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Plan International
Primary Goal: To advance children's rights and equality for girls all over the world. Headquarters: Woking, UK
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Primary Goal: To ensure trade flows as smoothly, predictably, and freely as possible. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Primary Goal: To provide humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. Headquarters: New York City, USA
Oxfam
Primary Goal: To alleviate global poverty by finding practical, innovative ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty and thrive. Headquarters: Oxford, UK
World Bank
Primary Goal: To provide financial and technical assistance to developing countries for development programs (e.g., bridges, roads, schools) that are expected to improve the economic prospects and quality of life for people in those countries. Headquarters: Washington D.C., USA
CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere)
Primary Goal: To fight global poverty and deliver emergency assistance to survivors of war and natural disasters. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Amnesty International
Primary Goal: To conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated. Headquarters: London, UK
World Health Organization (WHO)
Primary Goal: To direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF)
Primary Goal: To provide medical aid where it's needed most - in armed conflicts, epidemics, famines, and natural disasters. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
World Food Programme (WFP)
Primary Goal: To provide food assistance to combat hunger worldwide. Headquarters: Rome, Italy
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Primary Goal: To encourage sustainable development through sound environmental practices globally. Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Primary Goal: To promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection, and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Primary Goal: To lead international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Headquarters: Rome, Italy
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Primary Goal: To eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities through sustainable development. Headquarters: New York City, USA
Save the Children
Primary Goal: To improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts. Headquarters: London, UK
Greenpeace
Primary Goal: To ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity by campaigning for environmental protection and conservation. Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Primary Goal: To conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth. Headquarters: Gland, Switzerland
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Primary Goal: To protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Primary Goal: To ensure the stability of the international monetary system—the system of exchange rates and international payments that enables countries to transact with each other. Headquarters: Washington D.C., USA
Action Against Hunger
Primary Goal: To save the lives of malnourished children and support their families to beat hunger. Headquarters: Paris, France
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