Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Life & Leisure-Helping the helpers

Life & Leisure: "Helping the helpers
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi August 09, 2006
TRAINING:A company steps forward to help Indian NGOs raise resources and manage funds.

It is not enough to have good intentions and a heart aching to reduce the suffering around you. You need money too. And it is no big deal to just have money. You must know how to manage it, especially if it is money meant for the community.

Or you could end up looking like a crook in a jholawala’s clothing. And Indian NGOs are certainly not known to have the best reputation for being either fund raisers or having the skills to manage funds in the best traditions of accountability and transparency.

In response, a top global fund raiser — UK based Resource Alliance — has decided to promote the skills of both raising money, and governance among Indian NGOs."

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