VOLUNTARY ACTION

Paper Code: 
MRD 221
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Objective: 

Objective: To describe the features of voluntary organizations and suggest measures for the promotion and strengthening of voluntary efforts

12.00
Unit I: 
Voluntary Effort in Rural Development

• Introduction and Concept of Voluntary Action
• Difference between Voluntary Organization and NGO
• CAPART- Organization and Activities
• Role of Voluntary Organizations
• Problems of Voluntary Organizations

12.00
Unit II: 
Voluntary Agency Administration

• NGOs – Positive Impacts and Limitations
• Nature and Scope of Voluntary Agency
• Administration at the Design Stage
• Planning and Budgeting
• Administration at Implementation and Stabilization Stages

12.00
Unit III: 
Developing Community Based Programmes and Projects

• Meaning and Assumptions of Community Based Programmes
• Planning of Community Based Programmes
• Programme Formulation
• Working with Community Groups

12.00
Unit IV: 
Social Action

• Meaning and Features of Social Action
• Social Action and Social Reforms
• Strategies of Social Action
• Social Action in India

12.00
Unit V: 
Formulation and Strengthening of Voluntary Organizations

• Meaning of Voluntary organization
• Need and Purpose for Registration
• Formation of Voluntary Agency and its Registration
• Registration as a Trust
• Registration Process
• Organizational Design and Structure
• Relevance of Creating of Work Oriented Atmosphere

Essential Readings: 

• Gangrade, K.D., (1987), Development of Voluntary Action: in Encyclopaedia of Social Work in India, Vol.I , Ministry of Welfare, GOI, Delhi.
• National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (1981), Role of Voluntary agencies in Rural Development, NIPCCD, Delhi.
• Fernandes, Walter (Ed.) (1986), Voluntary Action and Government Control, Indian Social Institute, Delhi.
• Council for Advancement of Peoples’ Action and Rural Technology,(1999), Annual report, 1999-2000. CAPART: New Delhi.
• Patti, R.J. (1983), Social Welfare Administration, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs (NJ).
• Government of India (1987), Encyclopedia of Social Work, Vol. II, Ministry of Welfare, New Delhi.