The small fish in the big pond
Is the economic squeeze going to wipe out the small guy? High impact grass-root NGOs have never seen a tougher time, not only trying to cope with the economic crisis but also trying to compete with the big boys. Time to take stock of what’s gone stale and what needs to be re-energised and time to streamline and innovate. But a small community based organisation often doesn’t have the capacity to juggle services, support and manage internal stakeholders and invest efforts into fundraising. It is perhaps about time that the big boys reinvested their efforts in being mission driven and lending a hand in partnership with the small guy who shares that same mission.