In Assam many Non Profit Organisations/ Non Governmental Organisations/ Volunteer Organisations are working towards the certain causes and the welfare of the target population. NGOs/ NPOs/ VOs in Assam are functioning with different Objectives and Issues such as Health, Education, Child Development, Women Empowerment, Flood Related Problems, Human Trafficking, Immigrant Issues, Poverty, Lack of opportunity for Income Generation, Physical and Mental Disability and other purposes.
The State Assam located north Eastern Region in India bordered by six Indian states and the two countries (Bhutan and Bangladesh). Assam is best known for its Tea, Oil, Silk, Petroleum Resources, its wildlife and rare wild animals like one horned rhinoceros. Assam is the state with rich biodiversity.
Various NGOs, NPOs and volunteer organizations are working in Assam for the upliftment and development of the targeted tribal population. People of Assam are not well aware about the health and medical conditions. Their standards of living are very down. NGOs are working for social, educational, intellectual and economic development.
These Non Profit/ Non Governmental organisations/Volunteer organisations are dedicated to the cause of social, Ethical and economical development for urban, rural and tribal dominated backward areas of Assam. The NGOs/ NPOs/ VOs are working significantly NGOs India enlisting them.
People are also supporting and participating development activities, charitable and social welfare programmes at different levels in the urban and rural areas of Assam.
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NGOs in Assam working with the objectives are:
- Working on Child, Women and Youth Empowerment and Development.
- Running Social, Cultural, charitable and Economical Development activities for underprivileged poor, needy and downtrodden people.
- Working for Flood Related Problems and providing food and shelter to flood affected people.
- Functioning activities in Human Rights, Women Rights and Child Rights.
- Working on Girls, Women and Youth Trafficking.
- Providing help for the aged people and orphans in the rural and urban areas of the society.
- Operating income generating schemes like cloth weaving, silk rearing, tailoring, basket making, Pickles and
- Papad Making, candle making, honey bee keeping, dairy, mat weaving etc.
- Conducting Vocational Training courses.
- Running Programmes for rural upliftment, social and economical welfare and development of rural areas especially in Health and Education.
- Developing Information, Education, Communication Material of Child and Women Protection.
- Networking with Governments, Police, Civil Societies, and Corporate Houses to support the needy people.
- Running Awareness Programmes and counseling on Gender, Child Labour, Drug and Alcohol and Domestic Violence.
- Running training programmes for creating awareness and knowledge about the safe drinking water and sanitation.
- Working on developmental issues of deprived and backward population.
- Creating the environment for poor people to build sustainable livelihoods.
NGOs working in various Districts and villages in Assam
- Baksa NGOs
- Barpeta NGOs
- Biswanath NGOs
- Bongaigaon NGOs
- Cachar NGOs
- Charaideo NGOs
- Chirang NGOs
- Darrang NGOs
- Dhemaji NGOs
- Dhubri NGOs
- Dibrugarh NGOs
- Dima Hasao (North Cachar Hills) NGOs
- Goalpara NGOs
- Golaghat NGOs
- Hailakandi NGOs
- Hojai NGOs
- Jorhat NGOs
- Kamrup NGOs
- Kamrup Metropolitan NGOs
- Karbi Anglong NGOs
- Karimganj NGOs
- Kokrajhar NGOs
- Lakhimpur NGOs
- Majuli NGOs
- Morigaon NGOs
- Nagaon NGOs
- Nalbari NGOs
- Sivasagar NGOs
- Sonitpur NGOs
- South Salamara-Mankachar NGOs
- Tinsukia NGOs
- Udalguri NGOs
- West Karbi Anglong NGOs
- Bodo Sahitya Sobha, Guwahati
- Bodoland Institutional And Research Society, Kokrajhar
- Bogarihati Rastra Bhasha Maha Vidyalaya, Nalbari
- Border Welfare Society, Cachar
- Brahmaputra Valley Socio Economic Development Organisation, Sonitpur
- Bright Star Club and Library, Jahurpam
- Cachar Cancer Hospital Society, Silchar
- Cachar Youth Association, Silchar
- Center for Social Change & Development, Guwahati
- Centre for Development Action & Appropriate Technology, Sonitpur
- Centre for Disaster Management, Tezpur
- Centre for Environment Education North-Eastern Regional Cell, Guwahati
- Centre For Film Culture, Guwahati
- Centre for Human & Natural Resource Development, Tinsukia
- Centre For Minority Research & Development, Barpeta
- Centre for North East Studies & Policy Research, Guwahati
- Centre of Innovation in Governance & Public Administration, Guwahati
- Chapar Rural & Urban Development, Dhubri
- Chilarai Krishi Bikash Samiti, Dhuburi
- Chira Sabuj, Silchar
- Choudhury Sahara Samity, Nagaon
- Clean Environmental Organisation, Kamrup
- Club Jago Tarun, Hailakandi
- COLOURS, Jorhat
- Common Good, Udalguri
- Confidence Rural and Urban Development Society, Barpeta
- Conservation & Research Of Bio-Diversity & Environment, Guwahati
- Consumers Legal Protection Forum, Guwahati
- Council for Education Research & Development, Jorhat
- CRUSADE – Centre for Rural Socio-Economic Awareness & Rural Development, Cachar
- Datacom Education Society, Guwahati
- DE-Novo, Nagaon
- Debabrat Bhuyan Socio-Educational Society, Guwahati
- DEWDROP, Morigoan
- Dhansiri Jagaran Multipurpose Society, Golaghat
- Disha Ngo, Karimganj
- Doboka Samajik Unnayan Parishad, Nagaon
- Don Bosco Youth Mission & Educational Services, Guwahati
- DREESTEE, Nalbari
- DRPHDA – Dhula Regional Physically Handicapped Development Association, Darrang
- Early Birds, Guwahati
- Eco Systems, India
- Ema Socio Welfare Society, Guwahati
- Environmental Research & Evaluation Centre, Guwahati
- Equinox Musical Society, Dima Hasao
- FARMER – Fellowship for Agri-Resource Management & Entrepreneurship Research, Guwahati
- FEROS, Guwahati
- Folk Culture Research Centre of North East India, Nagaon
- Foundation for Development of North East Territory, Silchar
- FRENS – Friend for Rural Empowerment Society, N.C. Hills