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North-South relations were and still are "a realm of politics wherein the very identities of ['Southern'] peoples, states, and regions are constructed through ['Northern'] representational practices" (Doty 1996:2). I will analyse the interrelationship between visualisations as a specific form of representation and the work of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), especially in regard to agenda-setting and agenda-fulfilment. Visualisations can be said "to legitimate and normalise existing power relationships" (Sekulla 1983 quoted in Davies 2006:7), and NGOs are often imaged as "a means to resist the imposition of Western values, knowledge, and development regimes" (Fisher 1997:442). Accordingly, analysing the ways in which NGOs use graphic representations to fulfil their agendas seems important to develop a better understanding of the role NGOs play in reproducing North-South inequalities. For the purpose of this analysis, I will look at World Vision, and international developmental NGO, and their graphic representation of child sponsorship on their UK website. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]