Good Neighbors United States
| Founded | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Il Ha Yi |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| 20-3644749[1] | |
| Focus | Well being of all people, especially children, and community development |
| Location |
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Area served | 37 countries |
| Method | Transformational development through local collaborations, investment in infrastructure and educational systems, provision of nutritional necessities, medical care, and disaster relief |
Revenue | US$161.42 million (2016) |
| Website | www.goodneighbors.us |
Good Neighbors United States is the member organization of Good Neighbors (NGO). Good Neighbors USA is an international humanitarian development NGO bringing good change for children and communities around the world. Good Neighbors USA focuses on children's education, community development, and social welfare program in order to make the world a place without hunger, where people live together in harmony. Good Neighbors is a non-governmental organization in General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[2] Established in 1991, the organization currently conducts missions around the world to improve the quality of life and educational standards, as well as to provide aid in areas of civil unrest or natural disasters.
Good Neighbors USA opened its Los Angeles office in 2007, which currently handles fundraising, donor management, volunteer programs, and marketing campaigns for all major projects. In December 2010, a Washington, D.C. office was established to network and partner with other organizations, as well as obtain grants from U.S. government agencies and foundations.
History[edit]
Good Neighbors is founded in Korea in 1991. It was granted General Consultative Status with the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC). From the establishment of Bangladesh’s overseas relief development project in 1992, Good Neighbors have provided assistance to individuals regardless of race, religion, ideology or region. As of 2017, Good Neighbors has actively engaged in relief development projects in 37 overseas countries and has grown into a global NGO. Good Neighbors specialize in international community development projects involving health, education, advocacy, and socioeconomic development to establish a better, sustainable future. In 2011, Good Neighbors officially partnered with the World Food Program (WFP). Good Neighbors specialize in international community development projects involving health, education, advocacy, and socioeconomic development to establish a better, sustainable future for a global community. Good Neighbors International received the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Award for its achievements in the development of universal primary education.[3]
Programs[edit]
Good Neighbors International embraces the concepts of both community development and child sponsorship and often will determine which program to support based on the needs of the nearby region.
- Child Development Projects
It has a 1:1 child sponsorship program that gives children in need education, meals, and health care.
- Community Development Projects
Water-For-Life A project to build wells in areas of developing countries there is no access to clean water. Depending on the needs of the nearby region, community development projects may vary from country to country. For instance, in Chad, water supplies are dire, and thus the main projects supported in Chad focus mainly on increasing the supply of potable water. Projects can vary from construction of infrastructure to micro-finance, each with an emphasis on long-term sustainability.[4]
Food For Kids Good Neighbors wants to assist their projects in Malawi purchasing imported maize. There is a Community Development Committee (CDC) made up of leaders and residents of local communities at the site of each project.
- Health and Sanitation
The provision of medical services and health-related education helps reduce the mortality rate in Third World countries. Good Neighbors also strives to improve the public health status of the poor through prophylactic means: for example, clean water development and the construction of sewage systems to help reduce the incidence of infectious diseases.
- Advocacy
Good Neighbors provides awareness and education programs, as well as vocational training through partnerships with local governments and organizations.
- Emergency Relief
In 1994, Good Neighbors began emergency relief operations in response to the desperate conditions resulting from the civil war in Rwanda. Since then, Good Neighbors has been a presence in disaster zones: for instance, the earthquake in Pakistan, India, and Turkey, the Afghanistan war, the tsunami in South Asia, the devastating earthquake in Haiti and in China. Recently, it proceeded an emergency relief in India.
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