GOAL allocates €250k towards latest food crisis in Niger
15 May 2012
GOAL has allocated €250,000 from its emergency disaster fund to alleviate suffering in Niger, one of the poorest countries in Africa.Four million vulnerable people in Niger are facing starvation as a result of a severe drought that has hit the West African nation.
Fifteenth annual Ballintubber Walk raises over €30,000 for GOAL
9 May 2012
Ballintubber GOAL Walk Cheque Presentation 2012
Dublin Ball to mark 35 years of GOAL
8 May 2012
Gordon D'Arcy, Jennie Pierce and Sean O'Brien were on hand to help us launch the GOAL Ball
Students to take on the teachers for GOAL
8 May 2012
Students at Trinity Comprehensive in Ballymun, Dublin help launch the GOAL Sports Challenge
GOAL warns of second potential cholera outbreak in Haiti
12 April 2012
GOAL’s Haiti Country Director, Derek Butler, has issued a warning that another major outbreak of cholera could be imminent in the Caribbean country. “The arrival of the rainy season in Haiti last month has already seen a rapid escalation in the number of cholera cases, with an average of 77 a day recorded across the country during March," Mr.
GOAL receives €250k DFA grant to support Ethiopia drought victims
11 April 2012
GOAL has been awarded a grant of €250,000 from the Department of Foreign Affairs to provide water to drought-affected communities in the West Hararghe district of Ethiopia.The project is geared to alleviate the suffering of 142,000 drought victims in the East African country, where millions of hapless people are in need of assistance.
GOAL to join Rapid Disaster Response Network
7 March 2012
International aid organisation, GOAL, is to join a network of experts who can be called upon by the British Government in times of international crisis, such as famine, floods and earthquakes.The new facility will mobilise life-saving support from leading businesses and charities in the critical hours after a disaster strikes.
DFA allocates 2012 funding to GOAL
5 March 2012
The Department of Foreign Affairs has allocated funding to GOAL of just over €12,454,000 for 2012 under its Multi-Annual Programme Scheme for overseas aid.This funding will support GOAL programmes in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone and Uganda.