The Dark Side

It is nice to hear that there are organizations taking up the responsibility of doing social service. They call themselves Non Governmental Organizations(NGO).It is indeed a noble cause. Some make books for poor students, some give them shelter, some take care of the aged, some take care of our environment, some help people get justice,etc. But is it true?
Not many of us know the dark side of such NGO's. I agree there are people with noble ideas. My blog is nothing against them. But its sad to hear that there are people with wrong intentions running such NGO's also. We get a lot of support from people in other countries.
What takes for a NGO to get cash? Employ people who are very good at marketting and designing. A powerful power point presentation and a tearful speech by the Marketing Incharge somewhere in USA or Sydney. The rich will fall for it. And there you go- Cash!!!!
This is a shameful action. Thats the reason many people associate the word "poor" to "India". We all know its not true. We can ofcourse bring about a change which is obviously more effective than those foreigners giving cash for nothing.
I have noticed students flying to India to "volunteer". Again this can be analyzed in two ways.
1. They are very much interested in Volunteering.
2. They come here for fun and for credits.
Well in most of the cases they are here for the 2nd option. It is a mandatory exercise for the students belonging to some streams. So they come here, tag along with one of the NGO and "help" them. NGOs must be careful in choosing such students. Its better to not help rather than seem helping!!
They are working for a noble cause but the goal is realized if and only if they have a heart in whatever they do.