1. NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)

2. Why might NGOs voluntarily exclude themselves from these things?
NGOs are…
Non-Profit
Non-Partisan
Non-Governmental
Question to ask:
Why might NGOs voluntarily exclude themselves from these things?

3. Since they lack official authority, what kinds of things can they do?
NGOs are…
Dedicated to voicing the concerns of global citizens who might not otherwise have their own voice.
Focused on making the world a better place.
Question to ask:
Since they lack official authority, what kinds of things can they do?

4. NGOs focus on…
Creating awareness of situations that need the attention of the global community.
Providing direct aid to people in need.
Working towards freedom and equality for all.
Working to support rights and freedoms of oppressed groups, including women and children.

5. Oxfam A group of over 15 different organizations working together.
Working to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice worldwide.
Four major goals:
Economic Justice
Essential Services
Rights in Crisis
Gender Justice

6. Amnesty International
A group that works to ensure that the rights enshrined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are respected worldwide.
Major goal: to free “prisoners of conscience”.
Observes a “non-violence clause.”

7. Amnesty International
Deals with six key areas:
Rights of Women, Children, Minorities, and Indigenous peoples
Ending torture
Abolishing the death penalty
Rights of refugees
Rights of prisoners of conscience
Protection of human dignity

8. Amnesty International

9. Greenpeace
A group that works to “nurture life in all its diversity” (Greenpeace.org)
Focuses on raising awareness about global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling, and anti-nuclear issues.
Organize high-profile protests against actions that threaten the environment.

10. Greenpeace

11. Red Cross/Crescent
Created by a 19th century doctor, Jean-Henri Dunant.
Provides disaster relief and assists victims of war.
Volunteers provide victims with medical treatment and other necessities.
Campaign against land mines and other weapons responsible for collateral damage.

12. MSF (Médecins sans frontières)
Otherwise known as Doctors Without Borders.
They believe that humanitarian agencies have the right to interfere in order to save lives.
Funded by private donations.
Dedicated to providing medical relief to those in need due to disasters, poverty, or war.

13. Can we think of any other groups that might count as NGOs?
Other NGOs?
Question to ask:
Can we think of any other groups that might count as NGOs?