Where can NGOs get Donations of Books, Computers and Vehicles
September 19, 2013 By
NGOs give high priority to financial assistance for which they need to conceptualize projects, write proposals, contact donors and follow-up for assured funding. While working on these time-consuming processes, NGOs fail to realize the importance of non-financial resources which are more easily available than direct grants. In fact, like grant-making agencies, there are also international organizations that are constantly involved in the process of securing non-financial assets and transferring them to needy communities and NGOs indeveloping countries.
Non-financial donations can include books, computers, furniture, stationary and even vehicles. These resources can be very crucial for long-term sustainability of projects and programs implemented by NGOs in developing countries. Small organizations that struggle with resources can look for these easily available non-financial donations to develop their office facilities in remote areas. Other organizations can also seek such donations to implement community-based organizational mechanisms or set-ups and transfer such assets to them.
In today’s grant scenario, project funding for purchasing equipment such as computers and vehicles has been drastically reduced. In fact, many donor agencies have completely stopped covering such costs and are only offering grants for direct project activities. The sustainability of project infrastructure and ownership problems are core reasons for donors to move away from covering infrastructural costs and directly funding only community-based actions.
Considering all these developments, we have developed a list of sources from where NGOs can seek non-financial donations such as computer equipment, books and to limited extent vehicles. These sources are international agencies willing to extend such resources to needy organizations and communities in developing countries.
International agencies like the International Book Project, Book Aid International, International Book Bank,World Land Trust, African Studies Association, The Elsevier Foundation, World Vision, Computer Aid International, the Microsoft, World Computer Exchange, CARE, Transport Aid are covered in this article.
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