When you hear about NGOs, what rarely comes to mind, hu?
Am certain, majority will conclude that NGOs are those organizations that attracts so much funds from Donor Agencies across the globe but make minimal impact on the citizenry.
If that has being your assumptions, then you’ve missed it all wrong. Take a look at this brief;
What then is an NGO?
The acronym NGO simply means Non Governmental Organization. It means, any Organization that is not Government owned is termed an NGO. Did you get that? All organizations, not owned by Government are simply Non Governmental Organizations.
These organizations could be faith based, CSOs, Non Profits, as well as Community based organizations. NGOs are established for three reasons. For profit, for Non Profit as well as for Hybrid (both profit and non profit) bases.
Therefore, when next you think of NGOs, think of your small scale business, your private organization as well as faith based organizations like Churches, Mosque et’al_#SundayBalaOmaArchives
If that is the case, you have the opportunity to learn more about NGOs and their roles in Nation building, during the Sunday Bala Oma Foundation 14th Annual Seminar for Transformation of Nigeria, slated for June 2024 in Jos, Nigeria, with the Theme: *The roles of diasporan’s in community development.*
Our key note speaker is Dr Elizabeth Wuyep-Akubo from the United Kingdom, while Dr Sunday Bala Oma will expand on the benefits of NGOs in Nation building..
It promises to be expository, educative, inspiring and impactful. Get your flights and destinations around Jos Plateau state because, you won’t wanna miss it for anything in the world.
Further details will be communicated in due course.
*Sunday Bala Oma Foundation*
_sbof, impacting lives, changing communities_ ..
