WHAT IS AN NGO?
NGO stands for Non Governmental Organization, a term coined in the UN Charter. They are tax exempt organizations formed by private citizens who wish to correct global inequities where governments are absent.
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NGOs build homes, distribute food, staff schools and furnish medical care every day to victims of political winds, natural disasters and disease. Few get the recognition they deserve. |
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Where Governments do not or cannot adequately provide for citizens under duress, NGOs provide humanitarian aid.
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What Services do NGO's Provide?
Deliver Food
and Medical
Supplies
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Medical Care
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Build Homes,
Schools, and Hospitals
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Offer Agricultural
Assistance
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Aid Refugees
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Respond to Natural
Disasters |
Advance
Social Justice |
Ease Consequences
of Poverty |
Monitor and Implement
International Agreements
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“We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.”
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— Cesar Chavez
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“Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.”
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— Shirley Chisholm
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