Navigating Challenges: Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Their Pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have expanded their tasks and activities in developed as well as underdeveloped countries. They mobilize the community to be self-sufficient, support communities to discover their own abilities, and depend on their own resources. In Balochistan NGOs face a lot of challenges to implement the community development projects to achieve sustainable development goals. This study examined the role of NGOs towards Health, poverty and education in communities and to find the reasons of slow development rate in communities. The timeframe for this study was short therefore the data was collected from 6 International NGOs and 4 Local NGOs working on community development projects in Balochistan. Qualitative method with purposive sampling were used and structured interviews were conducted from NGOs to collect data, the data was examined through thematic analysis. Findings and references that occurred from the study will serve as a beginning point to generate interest for additional research into the other aspects of the activities of NGOs

Keywords: - NGO (Non-Government Organization), Government, Community Development, CSO (Civil Society Organization), Sustainable Development Goals.