Also, in more authoritarian societies, NGOs may find it very difficult to act

independently and they may not receive acknowledgment from other political actors

even when they are acting independently. On the other hand, development and

humanitarian relief NGOs need substantial resources, to run their operational

programs, so most of them readily accept official funds. It is thus important for the

NGO to have transparency in its operations and goals so that its relationship

Aasra’s organisational structure

Chairman

Fr. Joe dominic Pereira

Member

sr. Sandhya Anthony

Secretary

fr. Joe d’gama

Member

sr. patsy khan

Treasurer

Mr. paulose parrakkadan

Managing director

Fr. Joe d’gama

Executive director

Mr. Reginald pais

Professionals

Jyothi franklin,msw

Kiran more,msw

Jaywant patil,msw

Sujata nadir,msw

Bosco d’gama

Para-professionals

Laxmi patel

Geeta gupta

Shobha parhyad

Staff

Place Name Responsibility

Thane head office Meera/rutuja administror

meera accountant

Pakia raj Office assistant

Tennyson

Fernandez

resource

Salil sahajeevan(boys shelter) Manoj sonavne Child

development

officer

Ravi educator

Ganesh deshmukh Tution teacher

Shruti/gauri counsellor

sheetal Night attendant

Maya chauhan House mother

Suraksha crisis centre Chanchala surve Child

development

officer

Nisha nair Counsellor

Suvarna parte Educator

Jayshree kamble Care taker

Anjana pailkar Cook

Tulsi dhumane Sweeper

Arjun Watchman

Kurla Kiran more Centre-in-charge

Pournima Educator

Networking Pankaj patil In-charge

Thane Prashant vetnam Centre-in-charge

Razia Teacher

Cresine mesi House mother

kalyan Shaila bhalerao Centre-in-charge

Sultana Teacher

Indu Cook

Kalyan childline Rajesh Coordinator

Rita magar Member

Sangit navsale Member

Yogita patil Member

Navnath shete Member

Avinash gore Member

Rahul mahale Member

Yogesh Member

Atish bansode Member

Sachin jadhav member

Mumbai childline Kiran more Coordinator

Anita Volunteer

Pankaj patil Volunteer

Vitthalwadi Mr.prashant

gaikwad

Centre-in-charge

Mr. Jalinder Day care taker

Mr.sAtish Night attendant

Sarva shikshan abhiyaan Laxmi patel Teacher

Razia teacher Teacher

Sultana Teacher

Ravi Teacher

Nclp special school Kiran more Coordinator

Shreedevi kamble Teacher

Shobha p Teacher

Rehana sheikh Teacher

Savita phad Teacher

Maya pagare Teacher

Darshana

gawlikar

Teacher

Sujata shete Teacher

Laxmi jethoor Teacher

Suresh murtadak Teacher

Aasra avert Hemani rathod Programme

coordinator

Shetal Counsellor

Ravi patil Outreach worker

Swati Outreach worker

Makarand

waghmare

accountant

Volunteers

Name Place Activity

Ms. Amrapali baviskar Kurla day care centre Documentation and

networking

Mrs. usha Digha home Art, craft and English

Ms. Tasneem Digha home English, computers

Mr.elvis Digha home Maths,science