1. A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an “association or organization that is non-profit and non-governmental, and engaged in relief and rehabilitation, social justice, social welfare, development and human rights. An INGO also has the same definition where operate internationally. 2. In Sri Lanka both international and national NGOs are operating. International NGOs are overseas based organizations which operate in many countries. There are many advantages of having NGOs and INGOs operating in Sri Lanka which can be listed as follows; 3. When INGO sets up its offices in a country, they will need to employ people to show them around, translate as well as work in their offices. As a result they recruit staff as well as experts without any restrictions from the government. Both the locals and workers benefit because they are awarded with job opportunities. 4. NGOs are more beneficial than government programs because they are usually community based organizations. They research, develop and work on several projects which can help people change their lives. NGOs are able to go through all corners of the community to find out what kind of problems people face and what they help do to make things better. 5. However NGO’s relating to public health will bring in expert knowledge from other countries to look at health concerns in Sri Lanka. There are many NGOs in the country which focus on health and sanitation. Sri Lanka Red Cross Society is one of volunteers and It has experience in community-based health activities including health promotion, blood donation programmers and educates about HIV/AIDS. 6. In addition some of the NGOs help when there are natural catastrophes like flood or tsunami. Some NGOs operate an essential function by highlighting human rights violations of the Sri Lanka and environmental issues. Another advantage of these NGOs and INGOs is that it brings experts in certain knowledge areas which can be used to our p