The Role of NGO's For Rural Development of Bangladesh
Bangladesh has been perhaps the most important hearth on the globe for NGOs (non-government organization). Some estimates place the number of NGOs in Bangladesh in excess of 20,000. there are many types of NGOs in the country, but most focus on development or poverty alleviation. Bangladesh is the birth place of the micro credit NGO, namely Grameen Bank, Asa, Brac etc work in world wide. Grameen Bank with Dr. Muhammad Yunus jointly awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 2007.
HISTORY OF NGOs
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is the world largest group of humanitarian NGOs. Though voluntary associations of citizens have existed through history, NGOs along the lines seen today. One of the first such organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, was founded in 1863. The phrase ‘Non-Government Organization’ came into use with the establishment of the United Nations in 1945 with provisions in article 71 of the United Nations charter. In Bangladesh NGOs activities began in the seventies following the aftermath of 1970 tidal cyclone and 1971 independence war. Globalization during the 20th century gave rise to the importance of NGOs.
TYPES OF NGOs
NGOs are an heterogeneous group. A long list of acronyms has development around the term NGO. These include:
- INGO- stands for international NGO, such as CARE, Helvetas, ADFA-India.
- BINGO- is short for Business-Oriented International NGO.
- RINGO- is an abbreviation of Religious International NGO such as Catholic Relief.
- ENGO- short for Environmental NGO, such as Global 2000.
- GONGOs- are Government Operated NGOs, which may have been set up by government to look like NGOs in order to qualify for outside aid or promote the interests of the government is question.
PURPOSES OF NGOs
NGOs exist for a variety of purpose, usually to further the political or social goals of their members. Examples include improving the state of the natural environment, encouraging the observance of human rights, improving the welfare of the disadvantaged or representing a corporate agenda. However, there are a huge number of such organizations and their goals cover a broad range of political and philosophical positions.
THE ROLE OF NGOs FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
NGOs play an important role for rural development of Bangladesh it is doubtless to say that NGOs with their constructive efforts have been promoting development strategies by creating unique changes in the field of economic progress in Bangladesh since her independence.
Poverty Alleviation:
Poverty alleviation is the supreme target of the NGO among various activities. There are different NGOs acting in our country patronized locally and internationally. NGO plays an important role in promoting the capabilities of the people having in the poverty.
Education Programme:
Though primary education is compulsory programme of the government. Students of the rural areas are not regular and careful about that. NGO has taken long planning to provide primary education suitable for the children living in the villages. In the field of education NGO primary schools with around two million students account for approximately 10 percent of currently enrolled students. Of these BRAC alone accounts for over 1.5 million students in 31,000 schools, 66 percent of whom are girls from poor families.
Standard of Living:
For the standards of the living of the people the NGOs have taken lots of programmes. The officer of the NGOs go to the rural and remot ares of the country and by their physical visit and communication they make the people understand the benefits of building sound health. The villagers don’t have minimum idea of regarding the nutrition of food and first aid. So, NGOs provide them a little bit of idea of medical science by which they can learn how to give the first aid.
Development of Agriculture:
NGOs play an important role in the development of agriculture in our country. In order to development of agriculture they provide different kinds of tools, material, fertilizer, seed and loan on simple interest. Sometimes they give interest free loan. In this way NGOs play an important role in the development of agriculture.
Health Care:
NGO community based health care has made heath care more accessible, effected malnutrition and child survival. It also lead to higher use of family planning.
Gender Equity:
Bangladesh is the only country in South Asia to have achieved gender equity in primary enrollment, in large part due to the role played by NGOs.
Supply Information and data:
Effective plan and programming of our national instruction require reliable data and information which collection then through their personal observation and friendship. Most of the NGOs in Bangladesh have practical experience of organizing people to achieve their predetermined objectives.
Raising Fund:
NGO plays an important role in raising fund of the country from different sources including small donation from the potential individuals. They also know where to allocate the funds for the purpose.
Social Economic Development:
NGOs touch the fundamental elements of socio-economic development of the country. If human resources are not properly used it will be gradually inactive and useless for the country bringing no utility. So NGOs with their pragmatic and practical programmers are always acting to bring fruitful after math of the said resources.
Uplifting programme:
NGOs are active in our grass-root levels with their relief, poverty alleviation, social uplift, environmental and overall development programs. The rural poor have now direct access to the aid, credit and support to the NGOs. They are participating actively in the activities to improve their lat. In many cases the NGOs are working as the awareness builders.
Communication Facilities:
NGOs not only their own sake but also for the local and national interest they build many roads, bridges and highways to provide communication facilities. Considering to uplift the standard of the lives of the people the NGOs have taken lots of developing programs. They go to the rural and remotest area of the country. They try to make the people understand the benefit of building sound health.
NGO plays a very important role in the developing country like Bangladesh specially rural development. In all spheres of development NGOs are reported to have created a land mark in the history of Bangladesh.
The Role of NGO's For Rural Development of Bangladesh
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