RELIABILITY & COMMITMENT

Reliability and commitment with time bound expedition of work are our major salient features to provide consultations to NGO’s and Trusts. By experience we have observed that many organizations in the developing sector come with full faith and trust to consultants presuming to get satisfactory and result oriented services. With full sincerity and dedication we make our all efforts to prove ourselves right on the anvil of work done & providing solutions. Pathfinder always accord warm reception to such organization that has good track record & genuine working style with a professional approach & cordial relationship with the funding agencies.

Apart from Government resources of obtaining funds, we have many other areas now open to get sufficient & even large amount of fund needed to provide satisfactory services. Many corporate are now having funds under their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibilities) schemes and they are always in search of genuinely serving NGO’s and Trusts. Similarly there are lot many foreign funding agencies which are always available to provide funds under their various program. Pathfinder has sufficient link and data to make funding facilities for NGO’s and Trusts interested to expand their horizon.

Right from registration of NGO’s and Trust we assist them to get 12 A, 80G, FCRA & 35 AC (1) (2) and other necessary requisites. To make them regular in getting information of projects, making projects to get funds and follow up efficiently, we assist them under our various membership program such as General Membership, FCR Special membership and Annual Liaison Service (ALS). These provisions will not only reduce their cost but also equipped them to run their organization successfully and regularly.

We felicitate and welcome organizations serving nation and its people by providing their valuable time, skill and resources with a request to give us an opportunity to join them in their endeavor.

ABOUT US

Our commitment to serve NGO is well known among the volunteers of India. Serving with perfection, devotion and dedication to provide full satisfaction is our ultimate motto. Since last 7 year of dedicated consultancy we have large number of satisfied customers in the country.

While dealing with NGO’s and Trusts we work in their style of non-profit organization, when you will go through our various schemes and program you will find that our action is more non-profit base. Through our various membership programs we assist them in a professional and skilled way enable them to get fund positively.

Such type of working is possible only due to our year’s long journey and amicable relationship with funding agencies and officials. With deep knowledge and experience of our Director Mr. Ajeet Singh we are competent and able to produce utmost positive results to NGO’s and Trusts associated with us to avail our services. Apart from his cordial relations with officials of various ministries and government departments, he is enjoying good reputation among corporate and foreign funding agencies.

Pandit Mustafa a consulting director of Pathfinder is a well know personality in media and official circle. Apart from senior journalist of the country he has also served in Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment as a Press Secretary to Minister, Chief Editor in Maulana Azad Education Foundation and Member Inspection Penal in Deen Dayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme. His capability to tie up with foreign funding agencies is beyond doubt for his serving as a Media Director for Kenya National Democratic Alliance & Director Program in Sound Asia FM in Nairobi Kenya. He is a well traveled person having traveled in UK, Europe, Pakistan, Thailand and Nepal.

SERVICES

At present we are providing following services to the organizations working in development sectors.

Providing the consultancy to emerging NGO’s
Providing, regular information of Govt. grants.
Regular information and updates, of private funding agencies.
Regular information and updates, of foreign grants.
Formulation of Project Report, Letter Drafting, and other documents.
Providing consultancy, assistance and liaison to get FCRA, 35 A.C., 35 A.C.1-2, ISO-9001-2001 (along with reimbursement of fee)
Accounts work. And document handling.
Annual liaison services (ALS) enabling NGO’s to avoid their regular visit to Delhi to complete small formalities and official works.
FCRA Special,
General Membership
Electronic management (Domain booking and website designing and e-mail handling, Weekly E-news letter with unique email ID)
Conducting, the Seminars and Training Programs.

MEMBERSHIP

Pathfinder is a 7 year old NGO and Trust Consulting services. For providing consulting services to the NGO and Trust our terms and conditions are as follows-

1. General Members- For this category we charge annual membership Rs. 1000/- per annum. Under this we provide complete information of government schemes time to time in general and as per the specified field of NGO. This comprises update of all central government schemes released for NGO. If client approves any project and request us for execution, then we will make project for them with a fees depend upon project and follow the progress.

2. FCRA Special- There are many funding agencies worldwide interested to provide funds to NGO’s and trusts working genuinely in India. Under this category of membership we charge Rs. 2000/- per annum to provide regular information to interested NGO’s having FCRA registration. If client approves any project and request us for execution, then we will make project for them with a fees depend upon project and follow the progress.

3. ALS (Annual Liaison Services)- For this specially designed category to make NGO’s powerful and fully equipped with all funding provisions, to keep all round watch and to run organization competently and successfully, our monthly fees is Rs.2500/-. In short our this special tool will work like a full fledged manager to your NGO. Under this special category we provide following regular services-

1. Time to time project information and guide lines issued by Government of India or concerned departments.
2. Project Report formation.
3. Submission of Project Report and follow up.
4. Rectification of queries.
5. Liasoning with the concerned department for fast expedition of the project.
6. Assistance to implement the project.
7. Preparation of evaluation report to be submitted to concerned sanctioning authority timely.
8. Maintenance of accounts (cash book and ledger writing as per prescribed norms) in consultations with expert NGO’s specialized chartered accountants.
9. Electronic Management (weekly e-news letter with unique email ID.
10. Guidance and assistance to prepare annual report.

CONTACT

<<< PATHFINDER >>>
B-314, R.G.Complex, Desh Bandhu Gupta Marg,
Opp. Paharganj P.S., New Delhi-110055
Phone-+91-11-45652378

Email- pathfinder.ngo@gmail.com

What hopes NGO would make a change this time?

By Editorial Team • on June 1, 2005

President Abdul Kalam inaugurated a three-day national summit on rural NGOs in Delhi in April. He spoke with much candour and conviction. What he said is that a large number of NGOs that get lots of foreign funds don’t spend them properly. The funds don’t reach the target groups in the grass-roots. Yes, that is what the President conveyed.What we all know for sure is the fact that all NGOs are no angels. There are rogues and scoundrels as well!Yes, there are many so-called NGO activities that are positively harmful. From being anti-national activities to religious propaganda and also more subtly lots of brain-washing activities in the names of all sorts of new-fangled ideologies and advocacy programmes.
NGOs in micro-finance is an exception. As they are closely monitored by competent agencies. Even today, in the names of so many mispropaganda farmers cant own land in a clear, legally entitled manner. So much red-tape binds the farmers. In debt and separate situations! So too in getting market access. When it comes to NGOs in agriculture and rural development, there are some controversial issues. Take agriculture. In the past 60 years we have made progress in agriculture. But at the same time we witness unprecedented farmers suicides. What are the causes? In our view, we have over-played sustainable farming etc. We haven’t given farmers freedoms to take to market-driven, commercially viable farming projects. Why not NGOs engage themselves in propagating contract farming, getting latest market information available at farmers door steps?Our farm research scientists must be made to work along with farmers, students and teachers for a mandatory minimum months in their careers. So on and on..
The summit was organised by the Capart, the apex body of NGOs functioning under the rural development minister Dr.Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. Singh is a senior minister from Bihar and he must be knowing fully well what ails the NGOs, at least some of the big and hard-working ones.Capart has a new Director-General and he too should be knowing what went wrong with Capart under the previous regime.
Given the new mission articulated by the DG, after his travels and interaction with NGOs, it is now royal development, income generating activities in rural areas through SHGs and, rural infrastructure, market access under the WTO regime, technology for rural India and the deployment of IT, empowerment of women etc. Quite a mouthful!There is a news item about the Central government banning some 265 NGOs that were receiving central funds and failed to complete projects allocated to them. In fact, 265 NGOs were blacklisted, of which 19 are in Karnataka. The list of NGOs blacklisted for Karnataka is also published in the dailies.
Now, NGOs are wonderful agencies. They have a critical role to play. A society that has no NGOs would be hell! Yes, we need non-government agencies of all types to advance peoples, various concerns, solve various problems of people. Unfortunately, still India is a bureaucratic country, the role of bureaucrats, petty to high sounding pretentious officials is still a bugbear!The funds received from foreign sources by the NGOs run from Rs. 1865 crores in 1993-94 to now Rs.5047 crores in 2002-23. The highest concentration of NGOs is in Delhi, Tamil Nadu and A.P. Delhi got Rs.881 crores, TN Rs.775 crores etc. The leading donors are Ford Foundation and now may be Bill Gates foundation.
More interesting is the fact the major expenditure item is on establishment! Rs.674 crores, followed by spending on rural development. The largest number of people employed in NGOs work, next only to government jobs. In Government 20 million. In NGOs 19.4 million! NGOs and vested interests! Yes, the funding of the NGOs is much a sensitive issue and there is a feeling and there is much truth that much of the funds, mostly foreign funds are unaccountable! The NGOs are neither under the control of the Company Law or under the Auditor General.
Editor,Agriculture & Industry Survey