Growing from grassroots.To initiate a new approach towards social work, I decided, with a few like-minded people, that a non-governmental organization “NGO” redirects here. For other uses, see NGO (disambiguation). A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by private persons or organizations with no participation or representation of any government. (NGO NGO abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization ) should be opened that would have the structure and the legal obligations of a business or corporation, believing this to be the answer to many of the problems that NGOs generally seem to face. So, we founded the Institute of International Social Development, in Calcutta, India, and constituted it as an NGO in October 1996. But, at the same time, we had it registered under the Indian Companies This is a list of major companies based in India. Please note that the list is highly incomplete and does not have every company of all sizes. More information about the companies can be found in the links to the company articles. A
The Institute was set up to conduct development programmes with special emphasis on women, children, youth and the disadvantaged. For its first venture, the Institute took on the task of bringing functional literacy to women in rural communities (Project Sushiksha). Other projects soon followed: providing health-care facilities, in particular for pregnant and lactating lac·tate 1 intr.v. lac·tat·ed, lac·tat·ing, lac·tates To secrete or produce milk. [Latin lact mothers and for children below the age of five (Project Susastha); creating jobs among youth (Project Shramdaan); and bringing awareness about AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely (STDs) in red-light districts A list of world red-light districts. Africa Kenya
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(Project Hope).Initially, due to insufficient funding, we launched programmes by setting up joint ventures with other established NGOs and well-known organizations. One such venture enabled us to secure the site for Project Sushiksha, which provided the first opportunity for the Institute to serve people who had lost their moorings. Women and children, many from families whose breadwinners had a criminal record, were taught the "three R's" - reading, writing and arithmetic - and were given lessons in health, hygiene and sanitation, family planning family planning Use of measures designed to regulate the number and spacing of children within a family, largely to curb population growth and ensure each family’s access to limited resources. and values. Also, they were taught the skills they needed for productive self-employment. In addition, the health care project and the job creation scheme provided good support to the literacy project. Inspiration from the United Nations system helped us to observe various UN Days through special programmes. Although most of these were seminars and symposia, the "World Environment Week" was observed in a different way. Convinced that popular appreciation of the importance and beauty of nature needed to be fostered, we decided to collaborate with the Indo-Japan Welfare and Cultural Association to organize a workshop on "Ikebana ikebana Japanese art of flower arranging. It was introduced in Japan in the 6th century by Chinese Buddhist missionaries, who had formalized the ritual of offering flowers to the Buddha. The first school of flower arranging in Japan was founded in the early 7th century. " - the Japanese style of flower arrangement. Another interesting programme was a seminar on "Population and Development", in association with the historic Asiatic Society
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones (1746-1794) on 15 January 1784 in Calcutta, the capital of British India, to enhance and further the cause of of India. In January 1997, we "joined hands" with Bhaktivedanta Institute to organize the first International Conference on Values for a Better World, at Mayapur in January 1997. This collaboration spared us both the monumental costs, as well as the logistical problems, of approaching and bringing eminent personalities from all over the world and allowed us to hold a groundbreaking conference on this issue. The "Mayapur Declaration" that emerged is an invaluable document on values; according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Robert Muller Robert Muller (born 1923 in Belgium) is an employee of the United Nations, whose ideas about world government, world peace and spirituality led to the increased representation of religions in the UN, including New Age cults and traditional cults. , a former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, it was the first Conference of its kind. The Institute has also been interacting regularly and directly with the United Nations. I had the privilege of being in the delegation of the United Nations system in India at the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in March 1995. It was an inspiring experience. The United Nations system in India has always been extremely generous and supportive of the Institute's activities. Regular mailings and information booklets have been key in keeping the Institute's staff abreast of the latest international development; personal encouragement and guidance by important UN officials has opened up the world wider for it; and relations with United Nations Headquarters in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of have brought it fruitful results in more ways than one. After the International Conference, we felt that the wealth of knowledge available for dissemination among the general public and policy makers alike necessitated the creation of a publication that could carry the message globally. A bimonthly bi·month·ly adj. 1. Happening every two months. 2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly. adv. 1. Once every two months. 2. Twice a month; semimonthly. n. pl. magazine, "The Visionary", was born. Designed to disseminate information about the importance of inculcating intrinsic values and the development of the self, the family and society, the magazine covers such important issues as preserving the environment, controlling and developing population, and fostering and introducing economic policies that enhance sustainable development worldwide. It also promotes and propagates the ideals of the United Nations and its programmes. As part of our efforts to spread the Institute's message, we decided to expand beyond the boundaries of India, and the 50th Annual Conference on "Building Partnerships", organized by the NGO Division of the United Nations Department of Public Information in New York in September 1997, provided us with a unique opportunity to consider and discuss plans to open branches of our organization abroad. We believe that such branches will give impetus to the Institute's efforts to reach out with its message to a wider audience, contribute towards the making of a better world, even if that means battling the stormy seas, the windy deserts and the marshy marsh·y adj. marsh·i·er, marsh·i·est 1. Of, resembling, or characterized by a marsh or marshes; boggy. 2. Growing in marshes. lands towards a goal of "One Earth, One Family". |
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