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by Adejuwon Dami 9 years ago

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NGO's and uses

Organizations and agencies play a critical role in addressing global challenges such as environmental conservation, humanitarian crises, and public health. Groups like the World Wildlife Foundation (

NGO's and uses

NGO's

Humanitarian

Human rights
Helps countries with child labour


World Vision is active in 92 countries, World Vision is one of the world's largest independent development organizations. It operates through a global partnership of national offices to conduct child-focused emergency relief and sustainable community development projects.
Most projects are designed and implemented locally.

Helps poor countries with health
International Canadian Red Cross and Red Crescent
Medicins San Frontiers also known as Doctors Without Borders is an example


MSF is an independent, humanitarian relief agency that provides medical aid around the world. It operates where there is no medical aid or where existing health care facilities cannot withstand the pressures to which they are subjected. In most cases, relief programs become projects that may run for several years after the most urgent needs have been met.

They can give vaccinations to kids in poor countries
Gives out warm clothes and hot drinks
Salvation Army
Helps countries that suffer from hunger
Action Against Hunger (AAH)
Helps countries that suffered from natural disasters

Environmental

Protest against companies causing pollution
For example, SOCO is a company disrupting wildlife

SOCO is trying to extract oil from the Virunga National Park in Congo. There are only 800 mountain gorillas left in the world and most of them leave in the Virunga National Park. The Park Rangers are trying to stop the SOCO from disrupting wildife.

That want to disrupt endangered species and wildlife
Save endangered species
World Wildlife Foundation(WWF) helps save endangered species.
Educate people
Climate change
The effects of pollution
Recycling