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...service organizations is the inability of non-profits to compete for employees on salary. There are a “large number of students interested in changing the world,” he said, “but who want to do so through non-governmental means, such as NGOs or non-profits.” Victoria Bjorklund, a leading nonprofit tax lawyer, said that the difficulty of regulating non-profits and the inadequacy of laws governing non-profits can lead to scandals such as the one that engulfed student loan giant Sallie Mae earlier this spring that resulted...
...Another is the growing realization that money talks—in all languages. Private foundations can often avoid the bureaucratic mess that plagues public funds, and more effectively stomp out developing world maladies. Even NGOs extol the virtue of profit through microfinance. Social enterprises ensure that each dollar of goodwill can go further. For do-gooders and techies alike, entrepreneurship is almost a religious calling...
...community relies largely on support from NGOs such as the Catholic charity Caritas, that has helped refugees of all religious backgrounds. But the churches say they are swamped. "I can't go on like this," said Bishop Kisargi, whose congregation has been supplying refugees with food and medicine and help finding homes. "We are a poor church and the situation is getting worse...
...Civic activism. It's on the rise, and it's becoming better organized. ngos are working together, sharing information, holding joint events. They are drawing not just politicians but professionals and even some civic-minded businesspeople. These are smart folk who know what buttons to press and levers to pull. Already, by going to court, they have stopped the government from reclaiming even more land from what little harbor we have left. Now they are fighting for a host of causes, from fewer skyscrapers and roads to a minimum wage for low-skilled workers to patients' rights to better education...
...German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, is planning to revive the European Constitution underpinned with a Berlin Declaration claiming that Europe is based on Christian values. Fortunately a Europe-wide collaboration of Christians, Muslims, humanists, academics, politicians, writers and ngos is proposing an alternative Brussels Declaration restating the common, inclusive values embraced by modern European civilization. Hamish MacPherson, London...