Good Neighbors is an international humanitarian development NGO founded in Korea in 1991 to make the world a place without hunger, where people live together in harmony. The first community development project in Bangladesh was launched in 1992 and currently Good Neighbors is working in 192 communities in 35 countries with their focus on inclusive community development approach and child protection.
In 1994, Good Neighbors implemented its first emergency response project in Rwandan refugee situation, providing medical relief teams and establishing two schools at the refugee camps.Starting with Rwanda emergency response, Good Neighbors has been actively responding various disaster and emergencies including Kobe earthquake in 1995, South Asia tsunami in 2004, Haiti earthquake 2010, Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 and Nepal Earthquake in 2015.
Good Neighbors Tajikistan was founded in 1998 to support orphans in Dushanbe. Every year they support more than 12,000 children in 5 regions through regular sponsors and conduct various CDPs (Community Development Projects). They look forward to promoting community autonomy and ensuring a better life for children and local people.
In 2016, their organization became a member of the Emergency Rapid Assessment and Coordination Team (REACT), which manages disaster response and emergency response. In the same year, they signed Memoranda of Cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Committee for Emergency Situations in the Republic of Tajikistan.