Impact of Non- Governmental Organisation in The Socio-Economic Development of Rural Lives; A Case Study of Vosard

Non-Governmental Organizations plays an important role in the development sector through participatory people cooperation. NGOs are widely recognized for filling the gaps created by governments' failure to satisfy the needs of the poorest residents in developing countries. The number of activities undertaken by NGOs has widened in the near future. It may range from awareness creation to much broad range of activities which includes humanitarian issues, developmental aid and sustainable development. Many organizations also participate in the actual administration of conservation areas, assisting in the promotion of community or individual action, as well as campaigning for more government and corporate sector accountability. Present Article focuses on effectiveness of nongovernmental organizations in rural growth through a case study directed on VOSARD (Voluntary Organization for Social Action and Rural Development), a NGO situated in Idukki district, Kerala. Major rural development programmes undertaken by the NGOs in their areas included community development programmes, agricultural programmes, human resource management and development activities, micro financing, industrial and trade programmes.

Civil Society and its Place in the Constitution of Nepal

Civil society is a non-political sphere and a voluntary organization made from individuals. It lies as an intermediary layer between individuals and families on the one hand and state institutions on the other hand. Civil society has been becoming a hot matter in the system. Its place is not same everywhere. Some developed countries have been provide democratic atmosphere to develop it and have been ignoring it. Constitution as fundamental law of the land is a major tool providing space for civil society. In the context of Nepal civil society organizations, persons, movements or other forms of civil societies have been politicizing and they are ignoring their own values and status, which may be harmful to the effective functioning of democracy. In another context of Nepal books and articles have been written, researches are also conducted but the relation and place of civil society to constitutional provisions has not been mentioned yet. So this study has been made to link civil society to constitution of Nepal. Finally it drew conclusion that Constitution of Nepal is implementing and it has addressed some place for civil society but unfortunately some limitations made on constitution and politization of civil society has made civil society a believeless variables in Nepal. To draw the conclusion in this study descriptive analytical and content analysis methods has been used and information has been taken from secondary method.

“To Make the Crooked Straight”: The Crippled Children Society in Southern New Zealand, 1935–2007

This article examines the history of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society, focusing on the Dunedin branch and highlighting how this voluntary organization has evolved in relation to a widespread change in attitudes and policies towards disability in order to meet the changing needs of its consumers. While taking account of the historical and social context, this study examines the origins of the society in Dunedin in the 1930s and its initial aims as a charitable organization for children affected by polio. It then maps the progress and changes made by the society over time, concentrating on the major upheavals of the late 1980s and 1990s, up until the early twenty-first century which saw the implementation of the New Zealand Disability Strategy (2001) and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) These show how the society adapted to changes in government policy, public attitudes and professional opinion while preserving its original ethos.

Forholdet mellom online- og offline-deltakelse i frivillige organisasjoner

In this chapter the relationship between online and offline civic engagement. We look specifically at the effect of being a member of a Facebook group related to voluntary organizations or to different types of protest on offline membership in voluntary organization and offline volunteering. Using panel-data from a three-wave survey of the Norwegian population using the Internet we test three hypotheses about the relationship between online and offline civic engagement. According to the mobilization-hypothesis, online experience will enhance offline participation of those who are inactive. The crowding-out hypothesis predicts that, since those who are engaged offline will also be the one who are engaged online, increased online engagement will reduce offline engagement. Finally, the independence-hypothesis considers online and offline engagement as not related to each other. Our results show that, in Norway during the period 2012–2016, following Facebook-groups related to a voluntary organization or to different types of protest groups has an impact on offline membership in voluntary organizations, but not on voluntary work. An important exception, however, is that following a Facebook group related to a voluntary organization has a positive effect on offline volunteering in voluntary organization.

Nye former for tilhørighet. Migrantorganisasjoner for barn og ungdom i en norsk sivilsamfunnskontekst

The traditional Scandinavian voluntary sector model is under pressure. The aim of this chapter is to identify the importance of individuals’ cultural background in creating new forms of community and belonging among young people of immigrant background. Based on a qualitative study of eight national voluntary organizations for children and young people of immigrant background, we analyse transnational ties and practices in these organizations. What is the importance of these ties for social and political integration, and how do, these organizations meet the Goverment`s requirement of being a traditional voluntary organization with a national scope? This analysis shows that migrant organizations can be understood as both socio-cultural and political communities. With this dichotomy as a backdrop, we discuss how migrant organizations are trying to fill the role as intercultural communities and at the same time act as arenas for social and political integration. We find that the socio-cultural and political dimensions of the migrant organizations cannot be understood independently of each other. This means that the integration process and transnational ties are two complementary processes. The chapter concludes that the migrant organizations have the potential to play an important role as arena for social and political integration. However, this potential seems to become activated because of the organizations transnational ties and networks, and not despite of them.

The ‘Guardian Group’ of Finland: Socializing Measures in the Little Lotta Organization during the 1930s and 1940s

The purpose of this article is to explore the education that a Finnish voluntary organization, Pikkulotat, the Little Lottas, provided for girls aged 8–17 in Finland during the turbulent and highly political 1930s and 40s. Little Lottas, and their adult counterparts the Lotta Svärd, were nationalistic organizations designed to work on the home front in case of war. From an outside perspective, their activity resembled the scout movement. The aim of the organization was to teach girls skills and knowledge that were to be used in national defence work. The Little Lotta organization had approximately 13,000 members in 1935, 24,000 members in 1939 and 52,000 members in 1944 when its activities were shut down due to political reasons. The primary data of this article consists of magazines Pikkulotta [Little Lotta] (1938–1943), Lottatyttö [Lotta Girl] (1943–1944) and Lotta Svärd (1934–1943). The specific aim of this article is to answer, by using Critical Discourse Analysis as a theoretical tool, the following questions: What were the attributes of a stereotypical Little Lotta? What ideology, skills and guidelines were passed on to readers of previously mentioned magazines? What do texts reveal about the historical context and prevailing culture in which the Little Lotta organization functioned? Results show that members of Little Lotta were given instructions, advice and recommendations that covered all aspects of life: physical appearance, morals, ideology, religion and so on. These measures had three somewhat overlapping aims: 1) to incorporate women into service for the country, 2) to spread officially approved ideologies to homes and, finally, 3) to raise future mothers.

Towards a Conceptualization of Casual Protest Participation: Parsing a Case from the Save Roşia Montană Campaign

There is currently an empirical gap in the literature on protest participation in liberal democracies, which has overwhelmingly focused on Western Europe and North America at the expense of Eastern Europe. To contribute to closing that gap, this article reviews findings from a multi-method field study conducted at FânFest, the environmental protest festival designed to boost participation in Save Roşia Montană, the most prominent environmental campaign in Romania. In contrast to its Western counterparts, Romania has seen markedly lower levels of involvement in voluntary organizationsthat are a key setting for mobilization into collective action. Concurrently, experience with participation in physical protests is limited amongst Romanians. Specifically, the article probes recent indications that social network sites provide new impetus to protest participation as an instrumental means of mobilization. Dwelling on a distinction between experienced and newcomers to protest, results indicate that social network site usage may make possible the casual participation of individuals with prior protest experience who are not activists in a voluntary organization. Whilst this finding may signal a new participatory mode hinging on digitally networked communication, which is beginning to be theorized, it confounds expectations pertaining to a net contribution of social network site usage to the participation of newcomers to protest.