Every NGO Founder Needs to Know This
It’s a classroom not a pedestal
We need more passionate people in the world that will drive social change. Selflessly.
I keep this in mind as I approach this topic with caution as it’s a no-brainer that people get easily put off the idea of participating in non-profit causes. But watching the aggrandisement of NGO (non-profit organization) founders that hardly corresponds with society’s solutions, gives me a moral obligation to write about this.
I accepted the LinkedIn request of a recent graduate who described his ideal job in a post as one which offers him independence to make money, gain social recognition and gives him the opportunity to find answers to some of the world’s problems.
After a few weeks of following him, I observed he had edited his status from ‘Job-seeker’ to ‘Founder’. Tony Anjorin, Founder, Initiative for Youth Empowerment and Rehabilitation. Then the bio section read ‘A Social entrepreneur, making impact, one person at a time’. How noble.
I’ve met a few people like Tony. Really cool people. But they fall into the temptation of starting a nonprofit or foundation. Founding something comes naturally to altruistic people it seems. But after a couple of solo efforts undertaking drug abuse outreaches, breast cancer awareness campaigns and…
