NGOs reaching out to Corporate Sector

The social sector has previously suffered and still does somewhat suffer from a negative image, with high vacancy and staff turnover rates in some areas and high profile child abuse cases bringing it under public scrutiny.Transparency in activities and accounts also add a lot to the unfair tilt of faith that many might still have with respect to social organizations and the kind of work they do in our societies.

Coupled with this is a lack of recognition for what social workers do. Additional impediments would be social stigmas and norms, superstition and lower education levels in a country like ours.

The question which might arise is that what kind of work can one person do in respect to this sector.
Well the list is endless

Adults – support for the elderly of our society, people with mental health issues, learning and physical disabilities, or alcohol and substance abuse problems, the homeless, and victims of domestic abuse.
Children, young people and families – work in fostering, adoption and child protection, and with young offenders, harrassment,and youngsters who are unemployed or homeless, or who have emotional, learning and physical disabilities.
Females : prostitution, illegal confinement, domestic violence, harrassment, trafficing, family health, hygiene, etc.

Social workers can have starting salaries range from Rupees4000 to 12,000. Staff in senior roles can earn around Rupees 25,000. Staff motivation and morale have been affected in some areas by high vacancy and staff turnover rates, related in part to low pay. Social workers in some teams have high caseloads, but they can be managed with adequate monitoring, understanding,support and training.

The nature of the work causes work-related stress, but this is balanced by the personal satisfaction gained from developing and maintaining relationships with the people you are trying to help. You can make a real impact on improving people’s lives.
SO , why dont you take a positive step ?

This project aimed at mainstreaming support to children came to its completion in December 2007. 2900 children were admitted to formal schools by 5 sub-grantee organizations. REACH India’s .
The project staff members ngaged in REACH India’s project also have undergone training programmes organized for the teachers engaged in this project. Preparation of syllabus, evaluation sheets and conduct of evaluation also have been their responsibility. Formal curriculum has been followed so that the learners are acquainted with the system. A good number of innovative teaching-learning materials were also developed during the process.

Sub-grantee NGOs have been engaged in implementing this project.