Reading Comprehension:

Non-Governmental Organizations

The acronym NGO stands for Non-Governmental Organisation which refers to all private voluntary but legal associations concerned with

sustainable development. For this purpose, these organizations play an important role in empowering youth and women in Economic, social and

environmental fields.

In the economic field, these organizations help women and youth to work not only by providing them with micro-credits, but also by supporting

them take the initiative in setting up their own enterprises and invest their money appropriately through a trainings. In other

words, they participate in fighting against poverty especially in rural areas.

Socially, they work on improving the status and situation of women in society so as to achieve social justice and establish a sort of equality

between men and women by trying to increase literacy rates among women through informal education. Additionally, they try to provide other

basic social services such as health care, running water and electrification of rural areas to stop rural exodus. Moreover, they work hard to

eliminate some harmful cultural behaviour like racism, stereotypes and violence against women and children.

As for the environmental side, NGOs do a lot to conserve natural resources for future generations and to reduce pollution by sensitising people

about the toxic danger of litter and trash. They also set up programmes to preserve water, to plant trees and to take care of public gardens as well

as to protect some endangered species from extinction.

NGOs’ role, therefore, is so important that most of the projects connected to sustainable development are based on their success and

perseverance.

Comprehension questions:

1- What are the domains that NGO’s try to improve ?

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2- Who are the people concerned from this move?

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3- What kind of social problems these NGO’s try to put an end to?

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4- How do they try to reduce pollution and preserve natural resources?

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Vocabulary: Find in the text words that mean the same as:

j) Equity ……………………. P3
a) Make stronger ……………………. P1
k) Reduce …………………. P3
b) Stand for ……………………. P1 l) Immigration ……………………. P3
c) Without Sth* in return ……………………. P1 m) Give ……………………. P3
n) For example ……………………. P3
d) Domains ……………………. P1
o) Preserve ……………………. P4
e) Interested in ……………………. P1 p) Poisonous ……………………. P4
 q) And ……………………. P4
f) Start up ……………………. P2
r) So ……………………. P5
g) Assisting ……………………. P2

h) Places ……………………. P2

i) Position ……………………. P3

What do the underlined words refer to in the text?

1- Them …………………………… line 4

2- They ………………………….. line 6

Consider the text to complete the collocations:

a) Social …………………………

b) Fight …………………………

c) Rural …………………………

d) Health …………………………

e) Natural …………………………

Fill in the gaps with the following words:

In order to – as well as – in spite of – However – for – therefore – for instance -although

1- She learned to read and write …………………………………. she was 59years old.

2- NGOs help impoverished people ………………………………….. the environment.

3- NOGs play a prominent role in society ……………………………… people are still ignorant and don’t help these organizations.

………………………………….. NGOs collect garbage in one street, some people throw it in the other.

4- Most countries do their best …………………… prosperity and welfare.

5- The rate if illiteracy is increasing day after day. …………………………. The government and NGOs together should endeavor great

efforts to reduce it.

6- ………………………………………. the global warm menaces, developed as well as developing countries are still giving off toxic and

chemical waste.

7- NGOs work hard ……………………………. improve people’s lives.

Focus on vocabulary:

Match the words in column A with those in column B to make collocations.

Column A Column B
1- health a- organization
2- water b- society
3- social c- development
4- climate d- energies
5- raw e- care
6- micro f- infrastructure
7- money g- change
8- forest h- pollution
9- ecological i- justice
10- poverty j- elimination
11- energy k- investment
12- recycling l- right
13- transport m- preservation
14- property n- crisis
15- civil o- materials
16- ,on governmental p- waste
17- sustainable q- enterprises
18- renewable r- areas
19- urban s- preservation

Writing:

Study the information in the following chart.

Project Area
Goals of your project
Your main activities ( what are you going
to do to meet the goals of your project) 
Requirements ( the equipment and things
you would need to implement your  Digging equipment such as shovels, hoes
project)
Estimated budget ( How much money
would you need to finance your project)
Now use the chart
Environment preservation to write an
application letter to
 reducing the amount of waste the local authorities
 sensitising people to the dangers of asking
pollution
 Creating green spaces and playgrounds
for both the adults and the kids
Planting trees and flowers
Organising sensitisation campaigns
 Providing enough dust bins in the
neighbourhood.
trees, seedlings and flowers
and wheelbarrows.
 Dust bins in different colours.
35.000DH.