New
Delhi,The Resource Alliance along
with The Rockefeller Foundation and EdelGive Foundation felicitated the winners
of India NGO Awards 2013 – 14. These are the most coveted awards in the social
sector that honour Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) who have been adopting
good standards and practices while implementing their programmes. The awards
were given away by Smt. Kirron Kher, Honourable Member of the Parliament from
Chandigarh and a renowned theatre, film and television actress.
“I
feel so fortunate to be here this evening. It is a beautiful moment for me to
see the outstanding work these organizations are doing. With so many NGOs
operating in the country, there is a lot of skepticism amongst the public
regarding the genuineness of these NGOs, however, the selection process of The
India NGO Awards makes it possible to reward the deserving NGOs on the basis
of accountability, transparency and effective utilization of funds,”
says Kirron Kher.
The winners of the India NGO Awards 2013 - 14
Small NGO – SaveLIFE Foundation
Mission
of Save LIFE Foundation (SLF) is to significantly reduce the high number of
road crashes across India and improve emergency medical responses by combining
innovative on-ground solutions with interventions at legal and national policy
levels. Its Vision is to play a leading role in shaping policies that enhance
road safety enforcement and emergency response, resulting in continuing
reduction in road accident deaths and injuries in India.
Medium NGO – Sense International
India
Sense International India, was established in 1997 as the first
national NGO in India to develop sustainable comprehensive services for
deafblind people. It is working with 48 partners in 21 states providing
services to almost 57,000 deafblind people. Sense India’s ambit of support
includes appropriate education, vocational training, livelihood support to
adults, and training for families & teachers to work with deafblind people.
Sense India advocates for the rights of deafblind people for inclusion with communities
and government.
Large NGO - SOS Children’s
Villages of India
SOS
Children’s Villages of India’s work primarily focuses on children who have
lost their families and those children who are at the risk of abandonment
and social neglect. SOSCVI aims to achieve the following objectives: To
provide long term Alternate family- like care to children who have lost
parental care and are homeless and abandoned. This objective is fulfilled
through the Family Based care (FBC) programme implemented through the SOS
Children’s Villages in 31 locations across the country. support
children from very poor families and enable them to grow within the caring
family environment to prevent their abandonment. Working directly with the
families and communities to empower them to effectively protect and care for
their children. This is implemented through the Family Strengthening programme
(FSP) at 33 locations across the country
Rising
Star Award
Rural
Health Care Foundation (RHCF) has been formed in the year 2007 with an aim to
address the problem of lack of medical facilities. Today, foundation has five
health care centres that are located in the rural interiors of west
Bengal and two centres are close to the slums in Kolkata. The
health centres are open 6 days a week from 9AM to 6PM. OPD services
are provided to the patients through four departments in each of the centres
namely General Medicine (Allopathy), Ophthalmology, Dental care and
Homoeopathy. The total number of patients treated from 2007 to June, 2014 is
9,29,856.
“Since the inception of the India NGO
Awards in 2006, the benevolent and philanthropic efforts of several NGOs have
gained recognition. It gives us immense pleasure to host this event this year
and acknowledge the brilliant work being done by these organisations. We hope
that these Awards serve as an inspiration for the society and we are optimistic
that the Awards will see many more contenders year after year who are aspiring
to bring about a positive change. It is extremely gratifying to see so many
NGOs striving hard to bring about efficacious and sustainable benefits in
India’s development sector, and we hope that we are able to achieve the dream
of fostering India’s social sector in the best possible way.” says Vidya
Shah, CEO, EdelGive Foundation.
“Over the
years these Awards have created tremendous buzz among NGOs and stakeholders
across the country and have received an amazing response. We are confident that
these Awards will inspire more and more people and organisations to work in the
field of promoting accountability and transparency in the non -profit sector,”
says General Surat Sandhu, Chair, Resource Alliance India
India
with a population of 1.2 Billion is witnessing NGO boom with over 20 lakh NGOs
operating in different states and union territories. Instituted in 2006, the
India NGO Awards aim to advance the country's non-profit sector by promoting
financial and organisational sustainability and strengthening community support
of civil society.
The
competition format addresses the ambition to make the awards accessible to NGOs
across all causes and thematic areas, sizes and geography. Applications were
invited from all the four regions of the country and this year a record 387
applications were received. These were evaluated by a team of independent
assessors on the basis of the parameters of: effective and sustainable
mobilisation of resources, the demonstration of efficient management of
resources, good governance practices, transparency and accountability, and the
impact of their work in bringing about tangible benefits to its target
communities.
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