The 2010 World Congress of NGOs, conducted by WANGO, brought together presenters and participants from around the globe. H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Gambari (Joint Special Represenative, UNAMID), H.E. Dr. Abdel Aziz Hegazy (Former Prime Minister, Egypt), Bill Drayton (Founder, Ashoka), Holly Ross (Executive Director, NTEN), and many other prominent authorities joined in this interactive, online platform. (Read more...)

More than 300,000 US nonprofits are at risk of losing their tax-exempt status because of not filing Form 990-N ("e-postcard") for the past 3 years. Because of a law passed by Congress in 2006, those organizations with revenues of less than $25,000 (other than churches), who previously never had to file a tax return, now must file a new online return. Failure to file for the past three years will cause loss of tax-exempt status. (Read more...)

On May 17, 2010, at an event held at the UN Headquarters in New York for the International Day of Families, the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) unveiled a Code of Ethics of the Family. This code of ethics and standards of good conduct of the family systematically identifies some of the key universal standards and ethical practices recognized by harmonious families and is designed to be broadly applicable to families worldwide. (Read more...)

The second biennial WANGO Africa Conference will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from July 1-4, 2010. Registration is now open. Attendees, who will be coming from throughout Africa, as well as other regions of the world, will gather on the theme of "Non-State Actors and Ethical Reorientation." (Read more...)

In April of 2010, NGO Network, which is distributed throughout Africa, and even into parts of Europe and North America, will celebrate its 10th year of operation. (Read more...)