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Azerbaijani NGOs condemn anti-Azerbaijan sentiment in Switzerland, urges ambassador to respond
The Azerbaijan National NGO Forum has issued an open letter to Thomas Stähli, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Azerbaijan, expressing deep concern over what it describes as an intensifying campaign of anti-Azerbaijani activities in...

SA’s child protection pledge needs NGO partners to succeed
SA’s child protection pledge needs NGO partners to succeed The plan is up against dysfunction within social development departments and fraught relations with NGOs that deliver most services. Published on 05 June 2025 in ISS Today By Chandré Gould...

Increased user fees stifling non-profit groups: Vernon Chamber
The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce is calling on the city of Vernon to reassess the large fee increase for non-profit user groups in the community. The Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce (GVCC) is pleading with the City of Vernon to reassess...
ZAMBIA: ‘The NGO bill strengthens legal mechanisms designed to discredit or silence critical civil society…
Interviews 03 June 2025 CIVICUS discusses Zambia’s Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) bill with Josiah Kalala, Executive Director of Chapter One Foundation, a Zambian civil society organisation (CSO) that promotes constitutionalism, human rights...
NGO runs one-week training on mental health and counselling in Lae
FEMILI PNG, Lae branch, conducted a week-long training workshop on mental health recently. The training was funded by the Femili PNG, Australia branch, which was focused on critical topics such as mental health, counselling, suicide prevention,...

Non-profit helping LVMPD dispatcher’s family after daughter’s cancer diagnosis
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - An LVMPD dispatcher’s family is in crisis after a child’s overnight leukemia diagnosis and a sudden move out of state. After two years serving the community, Holly Danforth has relocated to Memphis to be by her daughter’s...

Ngos Takes Mensural Hygiene, Integrity Campaigns To Anambra Schools
A group of Non-governmental organisations have stressed the importance of hygiene and integrity among secondary school students in Anambra state. They disclosed plans to establish hygiene and integrity clubs in secondary schools in the state to...

PCSO PROVIDES FINANCIAL GRANTS TO TWO NGO PARTNERS IN NCR
Mandaluyong City— Two charitable non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which are partner agencies of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), received financial grants totaling ₱1.1 million during a turnover ceremony held on May 26, 2025...
Bethlehem-Based NGO: War and Plastic Waste Fuel Environmental Crisis in Gaza
BETHLEHEM/ PNN/ The Environmental Education Center, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, on Wednesday warned of escalating plastic pollution in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly in Gaza,...

India’s Mental Health Conversation Has Shifted But Rural Barriers Persist: CEO Of Deepika Padukone's NGO
Last Updated:June 05, 2025, 10:22 IST A watershed moment, according to Anisha Padukone, was in 2014 when her sister Deepika Padukone shared her personal battle with depression on national television Anisha says the current budget allocation for...

US$1M STOLEN FROM CHURCH NGO
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), which is affiliated with the Seventh Day Adventist Church, reportedly lost over US$1 million due to fraudulent activities by an employee Fortune Goredema, who allegedly falsified documents to...
NGO donates oxygen plant to Military Field Hospital
TAWANG, 4 Jun: The Pune-based NGO Soldiers Independent Rehabilitation Foundation (SIRF) has gifted a 200-litre capacity oxygen plant and refilling facility to the Military Field Hospital at Teli village in Tawang district. The oxygen plant was...
NGOs welcome government and Opposition’s shift in position on Manoel Island
Seven NGOs have welcomed both the government's and the Opposition's shift in positions on Manoel Island. In a statement issued Wednesday, the NGOs said that saving Manoel and returning it to the public has gained further momentum now that the...

NGOs call on the European Parliament not to delay the plenary vote on the revised Waste Framework Directive - EEB

NGO coalition: Metsamor NPP in Armenia must be shut down
Our main goal is to conduct a more effective fight against Armenia’s ecological risks in the region, said Amin Mammadov, a member of the “Environmental Protection First” NGO coalition, during a briefing held by the coalition, APA reports. He...

PUBLIC NOTICE – PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS TO SERVICE NON-PROFIT AND CHARITABLE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026
"Are You A Covert White Supremacist?" Fireworks Erupt In DOGE Hearing Exposing NGO Funding, Taxpayer "Theft"
In a fiery House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) hearing on June 4, 2025, titled “Public Funds, Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild,” Republican lawmakers exposed the “gold bars thrown off the Titanic,” alleging the Biden...

House committee sheds light on NGO government influence
(The Center Square) – In the wake of repeated comments from Elon Musk calling non-governmental organizations “one of the biggest sources of fraud in the world,” the House Department of Government Efficiency subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday...

Chairwoman Greene scrutinizes federal funding for NGOs at subcommittee hearing
James Comer U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st district | Official U.S. House HeadshotJames Comer U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st district | Official U.S. House Headshot Subcommittee Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor...

Hearing examines NGO use of federal funds under scrutiny
James Comer U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st district | Official U.S. House HeadshotJames Comer U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st district | Official U.S. House Headshot Subcommittee Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor...