How does a ngo work??
They have a mission statement — this is the reason they exist, the cause they address, and all of their work is focused on this mission. They have a business strategy — this is the plan for the activities they will carry out to meet their mission, what expertise they will bring through paid staff and volunteers, their budget, their fundraising plan, etc. And they have a board of directors, a group of unpaid people who provide some initial funding and who “own” the NGO; they approve the budget, approve large expenditures, and are held accountable for the performance of the organization. They may be a “working board”, where each person volunteers (that means unpaid) to take on an area of responsibility for the organization, or, they may they may hire an executive director, fix that person’s salary, and hear regular reports from this person regarding the progress of the organization. The organization can charge for services or products, but the profits for such from such must go back in