ABOUT GOAL
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| Providing a better life for vulnerable children is a cornerstone of GOAL's humanitarian activities |
What is GOAL?
GOAL is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest of the poor. We are a non-denominational, non-governmental and non-political organisation.
Our history:
GOAL was founded in Dublin in 1977 by former sports journalist and Chief Executive, John O’Shea.
Since its inception, GOAL has spent in excess of €720 million on humanitarian programmes in more than 50 countries. Over 2,300 GOALies and many thousands of local staff have worked in the developing world on GOAL’s behalf and the organisation has responded to every major humanitarian disaster since 1977.
Where are our operations?
GOAL currently has in excess of 100 GOALies based in 13 countries: Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Haiti and Pakistan.
Across GOAL’s fields of operation, thousands of locally-based staff are employed alongside the GOALies, where together they deliver on a range of humanitarian programmes. GOALies come from all walks of life: accountants, nurses, doctors, nutritionists, logisticians, engineers, administrative personnel, and so on.
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