A: A non-governmental organization is a group that, as the name implies, operates independently of governmental control. The usual purpose of an NGO is to promote a policy or provide services.

UNHCR maintains strategic partnerships with more than 900 partners including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governmental institutions and United Nations agencies. We entrust about 40 per cent ...

While veteran-recruiting non-governmental organizations represented a minority at the workshop compared to conventional humanitarian organizations and U.N. agencies, balanced representation was ...

Haiti’s Non-Governmental Organizations Fill in for Shattered Government In the first of two reports from Haiti, Dave Iverson of KQED in San Francisco describes Haiti's struggle to rebuild after ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, about the Taliban's decision to ban women from working at NGOs.

All Things Considered Non-Governmental Organizations September 12, 200212:00 AM ET Heard on All Things Considered ... 8-Minute Listen Playlist ...