aid agency

Humanitarian assistance group

An aid agency is an organization that provides humanitarian assistance—food, medical care, shelter, or other support—to people affected by disasters, conflict, or poverty.

Aid agencies may be governmental, like USAID, or non-governmental, like the Red Cross or Doctors Without Borders: Several aid agencies responded to the earthquake within hours.

Related

donation · volunteer · boots on the ground · on the ground · refugee · refugee camp · crisis · disaster · war zone · Red Cross · UNICEF · mission · supplies · care package · shelter · safe haven · food · food bank

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purpose/mission

aid agencyarms dealer

Vendor of weaponry

cartel · private military contractor · death squad · criminal syndicate · war profiteer

institutional type

aid agencystate department

Federal diplomatic agency

military branch · intelligence agency · state apparatus · regulatory body

resource flow direction

aid agencytax collector

One who collects levies

loan shark · debt collector

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G