Frequently Asked Question (FAQs)

a. Who and when we are?
Ours is a non-governmental voluntary organisation and working in India. Since the establishment of 2001, we have been working.

b. Is a gender concern organisation or not? 

Definitely it is an organisation with a concept of gender equality in all aspects. Most of members are women in board and governance / decision making body.

c. How does it get funds for works / programmes?

From local like-minded and charity minded people, donations and contributions are being obtained; contribution and subscription fees and service charges, etc are some sources. The amounts are very small and we are under constraints of funds and expecting foreign donors.   Some of agencies are giving funds / partnership at present.

d. Who benefits from the programme organized by you?

The gross root level and deprived people get benefits as direct beneficiaries but the results give community level impact. Particularly our environmental programme give income and other benefits to the direct beneficiaries but the environmental protection and livelihoods development  reach the entire community as beneficiaries. Similarly, we plan the programme to reach various levels of people as beneficiaries.

e. What is about sustainability and participatory concept of your organisation?
All programmes are designed with strategies for attaining sustainability and participatory role in programme and stages of a programme (planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation). Involvement of local community as CBOs, Volunteer, likeminded, well wishers, etc., add value in the sustainability.

f. Are you involving only in the development works or both of development and issues based?

Yes we are involving on both development and issues based programmes.

g. Where are you working and who are the specified target people?
Tamil Nadu state in India, are our working areas, where women, unorganized sector workers, Dalit, Tribal and other vulnerable groups regarding the programme.

h. Can we get tax exemption when we send money to your organisation?

Yes, you can get tax exemption if we have registration u/s 12 AA and 80 G of the Income act.

i. How can we send money to your programme?

Bank account with swift code for wire transaction and online sending is given and further FCRA registration is available for the receipt of foreign fund properly.

j. How do you work in vast areas and different programmes?

It is must one NGO like us if our vision is broad one. The works / programmes and working areas are needed to reach toward the vision of the organisation. Small work and very limited areas of works can not reach the vision. Because our programmes are having relations or links with others and similarly the target people also are getting the links and relationship each to other. Further we have project offices in the working areas for easily approach of the target people and the office are in three places as shown in the above target area.

k. How can we know that whether our money sent, get progress or not?