Today, such organisations often seem equally out of touch.
Smaller organisations often have fewer development opportunities available.
America's help, some $711m last year, increasingly goes to approved organisations, often via USAID.
Yet, these organisations often lack access to funding to extend their work and maximise impact.
Charities and non-governmental organisations often advertise volunteer posiitons for British medical students and graduates overseas.
Managers in complex organisations often have to make decisions on whether new software developments are worth undertaking or not.
Once labelled as foreign agents, organisations often struggle to gain access to government officials and public institutions.
These organisations often look out for people in trouble and refer them on to the charities they know.
While large charities usually have teams of specialist fundraisers and active volunteers, community organisations often have just one person.
Legitimate measures to curb funding of and money-laundering by terrorist organisations often have a debilitating effect on NGOs.
These are very large organisations, often subdivided into different subsidiaries... (and they) have some choice about how they join.
