.
Personality development W.R.T to CSR
1. We were sensitized towards the underprivileged children of the society.
2. We have learnt that we should not unnecessarily waste the resources available to us
but should donate it to the needy.
3. For the development of society , our prime goal should not be to earn money for
ourselves but also do something for the underprivileged sections of society.

Recommendations
1. The children at the CARE childrens village are poor in English as their teaching is
done mainly in Hindi. So I have given the suggestion of improving their selection of
private tutors, so that the children could improve.
2. Every home at CARE childrens village purchases its monthly ration on its own. as
the purchase is done separately for each home, they are missing the opportunity of
availing cash discounts on bulk purchases. So a recommendation was given to have a
centralized ration shop at the NGO.the ration shop should purchase the whole
requirement of the village and can supply it to the individual houses as per
requirement. This will enable them to avail some discount.
3. There should be less no. of children in a CARE family. As one CARE mother can't
take care of 10 children. She is not able to give proper attention. For proper
development 5 to 6 children should live in a family. Always there is a burden on elder
children to do household work so they are not able to perform well in studies.
4. In FSP community programme CARE provides help for 3 to 5 years. It is not
necessary that a family can become self reliant within this time period. So time
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period for help should be according to the requirement of families

Weak links in the functioning of the NGO
1. Staff strength and capacities need to be enhanced for FSP to be effective.
2. FSP programme is handled only by a Single person with 120 Families which
makes it difficult to manage.
3. Looking at the current scenario more marketing effort should be done at the
organizational level. As it is require to sustain in near future. More awareness
among people will lead to more funds.
4. There is no proper monitoring of the academic performance of the children
rersiding there.
Suggested areas of Improvement
1. There is no proper system to encourage sports among the children which is
required for the proper mental and physical growth of the children.
2. Improve the teaching pedagogy so as improve the knowledge of children in
English and Hindi. So as to enable them to face the competition prevailing in the
society.

Bibliography
1. www.wikipedia.org
2. UP government official website
3. Government of India official website
4. www. parmarthindia.org
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5. upstats.com
6. www.google.com
7. www.wikianswers.com

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