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Project on role of government non government functionaries in disaster management

Answer 1

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NGOs are organizations that are nonprofit making, voluntary and independent of government, engaged in activities concerning various societal and developmental issues. The role of the NGO's during a disaster is to have quick response and to try and save as many lives as it can with the given funds. NGO's have a faster response to situations because it does not need to clear paperwork. A study was undertaken in cyclone Aila affected areas in West Bengal on role of Non Governmental Organization on disaster management. The main role performed by the NGOs were providing relief materials, organizing health camp, involved in rescue operation, arranging temporary shelters and so on. The data were collected in the month of October 2013 to March, 2014 to attain the objective of the study. A total 150 respondents were selected purposively as the respondents. The data were processed into percentage, mean score and score gap. The findings of the study conclude that, the people of the disaster affected area should inform the details of the disaster sufficiently ahead. Friends and relatives followed by electronic and print media were the better source of information about occurrence of disasters. The study also found that the role of the NGOs in disaster management were providing relief materials, involvement in rescue operations, arranging temporary shelters; organize health camp and developing communication facilities. NGO also provided training and education to the children.

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Answer 2

Answer:

NGOs are non-profit organizations, voluntary and independent of government, involved in activities related to various social and development issues.

Explanation:

1. NGOs are non-profit organizations, voluntary and independent of government, involved in activities related to various social and development issues.
2. The role of NGOs during a disaster is to have a quick response and try to save as many lives as possible with the given resources. NGOs respond more quickly to situations because they don't need to deal with paperwork. A study on the role of NGOs in disaster management was conducted in Cyclone Aila affected areas of West Bengal.
3. The main role played by NGOs was providing relief materials, organizing a health camp, participating in rescue operations, providing temporary shelters, and the like. Data were collected between October 2013 and March 2014 to achieve the objective of the study.
4. A total of 150 respondents were deliberately selected as respondents. Data were processed into percentages, mean scores, and gap scores. The findings of the study conclude that the residents of the disaster affected area should inform about the details of the disaster well in advance.
5. A better source of information about the occurrence of disasters was friends and relatives followed by electronic and print media. The study also found that the role of NGOs in disaster management was to provide relief materials, engage in rescue operations, provide temporary shelters; organize a health camp and develop communication facilities. The NGO also provided training and education to the children.

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