International NGO Journal https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/INGOJ <p>INGOJ is an open access journal. Abstracts and full texts of all articles published in the journals can be read online without any form of restriction.International NGO Journal (INGOJ) is an open access journal. The journal is published monthly and covers all areas of Non Governmental Organization (NGO) activities such as environmental conservation, asylum laws, animal torture laws, female education in third world countries etc. INGOJ is founded to publish proposals, appraisals and reports of NGO projects. The aim is to have centralized information for NGO activities where stakeholders including beneficiaries of NGO services can find useful information about ongoing projects and where to obtain particular assistance. Also prospective donors will easily find information about different NGOs and decide which to fund on specific projects.</p> Academic Journals en-US International NGO Journal 1993-8225 The Contribution of Rural Institutions to Rural Development:Study of Smallholder Farmer Groups and NGOs in Uganda https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/INGOJ/article/view/95006 In this article, the results of the quantitative data analysis are presented. Through a case study, the contribution of NGOs and smallholder farmer groups as sample rural institutions is examined in addressing four main objectives of improving health, education, agriculture as well as improving industry. The study involved 87 respondents from 40 organizations (19 NGOs and 21 Smallholder farmer groups) from central region of Uganda. Questionnaires, focus group discussions, interview guide, key informants and literature review were used to collect data. The study results led to the consideration of rural development as a critical result of improvements in health, education, agriculture and rural industry in rural areas of Uganda. First, improving health by investing in increased awareness/ access to information sharing among communities, and policy development, program planning and service delivery fosters rural development, yet subsidizing health insurance and finance health services would affect rural development negatively. Secondly, improving education through appropriate geographical scope of the organization includes promoting information and technology dissemination for learning and access to various information; coordination of major sources of funding for education; policy on education for rural areas; conducting research and development and the total number of employees; thirdly, improving agriculture by investing in geographical scope of the organization includes offering basic and advanced training; promoting access to land and other factors of production on agriculture; mobilizing resources both financial and human resources; promoting access to agriculture information; conducting research and extension services; finally, improving Industry through investing in geographical scope of the organization includes supporting infrastructure development including financial facilities; supporting rural advocate for agro-based industry policies for industry promotion; conducting research and development programs; and considering the total employees. Patrick Nalere Milton Yago Kenny Oriel 2015-12-01 2015-12-01 10