How to Become a Development and NGO Worker

Non Government Organizations are the rapid respond unit of humanitarian disasters all over the world. They refer to non-profit organizations and institutions, distinct from the state, the market and the family. NGO workers conceptualize the important part of the transition to a community development approach. Everything the NGO sector does is a project – that’s how important this is.


Their aims range from providing public services – the building of schools, for instance, or providing emergency access to medicine in natural disasters, , preserving the environment, contributing to development projects, giving counsel as well as support to a population ravished by decades of war, and relieving poverty by granting economic development assistance to impoverished communities, through working with small enterprises and farmers to create jobs, supported through skills training- all for the name of service.

Members of these unique organizations put their lives on the line to operate in volatile areas during conflicts, and providing unconditional services to poverty stricken people. They usually go to distant places from where they live because they are dreaming of creating a better world. There are also several Non Government Organizations run by Africans like AMREF and Red CROSS that employ local people to find local solutions. This is one way for NGOs to have a lasting impact in communities: to listen, learn and work with the local community, and advocate with local and national Governments. Whatever sphere of human life they are involved in, NGOs help enlighten people, give hope and lend a helping hand to the needy.

Governance of the organization and its funding are critical. An education is a primary requirement to ensure good supremacy in this association. The PMD Pro (Project Management in Development for Professionals) qualification was developed by Lingos (Learning for International NGOs – a consortium of 45 global agencies that share learning resources and technology), specifically for those working in charities, humanitarian agencies and not-for-profit bureau, to name a few of the world-class NGO certification. Additionally, NGOs who participate in the OHDI (OFOK Human Development Initiative) will become accredited. NGOs who participate will not only empower local communities, but because of the constant technological evolutions we are witnessing in our daily lives, they will never run out of services to offer.

Non-governmental organizations play a significant role in the social development process in all regions of the world. They are particularly critical in circumstances where state funds are limited, political situations are fluid, natural disasters resulting from both predictable and unpredictable environmental circumstances occur, ethnic strife is rampant, and the level of per capita income severely restricts the ability to purchase needed goods and services – social, educational and economic. They must continue to improve our efforts at ensuring the delivery of basic social services, continue to innovate and find new and more effective ways of solving the problems of poverty and disempowerment, and invest in the development of young and effective NGO leaders who will form the successor generation.