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    The document provides short descriptions of several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including their missions and focus areas. The Red Cross and Red Crescent is the largest humanitarian network focused on alleviating human suffering during conflicts. Doctors Without Borders sends healthcare workers to destitute areas and advocates for justice. Greenpeace stresses environmental conservation through non-violent action. YMCA and YWCA benefit over 57 million people globally. Other NGOs mentioned focus on issues like democracy, anti-violence, employment for vulnerable groups, street youth, racial advancement, poverty alleviation, and protecting writers worldwide. Amnesty International has over 7 million members advocating for human rights.

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    The document provides short descriptions of several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including their missions and focus areas. The Red Cross and Red Crescent is the largest humanitarian network focused on alleviating human suffering during conflicts. Doctors Without Borders sends healthcare workers to destitute areas and advocates for justice. Greenpeace stresses environmental conservation through non-violent action. YMCA and YWCA benefit over 57 million people globally. Other NGOs mentioned focus on issues like democracy, anti-violence, employment for vulnerable groups, street youth, racial advancement, poverty alleviation, and protecting writers worldwide. Amnesty International has over 7 million members advocating for human rights.

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    The document provides short descriptions of several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including their missions and focus areas. The Red Cross and Red Crescent is the largest humanitarian network focused on alleviating human suffering during conflicts. Doctors Without Borders sends healthcare workers to destitute areas and advocates for justice. Greenpeace stresses environmental conservation through non-violent action. YMCA and YWCA benefit over 57 million people globally. Other NGOs mentioned focus on issues like democracy, anti-violence, employment for vulnerable groups, street youth, racial advancement, poverty alleviation, and protecting writers worldwide. Amnesty International has over 7 million members advocating for human rights.

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    short description for each NGO, what

    they do, where, how?

    Red Cross / Red Crescent: The International Red Cross and Red
    Crescent Movement is the largest humanitarian network in the world. Its mission is to
    alleviate human suffering, protect life and health, and uphold human dignity especially during
    armed conflicts and other emergencies

    Doctors Without Borders:

    A group which sends physicians and other


    health workers to some of the most destitute and dangerous parts of the world and
    encourages them not only to care for people, but also to condemn the injustices they
    encounter. The 1999 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Doctors Without Borders (in
    French, Medicines Sans Frontiers).

    Green Peace:
    (Environmental Science) an organization founded in 1971 that stresses the need to maintain a ba
    lance between human progress andenvironmental conservation. Members take active but nonviol
    ent measures against what are regarded as threats to environmentalsafety, such as the dumping
    of nuclear waste in the sea

    YWCA/YMCA The Young Men's Christian Association (commonly known


    as YMCA or simply the Y) is a worldwide organization based in Geneva, Switzerland with
    more than 57 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations

    Citizens for Local Democracy (C4LD)


    CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence)
    Goodwill Industries: is an American nonprofit 501 organization that provides
    job training, employment placement services, and other community-based programs for
    people who have disabilities. In addition, Goodwill Industries may hire veterans, individuals
    that lack education or job experience, or face employment challenges

    Street Kids International:

    is a Canadian based non-governmental


    organization founded by Peter Dalglish in 1988.[1]The organization focuses on providing
    street youth with the opportunity to lead safer and better lives through three main programme
    avenues: street health, street work and street rights. In 2008, Street Kids International
    expanded its operations to the United Kingdom with Street Kids International UK.

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored


    People (NAACP): is an African-American civil rights organization in the United
    States, formed in 1909 by Moorfield Storey, Mary White Ovington and W. E. B. Du Bois

    Oxfam: is an international confederation of 17 organisations working in approximately 94


    countries worldwide to find solutions to poverty and what it considers injustice around the world

    International PEN:

    is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in


    1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. The
    association has autonomous International PEN centers in over 100 countries.
    [2]

    Amnesty International (Video)

    is a non-governmental organisation
    focused on human rights with over 7 million members and supporters around the

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