This document provides an overview of the top 10 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in India. It summarizes each NGO's areas of work, such as providing healthcare services to underprivileged communities, protecting human rights, addressing issues like malnutrition, blindness, and lack of access to medical care. The NGOs highlighted in the document use approaches like creating health awareness, supplying medicines and medical treatments, distributing food and other necessities to those in need. Many of the organizations have received awards and recognition for their social contributions and effective community outreach programs.

1. TOP TEN NON GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
IN INDIA
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2. —Anne Frank
“No one has ever become poor by
giving.”

3. Introduction to NGO
A Non Governmental Organization (NGO) is
a no profit earning entity established
voluntary by a group of citizens to serve the
society at local, national or international
level.
Key areas of the NGOs are:
● Environment
● Human Rights
● Employment
● Health
● Education
● Rehabilitation

4. Features of NGOs
 No Profit Earning Motive
 Voluntarism
 Supports Democratic environment
 Pre Defined Objectives
 Financial Support
 Positive Contribution in Society
 Limited External Support
 Non Political
 Area of operation is wide
 Long term growth

5. Activities of NGOs
● Spreading Awareness
● Protection of Human Rights
● Encouraging employment
● Protection of environment
● Poverty Eradication
Challenges to NGOs
● Requirement of dedicated and skilled
personnel
● Work towards the public interest
rather than the interest of the
members
● Transparency
● Raising of Funds
● Lack of Voluntarism from people
● Lack of resources
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6. Advantages
● Less interference of the Government
● Profit Maximization is not the goal
● Serves the society
● Deals at local, national and international
level
● Team of highly professional and motivated
persons
Disadvantages
● Lacks funds/ Misappropriation of funds
● Resistance from Public
● Centrally located at urban areas
● Fradulence
Advantages/Disadvantages

7. HelpAge India
HelpAge India has been in existence since
four decades. The target community is the
destitute elders providing them with free
healthcare services.
This organization helps the elders get their
operation done for cataract. It is the root
cause of the root causes of blindness. Until
now it has helped over 9 lakh elderly regain
their vision.
Another area of working is helping the people
suffering from cancer. It supports the
patience in getting the unaffordable medical
treatment.
HelpAge India has received many awards for
its contribution. Some are Times Social
Impact Award and NGO Leadership &
Excellence

8. CRY: Child Rights and You
CRY (Child Rights and You) was started by Mr. Rippan Kaur in 1979 with a group of friends.
In his childhood days, he used to saw that children working as servants. He always dreamt
of these deprived children enjoy the right of survival and being protected.
CRY focuses on the issues faced by children especially malnutrition. It has begun kitchen
garden in anganwadis in the areas of Chattisgarh so that the children can consume fresh
and healthy food.

9. Lepra Society
It can be guessed that this organization
works for empowering the people suffering or
suffered from Leprosy. The organization
works in a systematic manner, step by step.
Firstly it identifies the patients suffering from
the chronic disease through surveys and give
them the medical treatment so required.
Other areas of functioning are giving a
helping hand to patients facing diseases like
malaria, tuberculosis(TB) and also AIDS.

10. Smile Foundation
As the name suggests, the motive behind the forming this organization was to bring smile
on the faces of underprivileged families deprived of resources by bringing change in their
lives.
To be the change makes, a group of young professionals formed this organization in 2002.
Due to lack of education, the families in urban slum areas are not aware of the diseases
and their effects. With a two way approach, Smile Foundation firstly provide the healthcare
services to these people and then secondly create awareness among them about
healthcare.
200 Projects are running on social causes like healthcare across 25 states of India.

11. Rural Health Care Foundation
The organization was founded by Late Arun Nevatia. Many people cannot afford the basic
healthcare facilities due to the heavy cost structure. To address this problem, this
organization was formed to provide quality healthcare facilities at lower costs.
The structure of the foundation is divided into four departments namely General Medicine,
Optometry, Homeopathy and Dentistry.
Facilities like diagnosis, supply of medicines, spectacles, wheel chairs and blankets. Free
cost of food supplies and accommodation is given to doctors.
The biggest recognition was when Harvard Business School published a case study on the
foundation.

12. Savedaughters
Certain people are deprived of the right to
express and being heard due to their caste,
class, religion they belong to. To address this
problem, Savedaughters came forward who
resolves the basic but neglected issues faced by
the local community. The organization was
founded by the Ramon Magsaysay award winner
Mr. Atul Jain.
Savedaughters keeps on organizing certain
campaigns like encouraging people to voluntarily
contribute basic necessities of life like food
grains and other items to the less fortunate.
For its remarkable contribution towards society,
it has won many awards. One of them is the NGO
of the Year’ award.
Savedaughters is listed in the Top 5 NGOs in
India .

13. Udaan Welfare Foundation
The key areas of working of this organization
is the provision of healthcare services and
simultaneously protecting the environment.
It conducts health check ups in school and
colleges and create awareness about the
quality healthcare.
From providing medicines to monthly rations
to children, Udaan has come a long way
since 2008.
The regions of working covered are Mumbai
and Thane with the future aspect of serving
the needy.

14. Deepalaya
One of the largest NGOs of Delhi, capital of India works towards the upliftment of women
and children forming part of the poor population. The organization is in existence and
serving the society from past 3 decades.
With its Community Health programme, it is successfully creating awareness about health
among the poor and underpriviledged with the help of projects like Chameli Dewan
Memorial Rural Health.
In 2012, it won the Indo American Corporate Excellence Award in the categoryof Best NGO

15. Uday Foundation
Learning from their own experience, Tulika and Rahul Verma formed this organization for
children siffering from congenital disorders and related symptoms. Their own child faced
this issue and after fighting for 9 years, he recovered.
Most of the families of the patients admitted in the hospital belongs to underpriviledged
families. To fulfill their needs of food and accomodation, Uday Foundation supplies these
things so that they could save money for the treatment.
The major recognition was its endless efforts during the natural calamities. People and
their families aren’t tired of thanking them for the aid provided to them.

16. Sounds of Silence
It is one of leading NGOs of Mumbai and
Delhi helping the people with hearing
disability. It was back when the founder Mr.
Sumit Singh Gandhi encountered a problem
while communicating with the mute-deaf
person. He realized to establish a medium for
communication for such people through SMS
for children. At present 100 SMS can be sent
everyday.
Through its idea called BitGiving, it uses cell
phones donated by people so that the people
who have hearing impairment can enjoy all
the departments of life.
Sounds of Silence has received various
awards like Social Entrepreneurship Award.
SOS is the first NGO among all the other
NGOs to use technology to support the
hearing impaired.

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