Non-governmental organizations (NGO) are a “third social sector” different from governments and enterprises. They not only bear huge responsibilities, but also play an increasingly important role in various fields such as charity environmental protection. Social work professional subject to improve the overall environment promote more harmonious stable society coincides with goals of some NGOs....

In September 2002, an armed conflict erupted in Côte d'Ivoire which has since divided the country in the government-held south and the remaining territory controlled by the 'Forces Armées des Forces Nouvelles' (FAFN). There is concern that conflict-related population movements, breakdown of health systems and food insecurity could significantly increase the incidence of HIV infections and other...

The importance of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in any sector the economy cannot be under-emphasized. This is because NGOs support services for free that would otherwise have to paid for. study aims examine how can remain afloat their performances while using budgetary control techniques. Three selected health were Family Health International, Achieving Nigeria Initiative, and Managemen...

One of the problems with which mentally challenged children and adolescents are faced in the healthcare systems of the world is that the importance of their problems have often been neglected by decision-makers. 1 The problem looks more severe when we investigate health care services to mentally disable children. Generally, a child's health problem creates an economic burden for families but ca...

After the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11th, 2011, a journalist visited the disaster area with febrile symptoms and was diagnosed with measles of the D genotype, which is not indigenous to Japan. After continuing activities in disaster areas and Tokyo, 11 measles cases were reported, some of which were identified as genotype D. Meanwhile non-profit activities directed towards volunteers...

Companies increasingly engage in corporate volunteering (CV), which employees are encouraged to partake societally beneficial activities that organized by their employer collaboration with non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In addition direct effects for CV beneficiaries, company–NGO relationships also generate a variety of through the individuals and involved, resulting emergence social im...

What is the role of non-governmental organizations--NGOs--in the process of industrial delocalization and socio-spatial redistribution of occupational and environmental risks? In an attempt to contribute to this debate, this study approaches the issue in a very specific socio-historical context, marked by recent accelerated industrialization in a small town in Northeast Brazil. Based on semi-st...