BACKGROUND Faith-based organizations (FBOs) have been active in the health sector for decades. Recently, the role of FBOs in global health has been of increased interest. However, little is known about the magnitude and trends in development assistance for health (DAH) channeled through these organizations. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data were collected from the 21 most recent editions of the Repor...

This paper examined the effect of counselling on psycho-social adjustment aged people in Makurdi Metropolis. The study employed a quasi-experimental design based. sample 30 people. instrument used for data collection was Aged People Psycho-Social Adjustment Questionnaire (CAPPSA). analyzed using descriptive statistics mean and standard deviation to answer research questions. ANCOVA test hypothe...

Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) perform an important role in the economic development of developing countries by providing services to society through welfare works for community development, assistance in national disasters, sustainable system development, and popular movements. In recent years, funding constraints, calls for accountability, media exposure and the development of a contra...

Globalization and communication scholars have argued that technology is transforming the ‘‘third sector’’, the set of organizations that are not-for-profit and non-governmental (NGOs). This research examines the local and global linkages among a hyperlink network of 248 HIV/AIDS NGOs. This research examines the north/south NGO divide in the context of these new technology-based associations. Re...

The social development scene in Bangladesh is characterised by a strong presence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The NGOs emerged following the war of liberation to help the communities in distress as part of post-war rehabilitation. Afterwards, with assistance from foreign donor agencies, they expanded their activities to deliver a variety of services including microcredit, essential...

As the humanitarian health response industry grows, there is a need for technical health expertise that can build an evidence base around outcome measures and raise the quality and accountability of the health relief response. We propose the formation of technical support units (TSUs), entities of health expertise institutionalized within humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs), whic...

Based on the data of my fieldwork in Ahmedabad, India, this paper attempts to examine the processes of women’s empowerment at the intersection of local community-based activities of women’s organisations and individual interests and needs. The case discussed in this paper is of poor women’s participation in community-based organisations (CBOs) under a local government-NGO collaborated slum impr...

The study will be principally concerned with thinking strategically and practicing strategic management and its impact on the performance particularly on NGOs in Gaza Strip. Many writers (Bowman and Asch, 1987; Byars, 1991; Rowe et al, 1994; Pitts and lei, 1996; Thompson and Strickland,1999; Pearce and Robinson, 2000; Joyce and woods, 2001; Hunger and Wheelen, 2001; Hitt et al, 2001; Analoui an...