France, Oct. 14 -- A budget crisis and shrinking public funding are squeezing France's 1.4 million NGOs, and a new survey shows 30 percent of them lack sufficient cash flow, putting their work at risk.

The Mouvement associatif, which represents 700,000 French organisations, organised a protest on 11 October to deliver what it called "a wake-up call" to public authorities across France.

"We came to support each other because our activities are in danger," said Florence Bouhmana, an employee of Solidarite Laiqu, an organisation that fights inequality and promotes access to education in France and abroad. "Ça ne tient plus - everything is falling apart," she told RFI.

The Mouvement associatif points out that associations are facing i...