|
MNGO Scheme
The Department of Family Welfare in the Ninth Five Year Plan (1997-2002) introduced the mother NGO scheme under the Reproductive and Child Health Programme.Under this scheme, the Dept. of FM identified and sanctioned grants to selected NGO's called Mother NGO(MNGO) in allocated District/s.These MNGOs, in turn issued grants to smaller NGOs called Field NGOs (FNGO), in the allocated District/s. The grants were to be used for promoting the goals/objectives as outlined in the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Programme of The Govt. of India.
The MNGO are expected to move from exclusive awareness to actual delivery to RCH services. The NGO is expected to complement and supplement the Government held infrastructures and not substitute it. This is possible by involving NGOs in delivery of RCH services, in areas which are under-served or un-served
The Key service delivery areas under the MNGO Scheme are:
-
Maternal and Child Health
-
Family Planning
-
Adolescence Reproductive Health
-
Prevention and Management of Reproductive Tract infection
The role of the MNGO include the following functions:
-
Identification of un-served and under-served areas
-
Release of advertisement, identification and selection of FNGOs
-
Impart project orientation to FNGOs
-
Technical support to FNGO for inductiuon and in-service training of project staff
Goal:
The goal will be the overall improvement of health seeking behavior in Reproductive and child Health in selected un/under-served areas of Aizawl District
The Presbyterian Hospital has been selected as the Mother NGO for the District of Aizawl
The key person involved in this MNGO scheme is:
|
