Procedures and practices: reflections following 20-years working on a community project in southeast India. Issue 6 (18th August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Winchester, Peter
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 32:Issue 6(2022)
• Page Start: 858
• Page End: 863
• Publication Date: 2022-08-18
• Subjects: Accountability -- aid effectiveness -- monitoring and evaluation -- poverty reduction -- microfinance; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2021.1944989
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: These notes are aimed at anyone who wants to become or join an NGO in India. They are based on experience working in the Krishna Delta as a UK registered charity: the Divi Seema Foundation (DSF). Dire poverty and relative wealth live side by side in the same villages. Central concerns are lack of year-round employment, lack of essential services to the poorest areas and the overall indifference of local government officials. Effective NGOs require a stable support system, continuity, reliable field officers, regular monitoring, and adjustments when necessary.