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Anaid agency, also known asdevelopment charity, is an organization dedicated to distributingaid. Many professional aid organisations exist, both within government, between governments as multilateral donors and as private voluntary organizations or non-governmental organisations. TheInternational Committee of the Red Cross is the world's second-oldest humanitarian organisation and is unique in being mandated by international treaty to uphold theGeneva Conventions. TheSovereign Order of Malta, established in 1099 as the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, has an unbroken tradition of over 900 years of hospitaller activities, continuing to this day. Even in its modern guise under international law, it was recognized at theCongress of Verona of 1822, and since 1834 headquartered inPalazzo Malta in Rome, decades before theRed Cross.
Aid can be subdivided into two categories:humanitarian aid (emergency relief efforts, e.g. in response to natural disasters), anddevelopment aid (orforeign aid), aimed at helping countries to achieve long-term sustainable economic growth, with the aim of achievingpoverty reduction. Some aid agencies carry out both kinds of aid, whilst others specialise on one aspect.
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