The Mother NGO scheme was introduced by the Department of Family Welfare in the Ninth Five Year Plan (1997-2002) under the Reproductive and Child Health Program. Under this scheme, the Department of Family welfare identified and sanctioned grants to selected NGOs called Mother NGOs (MNGOs) in allocated district/s. The MNGOs, issue grants to smaller NGOs, called Field NGOs (FNGOs), in the allocated district/s as per the government guidelines.
The major thrust of the MNGOs and FNGOs is in the area of advocacy and awareness generation in respect of the RCH programme, with due emphasis on gender, while aiming to augment institutional capacity at the field levels. They also play a crucial role in addressing the gaps in information and counselling.
Objectives :
- Addressing the gaps in information or RCH services in the project area.
- Building strong institutional capacity at the state, district/ field level.
- Advocacy, awareness generation.
Thus MACT has been selected as the MNGO to undertakes RCH – II for implementing the program in unserved and under served areas of Pudukottai district. MACT also monitors and sanction grants to Field NGOs on periodic basis.
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