relief organizations

Humanitarian assistance providers

Relief organizations are groups that provide aid to people affected by disasters, wars, famine, or poverty.

They deliver food, shelter, medical care, and other necessities during emergencies: Several relief organizations responded to the earthquake.

The term covers both government agencies and nonprofits like the Red Cross.

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Illegal money-making organizations

death squads · paramilitary groups · drug cartels · war profiteers · oppressive regimes

organizational sector

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State-run administrative bodies

state institutions · regulatory bodies · intelligence agencies · police forces

economic orientation

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For-profit organizations

multinational corporations · investment banks · hedge funds · big business · price gougers

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