NGOs in Penang: A Heritage of Passionate Caring

By Yeong Pey Jung

June 2024 COVER STORY
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NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) are widely recognised as essential components of a thriving society and are often very intricately woven into a society’s developmental fabric. The diversity of NGOs makes it difficult for them to be singularly defined. The United Nations, in essence, categorises NGOs as organisations that are non-profit orientated with voluntary members, functioning on a local, national or international level. They play a fundamental role in addressing a broad spectrum of social, economic and environmental issues.NGOs generally operate independently...

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Yeong Pey Jung

is a senior analyst with the Socioeconomics and Statistics Programme at Penang Institute. She is a reading enthusiast and is surgically attached to her Kindle.

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