Aid agency

A relief organization referred to in the actual word meaning a job that one under which aid is paid. Usually it means helping people. A broad spectrum can be addressed, from welfare to humanitarian aid in disaster cases . However, an aid organization can also mean a specific action or aid organization .

Existing aid organizations

Some organizations in German-speaking countries now have the word Hilfswerk in their name, for example:

• Technisches Hilfswerk , (THW) as a civil and disaster protection organization in the Federal Republic of Germany
• Aid Organization Austria , one of the largest Austrian providers of social services
• Episcopal aid organization Misereor , aid organization of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany based in Aachen
• Bread for the World , aid organization of the Protestant regional churches and free churches in Germany, based in Berlin
• Aid Organization of the Evangelical Churches in Switzerland (HEKS), an aid organization that emerged from the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches and is based in Zurich
• Lazarus Hilfswerk , a German, non-profit aid and medical organization
• Clemens-Hofbauer-Hilfswerk , a non-profit, church aid organization for secondary school students
• Aid Organization of the Custody of the Holy Land , an international association based in Rome to support the work of the Custody of the Holy Land

Historical aid organizations

In the past, the following organizations had the word in their name:

• The Evangelical Aid Organization of the EKD merged with the Diakonisches Werk .
• Winter Relief Organization (of the German People)