NGO Guidelines for Good Policy and Practice (Commonwealth Foundation): Part I: NGOs: what they are and what they do: 4. NGO activities described: (introduction...)

NGO Guidelines for Good Policy and Practice (Commonwealth Foundation)

Part I: NGOs: what they are and what they do

4. NGO activities described

		*(introduction...)*
		4.1 The spectrum of NGO activities
		4.2 Who and what
		4.3 How
		4.4 The diversity of NGO activities

(introduction...)

Summary

This Chapter describes five types of activity commonly practised by NGOs. These fall across a spectrum from those directed at the "care and welfare" of the disadvantaged to "change and development" activities which are directed either at concerns and issues which affect the disadvantaged or are detrimental to the well-being of people or society as a whole. The direct and indirect ways in which NGOs take action are described. This enables NGOs to be described in terms of who their work is directed at, what they do, and how they do it.