World Vision
INP 900: Group Paper
World Vision
April 13, 2012
Ajay Athwal Peter Pham Ghazala Khalil Ahmet Er Namulinda Lester
There are over 161 000 non-profit organizations in Canada. Non-profit organizations work to achieve goals for the benefit of humanity rather than for profit like a business. Obviously with so many organizations, there are various types of organizations that vary in size and scope, with unique ambitions and some overlap in goals. World Vision is an organization that operates internationally with many chapters around the world. World Vision works globally for relief of underprivileged people and the development of disadvantaged societies. This paper will give background on World Vision to understand how it began and how it has become what it is today. World Vision is an evangelical organization meaning it is faith-based. This plays a major role in how it operates in every aspect. This paper will analyze faith-based organizations and the impact of being an evangelical non-profit organization. The paper will introduce the structure of World Vision and outline how it runs, and detail the various programs World Vision has and implements throughout the world. The paper will then go on to discuss a major issue for organizations like World Vision. Many large non-profit organizations sometimes have to work with other parties in order to achieve certain goals. These partnerships can raise certain issues, especially ethical concerns. The paper will discuss one specific example of World Vision working with mining companies and the impact and consequences of such an alliance. All in all, the purpose of this paper is to give insight on how one of the world’s biggest faith-based, non-profit organizations came to be, how they run and give insight into how deep and layered their operation is, and to give an example of how in the non-profit world, even the largest, most
World Vision
April 13, 2012
Ajay Athwal Peter Pham Ghazala Khalil Ahmet Er Namulinda Lester
There are over 161 000 non-profit organizations in Canada. Non-profit organizations work to achieve goals for the benefit of humanity rather than for profit like a business. Obviously with so many organizations, there are various types of organizations that vary in size and scope, with unique ambitions and some overlap in goals. World Vision is an organization that operates internationally with many chapters around the world. World Vision works globally for relief of underprivileged people and the development of disadvantaged societies. This paper will give background on World Vision to understand how it began and how it has become what it is today. World Vision is an evangelical organization meaning it is faith-based. This plays a major role in how it operates in every aspect. This paper will analyze faith-based organizations and the impact of being an evangelical non-profit organization. The paper will introduce the structure of World Vision and outline how it runs, and detail the various programs World Vision has and implements throughout the world. The paper will then go on to discuss a major issue for organizations like World Vision. Many large non-profit organizations sometimes have to work with other parties in order to achieve certain goals. These partnerships can raise certain issues, especially ethical concerns. The paper will discuss one specific example of World Vision working with mining companies and the impact and consequences of such an alliance. All in all, the purpose of this paper is to give insight on how one of the world’s biggest faith-based, non-profit organizations came to be, how they run and give insight into how deep and layered their operation is, and to give an example of how in the non-profit world, even the largest, most
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