Who We Are

30 YEARS OF LIFE-CHANGING TRANSFORMATIONS

From South Korea to the world, Good Neighbors has helped over 8 million people across the globe since 1991.

Working with United Nations agencies, we are an international humanitarian organization that believes in empowering people. We help communities worldwide find ways to make positive and sustainable changes.

Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea

GOOD CHANGE FOR THE WORLD

Good Neighbors Canada is a registered charity, located in the heart of London, Ontario, that supports people in need around the world.

Our team works every day to give children the chance to grow up in a healthy environment.

We have been operating in Canada since 2017, providing relief aid and implementing a wide range of inclusive community-based development projects.

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WHAT WE WORK WITH

Health

Education

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Social Enterprises

Emergency Relief

Child Sponsorship

DID YOU KNOW?

We have General Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC).

Besides working with local governments, we cooperate with United Nations agencies, like the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the World Food Programme (WFP). One example is the Zero Hunger Project, implemented in Tanzania and Bangladesh.

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

OUR STORY

1991 - How it all started

Good Neighbors was established in South Korea on March 28, 1991. Some of the first projects were supporting long-term patients with Tuberculosis (TB), as well as assisting children with disabilities and those in orphanages.

1992 - Helping neighbours overseas

International development started with a relief project in Bangladesh, followed by refugee support in Somalia in 1993.

1994 - Emergency relief for refugees

Good Neighbors was the first Korean NGO to dispatch a medical volunteer team to provide aid after the Rwandan genocide in 1994.

1996 - United Nations ECOSOC

Only 5 years after being founded, Good Neighbors' work was recognized by the United Nations (UN), obtaining General Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC).

2007 - MDGs Award

Good Neighbors was awarded the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Award for advancing primary education.

2011 - World Food Programme

Selected as a partner organization for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Saemaul Zero Hunger Communities Project was implemented the next year to improve food security, generate income, and build infrastructure.

2017 - Good Neighbors Canada

We started operating in Canada as a registered charity, from our office in London, Ontario, the same year the Africa Hope School project reached 100 schools. In a project with Hope TV SBS and six NGOs, Good Neighbors built 52 Hope Schools and education centres.

2020 - COVID-19 response

Good Neighbors provided aid in 39 countries and in Canada we launched a campaign for food relief that raised almost $26,000.

OUR VISION

EMPOWER PEOPLE TO TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to implement projects that promote and protect children’s rights, strengthen global partnerships and advocate for human rights in a respectful and effective way, empowering people to achieve self-reliance.