ROLE OF VOLUNTARY

ORGANISATIONS IN SOCIAL

WELFARE ADMINISTRATION

MEANING OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION

A voluntary association or union also sometimes called a voluntary organization, unincorporated association, common-interest association, or just an association.

Is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement as volunteers to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose.

Common examples include trade associations, trade unions, learned societies and professional associations,  environmental groups, and various other types of groups.

IN THE HISTORY During the second half of the 19th century, nationalist

consciousness spread across India and self- help emerged

as the primary focus of socio-political movements.

Numerous organizations were established during this

period,

1. Friend-in-need Society (1858)

2. Prathana Samaj (1873)

3. Arya Samaj (1875)

4. WHO declared the term NGO in 1945

HISTORY OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION

Though the term NGO became popular in India only in the

1980’s the voluntary sector has an older tradition.

Since independence from the British in 1947, the voluntary

sector had a lot of respect in the minds of people-

First because the father of the nation MAHATMA GANDHI

was an active participant

Second because India has always had the tradition of

honoring those who have made some sacrifice to help others

CRITERIA OF OFFICIALLY DECLARED VOLUNTARY

ORGANIZATION

organization should be a legal entity

activities to be open to all citizens of India

irrespective of religion, caste, creed, sex or race

CRITERIA OF OFFICIALLY DECLARED VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION

Objective of serving the social and economic needs of the

community as a whole and mainly the weaker sections

must not work for profit but on no profit and no loss basis

have the necessary flexibility, professional competence

and organizational skills to implement programmes

office bearers should not be elected members of any

political party

declares that it will adopt constitutional and non-violent

means for rural development purposes

 committed to secular and democratic concepts

ROLE OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION IN SOCIAL

DEVELOPMENTTraditionally …..

They went into village or a group of village and ran

1.Literacy programmes 2.Crèches for children

3.Clinics

4. Encouraged farmers to experiment with new crops

and livestock breeds that bring more money

5. Helped weavers and other village artisans to market

their products

RESEARCH / ADVOCACY / LEGAL

The second role of voluntary organization as ..

Who research a particular subject in depth

Lobbied with the government or with

industry

Petitioned the courts for improvements in

the lives of the citizens

Eg. CSE – CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND

ENVIRONMENT, New Delhi

ACTIVISTS

They are against the bureaucrats

and politicians if they were found

wrong and also file petition against

them

They alerted media towards these

acts.

And made people aware about he

happenings

SOCIAL MOBILIZATION

Social Mobilization is the process of

collecting together, harnessing,

actualizing and utilizing potential

human resources for the purpose of

development.

It is process whereby human beings

are made aware of the resources at

their disposal, and are also motivated

and energized to collectively utilize

such resources for the improvement of

their spiritual and material conditions

of living

SOCIAL CAPITAL OPPORTUNITYFace-to-face interaction provided by participation in

voluntary organizations not only teaches essential civics

skills, such as trust, compromise and reciprocity, but also

binds society together by creating bridges between diverse

groups

These bridges are viewed as difficult to create because

they necessitate people going outside their social circles

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Supplementing Government

efforts as they are close to the

mind and hearts of the rural

people

Provides self employment

training

Poverty alleviation programs

Development of women and

children in rural areas

Various other central and

state schemes

NEED FOR REFORMS IN VOLUNTARY

ORGANIZATION

Consequence of coalition government

engagement in policy design and implementation

The sustainability and viability of services in a time

of cuts

Poor commissioning practice

An uneven playing field for commissioning services

Getting the design of payment by results right

THANK YOU

REFERENCESBooks

1.The Role of Social Capital: Bridging, Bonding or Both? - Mary

Foster, Agnes Mein hard, Ida Berger

2.Social welfare administration – S. L. Goel

3.Strengthening the role of voluntary development organization's:

policy issues facing official aid agencies – Alan F .Fowler

Websites

1. www.slideshare.net

2. www.academia.edu

3. www.studymode.com