Big International Non-Government Organisation

Big International Non-Government Organisation

Big International Non-Government Organisation (BINGO) is a backronym applied to large international non-governmental organizations.Fact|date=December 2007 These are typically organizations with enough resources that they can be expected to act quickly in a global emergency.

Some quick examples of BINGOs are:

*AIESEC
*Amnesty International
*CARE
*Greenpeace
*Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
*Oxfam
*Red Cross
*The Nature Conservancy
*SOS Children's Villages
*World Vision
*Compassion International


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