global health and releif
This organization is famous for its "Blue Helmets" and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its medical work in conflict zones.
What is Doctors Without Borders
Known for its yellow candle logo, this NGO campaigns against the death penalty and for the release of "prisoners of conscience
What is Amnesty International
This NGO uses a Giant Panda as its logo and works to preserve wilderness.
What is the World Wildlife Fund
This NGO is famous for its "sponsor a child" programs to provide food, water, and schooling
What is World Vision
This Microsoft co-founder and his wife Melinda started one of the world's largest private foundations in 2000.
Who is Bill Gates
This NGO, symbolized by a red cross or crescent, provides emergency assistance and disaster relief worldwide.
What is the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement?
This organization investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world to "shame" governments into change.
What is Human Rights Watch
Known for its direct action and "Rainbow Warrior" ships, this group protests whaling and nuclear testing.
What is Greenpeace
Founded by a former U.S. President, this NGO helps build affordable housing for people in need.
What is Habitat for Humanity
This former U.S. President is the most famous face of Habitat for Humanity, often seen building houses himself
Who is Jimmy Carter
This group focuses on fighting "diseases of poverty" like HIV/AIDS and Malaria, often working in Haiti and Rwanda.
What is Partners In Health
This group provides legal defense for journalists and media outlets who are under threat for their reporting.
What is Reporters Without Borders
This organization buys large plots of land to protect them from development and preserve biodiversity
What is The Nature Conservancy?
This group focuses on providing clean drinking water and toilets to communities in developing nations.
What is chariti water
his "Lady with the Lamp" is considered a pioneer of modern nursing and helped inspire the founding of the Red Cross.
Who is Florence Nightingale
Headquartered in the UK, this organization started by helping refugees in Greece during WWII and now fights global hunger.
What is Oxfam
Founded by Peter Benenson, this group’s name comes from a term for people imprisoned for their non-violent beliefs.
What is Amnesty International?
This group focuses on ocean conservation and was founded by Ted Danson in 2001.
What is Oceana
This organization works in over 120 countries to ensure children have a healthy start and the chance to learn.
What is Save the Children
This Nobel Peace Prize winner founded the Green Belt Movement in Kenya, focusing on environmental conservation and women's rights.
Who is Wangari Maathai?
This NGO focuses specifically on providing surgeries for children with cleft lips and palates in low-income countries
What is Operation Smile
This NGO focuses on ending modern slavery and human trafficking through rescue missions and aftercare
What is International Justice Mission
: This NGO focuses on the intersection of human rights and the environment, often defending local activists in the Amazon
What is Amazon Watch
This NGO uses a "micro-finance" model to give small loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries to start businesses
What is Kiva
This man founded the Grameen Bank and won a Nobel Prize for developing the "Micro-credit" system used by NGOs like Kiva.
Who is Muhammad Yunus