NGOs in India for Elderly

Presenter: Dr. Gayatri Borde.

Guide: Dr. Doss Prakash.
 Contents:

1. What is NGO?

2. Role of NGO.

3. Characteristics of NGOs.

4. NGOs in India for Elderly.

 What is NGO?

 NGO is an organization consisting of private individuals who believe

in certain basic social principles/obligations and who structure their
activities to bring about development to communities that they are
servicing.

 NGOs include groups and institutions that are entirely or largely

independent of Government and that have primarily humanitarian
rather than commercial objectives.
 Role of NGO
Provides basic
social services

Promote Advocates
Role of community
interest of the
NGO development
Poor

Run initiatives
to protect
environment
 Characteristics of NGO’s

Non-profit making
Have legal status/identity
organizations

Characteristics Need to be registered under

Independent of government appropriate act (e.g. Trust Act,
of NGOs Society Registration Act)

Voluntary basis & possess Serves common purpose of

spirit of voluntarism benefit or development of
community; aim towards
helping the needy
 NGOs in India for Elderly

o According to NGO-DARPAN, an initiative by NITI Aayog, there

are over 15,000 NGOs in India helping old age people.

o Today we’re going to see the following NGOs:

Maharashtra Based
National Based NGOs
NGOs

Vridh Care Dignity Goodfellows Manavlok

Foundation
 National Based NGOs
1. VridhCare

 Founder: Dr. Shashi Khare.

 VridhCare is one of the leading non-profit organizations which

works towards the objective of serving the underprivileged
elderly community in the rural and urban areas.
 Aim: To create a society built on the grounds of equity and
equality wherein senior citizens feel valued and secured in every
way.
What Vridh Care Do?
 2. Dignity Foundation

 Founder : Sheilu Sreenivasan

 Year: 1995.

 A non-profit organization that enables senior citizens to lead

active lives and provides trusted information, productive ageing
opportunities and social support services
 Work of Dignity Foundation

o They identify poor senior citizens living

in the slum communities of their six
impact cities (Bengaluru, Chennai,
Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune)
through needs analysis.
o They do not have the means to afford
two full meals a day. Hence, they go
their community and provide them with
ration kits that can last them and their
family up to one month.
o Dignity Helpline enables senior citizens to reach out for help and
assistance against abuse.
o On helpline number, they receive multiple distress calls regarding
elder abuse, disputes and discords. These calls are tackled on priority
and immediate help is made available to them.
o In order to stimulate and engage senior citizens from
underprivileged backgrounds with quality service, Dignity
Foundation runs Integrated Day Care Centres in Bengaluru,
Chennai and Mumbai.
o In order to stimulate senior citizens living with Dementia and
support caregivers, we operate two dedicated Dementia Day Care
Centres in Chennai and Mumbai. These are one-of-its-kind centres
where members receive tender loving care and affection.
o In order to reach out to the poor elderly patients with quality
service, Dignity Foundation has launched a mobile physiotherapy
van. It is a customized van, staffed with a licensed physiotherapist,
which caters to the eligible poor in Thane and nearby areas.
o Dignity Foundation’s Loneliness Mitigation Centres (LMCs)
provide various structured activities that help senior citizens with
social interactions, learning new skills and physical and spiritual
wellbeing.
o Dignity Chai Masti Centres provide a platform for
senior citizens to interact socially, build a support
network, boost their self-esteem and lead an active
life.

o Members are provided with the option to attend either

online only or hybrid i.e. physical and online sessions.
Highly skilled and knowledgeable resource people
such as Doctors, financial experts, health
practitioners, photographers, legal advisors, etc.
conduct informative sessions for the members.
 Maharashtra Based NGOs
1. Goodfellows

 Founder: Ratan Tata

 General Manager: Shantanu Naidu

 Year: 2022
 In the age of increasing loneliness among the elderly, industrialist
Ratan Tata-backed Goodfellows is looking to build a bridge of
“intergenerational friendship.”

 The start-up brings together young graduates, assess for their

emotional intelligence and empathy, and seniors whose needs
may vary from a chat or a walk or even watching a movie to
being accompanied to a doctor or buying groceries, says its
founder Shantanu Naidu, General Manager at the office of Mr.
Tata. 
 2. Manavlok

 Laid by Dr. Lohiya in 1962.

 Location: Ambajogai, Beed District

 With the aim to solve the socio-economic problems of the

community.

 Manavlok is the abbreviation for Marathwada Navnirman Lokayat

where, Navnirman means Creation and Lokayat denotes People’s
opinion.
Help the abandoned elderly
Save lives of orphaned infants
fight hunger

Rescue young girls from Purpose of Help women forced into sex
human traffickers Manvlok work

Save orphans of farmers Prevent blind girls from

suicides from hunger and becoming homeless
illiteracy
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