NGO Management: Education & Health Programs in Bihar, India

This report details the establishment of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Bihar, India, focusing on addressing the state's developmental challenges. The NGO targets key areas such as education, health campaigns, and awareness programs specifically aimed at women and youth. The report outlines the organization's constitution, which adheres to a defined governance structure and process, ensuring accountability and transparency. It also describes the composition of the NGO's board, including roles like President, Treasurer, and Secretary, and details their responsibilities in fundraising, human resources, and overall strategic direction. The ultimate goal is to create a sustainable organization dedicated to the welfare of the people in Bihar.

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Executive Summary
The paper discuses about the creation of a NGO, in the state of the Bihar in India. The paper
discusses the various target areas of the NGO that includes education, healthy campaign and
awareness programs. The constitution of the organization has also been discussed in the paper
that complies with the governance structure and process of the organization. The report also
discusses about the composition and responsibilities of the board of the NGO.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussions......................................................................................................................................3
Targets and Goals of the NGO....................................................................................................3
Governance Structure and Process..............................................................................................5
Composition and Responsibilities of the Board..........................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The Non –Governmental Organization, which is also called the NGO, is an organization,
which is not a part of a government. The NGO is also not a profit making business rather it is an
organization that works for the welfare of the society and it does not expects any profit. The
paper discuss about creation of a NGO in the state of Bihar, India. The NGO would target the
areas like education, health campaign and awareness targeting women and youth of the residents
of the state of Bihar. The report also provides the details of the governance and structure and
process of the NGO. The paper also discusses and analyzes the composition and the
responsibilities of the board of the NGO.
Discussions
Bihar is one of the underdeveloped and poor states in India, considering this fact a NGO
should be created for the welfare of the society in Bihar, India as NGOs can play a key role in
advancement of modern societies.
Targets and Goals of the NGO
The main target areas of the NGO that would be created for the welfare of the people in
Bihar, India are:
 Education – It has been noted that there are many problems , when it comes to education
in the remote rural villages of Bihar .The problems in these areas includes dearth of
qualified teachers and also the number of students coming to the schools is very low .
The NGO would provide proper education to the children by engaging qualified teachers.
It would also make the classroom and the teaching appealing by providing audio-visual

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lectures by using projectors and smart boards (Mathew and Alidmat 2013). The caste
system is still prevalent in the remote villages of Bihar where the Dalit children are still
discriminated and provided with proper education (Ramachandran and Naorem 2013).
For a society to improve, education of girl child is also very important but in the villages
of Bihar, the parents are reluctant to send their girl child to the schools. The NGO would
take initiative to ensure that all the children are provided proper education irrespective of
their castes, sex or financial conditions.
 Health Campaign and Awareness targeting Youth and Women – Apart from
education the NGO would emphasize on various campaigns and awareness that would
target the youth and women. The members of the NGO would meet and discuss with the
members of the community in Bihar about their water usage, sanitation and hygiene
situation. The NGO would promote washing hands with soaps and initiate campaigns
about stopping open-defecation. The NGO would also organize educational campaign s
about Breast-cancer that would educate the women of Bihar about the risk associated
with breast cancer and how to detect breast cancer at an early stage detailing about the
symptoms and treatment (DeSantis et al. 2014). The NGO would also hire a mobile
immunization team that would conduct monthly immunization camps in the villages of
Bihar, it would aim to provide vaccines against diseases like rubella, measles, hepatitis,
polio and many others (Plotkin 2014). Bihar being one of the poorest states of India, there
are many cases malnutrition of the children in Bihar, the NGO would provide free food to
several government schools of Bihar. The NGO would also start several campaigns that
would make people aware of the necessity and importance of having diet and what food
to have for getting balance diet. The NGO would also conduct workshop that would

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educate the women of the villages of Bihar about the issues related to maternal mortality,
infant mortality, complications during pregnancy. It would also educate them about the
prevention of mother to child transmission of diseases like HIV/AIDS and other STDs
(Maartens, Celum and Lewin 2014). The NGO would also target the youth of the society
in Bihar as they are future of society and start various campaigns to make them aware of
the harm caused by the drug abuse. The services of the NGO would include drug
awareness and prevention programs, rehabilitation and counseling (Chakravarthy, Shah
and Lotfipour 2013).
Governance Structure and Process
The NGO would follow a certain sets of fundamental principles that would comply with
the governance structure and process (Valenti 2013). Some of the governance standards and
process that would be followed by the NGO are as follows:
 The NGO would not intend to make profits from their operations and activities, the one
and only aim of the organization would be welfare of the people in Bihar and work
towards their charitable purpose. They would also try to gather funds from various
sources so that they can work more efficiently for the welfare of the people in Bihar.
 The NGO would ensure that they are open and accountable to their members so that the
members are able to understand the operations of the NGO and raise questions about its
governance.
 The NGO would make sure that they do not breach any governmental laws, which may
result in any penalties.
 The NGO would ensure that the committee members, trustees, or boards are not
disqualified from managing a corporation.

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Composition and Responsibilities of the Board
A good and effective NGO Board ensures the successful management of the
organization. The NGO Board would comprise of 10 to 15 members. It would include the
President, a Treasurer, a secretary and few other positions, which would be designated with
specific tasks, related to the various programs of the NGO. The Board would also operate
subcommittees that would be responsible for the fundraising and human resources for the
organization.
Yes, this particular composition of the Board for the NGO would be able to bring
resource to the organization. The main responsibilities of the board would include establishment
and support the vision of the organization and ensuring that the organization is sustainable. The
President of the Board of Trustees would be responsible for establishing agenda for the board.
The board of the NGO would set policies and strategies for the NGO. It would also set the
guidelines for its operations and determine the budget for the NGO.
In order to ensure the accountability of the organization, the NGO would make the
following arrangements:
 Registration and Certification – The NGO would make sure that it has a legal
status and it is registered under legal structure .This would enhance the
accountability and enable to interact with various government agencies (Edwards
and Hulme 2014). The organization would also ensure that it is certified that the
organization complies with the set of norms and policies.
 Ethical fundraising methods – The NGO would ensure that it is adopting ethical
fundraising policies while accepting funds.

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 Annual Reports – The NGO would publish annual reports that would ensure that
the NGO is fulfilling the required activities in a responsible way and it would
detail about the activities done by the NGO in that particular year.
Conclusion
From the report, it can be concluded that, considering the goals and objectives of the
NGO and its composition and its constitution, the NGO would be successful for the welfare of
the people of Bihar, India.

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References
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DeSantis, C., Ma, J., Bryan, L. and Jemal, A., 2014. Breast cancer statistics, 2013. CA: a cancer
journal for clinicians, 64(1), pp.52-62.
Edwards, M. and Hulme, D., 2014. Non-governmental organisations-performance and
accountability: Beyond the magic bullet. Routledge.
Maartens, G., Celum, C. and Lewin, S.R., 2014. HIV infection: epidemiology, pathogenesis,
treatment, and prevention. The Lancet, 384(9939), pp.258-271.
Mathew, N.G. and Alidmat, A.O.H., 2013. A study on the usefulness of audio-visual aids in EFL
classroom: Implications for effective instruction. International Journal of Higher
Education, 2(2), p.86.
Plotkin, S., 2014. History of vaccination. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, 111(34), pp.12283-12287.
Ramachandran, V. and Naorem, T., 2013. What it Means to be a Dalit or Tribal Child in our
Schools. Economic and Political weekly, 48(44), pp.43-52.
Valenti, A., 2013. Practical effects of the ACNC. Art+ Law, (1), p.17.

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