LEGION OF GOOD WILL
Cause Area
- Children & Youth
- Community
- Disaster Relief
- Education & Literacy
- Hunger
Location
4 W 43RD ST STE 602NEW YORK, NY 10036 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
To promote Social, Solidary, and Sustainable Development, Education, Culture, Art, and Sports with Ecumenical Spirituality, so there may be Socio-environmental Awareness, Food, Security, Health, and Work for everyone, in the awakening of the Global Citizen.
Description
Established in the USA since 1986, the Legion of Good Will (LGW) is a 501(c) 3 Nonprofit organization dedicated to provide educational and social assistance programs for economically disadvantaged communities. The LGW aims to combat poverty and its consequences by offering better opportunities through supplementary education, nutrition, health services and emergency relief campaigns.
In New York, the organization also maintains a liaison office with the United Nations, where it holds general consultative status with the UN/Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and is affiliated with the United Nations through its Department of Global Communications (DGC) for more than two decades.