Big International Non-Government Organisation (BINGO) is an often derogatory term applied to international non-governmental organizations. It is sometimes used to imply that a once altruistic charitable entity is now too big to function effectively.

It has also been adopted as a less demeaning convenient acronym for objective use. A modern definition might be that the organisation in question has enough resources to be relied upon to act quickly in a global emergency.

Some quick examples of BINGOs are:

• AIESEC
• Amnesty International
• CARE
• Greenpeace
• Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
• Oxfam
• Red Cross
• The Nature Conservancy
• SOS Children's Villages
• UNICEF
• World Vision

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