For my field work I was in Junagadh Gujarat. My host organization was Aga Khan Health Services. There main objective was to impart health awareness in rural people of that area. During our visit I came to know that they choose this place because of 'Ismaili community' and reason for choosing this because their founder was from that community. There were different reports and strategies for 'Ismaili Community' and other communities.
If they are working for some specific community or some specific section. Can their be any collective action for whole society?Or it may be that sections who are in need of such help may be kept aside?
Yesterday in lecture of SIFF's founder Mr. Vivekanandan he told that they are working for marine fisherman not for inland or fresh water fisherman who are more in vulnerable condition. Then how this section come out of abject vulnerable conditions. They are in more need then why they were not chosen? During our field work experience sharing session many raised voice that when NGO's who were their host organization were not working for poor people then why should we join?
Wether these NGO really filling the gap between Government and Rural people?
What can be done for those sections who have been left by both NGO's and Government? or that is fate of these sections to take birth in poverty and died in poverty.
Rakesh Matai (28033)
3 comments:
I agree with rakesh as there are many cases in which the so called 'change agents' or the beneficiaries remains confined to a particular set of people (like in case of SIIFS or Aga Khan health services). The fact which we have to realize is that no institution or organization is able to cater the needs of society as a whole, always there are some 'target segments' for them. We should appreciate the fact if they are working fairly and honestly (irrespective of the number of people or communities they are serving). An intiative by any person in one way or the other would be biased towards certain people. The need of the hour is have a number of such collective intiatives (fair and honest)from all stratas and clusters of the society so that we could cover some way towards our aim of inclusive growth.
Viney Rao (Sec-A)
28051
I agree with rakesh as there are many cases in which the so called 'change agents' or the beneficiaries remains confined to a particular set of people (like in case of SIIFS or Aga Khan health services). The fact which we have to realize is that no institution or organization is able to cater the needs of society as a whole, always there are some 'target segments' for them. We should appreciate the fact if they are working fairly and honestly (irrespective of the number of people or communities they are serving). An intiative by any person in one way or the other would be biased towards certain people. The need of the hour is have a number of such collective intiatives (fair and honest)from all stratas and clusters of the society so that we could cover some way towards our aim of inclusive growth.
Viney Rao (Sec-A)
28051
Dear Rakesh,
I do agree with you on the point that the collective action and the other activities of the NGOs and the other organisations are generally restricted to a certain set of people and; and the benefits the other people of the society receive may be negligible. But u should not forget that for any initiative to succeed, we have to identify a small target population – especially when your resources are limited. This is precisely what has happened in both the cases.
More over, in the case of inland / fresh water fishermen – unlike the marine fishermen, their population is highly scattered all over India. This makes the cost of c=developing a consensus or co-ordinated movement very high.
I think these may be the reasons why no organisation has taken up their cause till date. Probably one of us can take up this issue in the future.
Cijo K Joseph (28010)
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