Where we work

In excess of 100 GOALies are currently employed by GOAL. They work alongside many thousands of local staff in the implementation of humanitarian programmes in 11 countries. GOALies include country directors, project managers, accountants, nurses, doctors, nutritionists, logisticians, administrative personnel and engineers.

GOAL’s programmes are specifically designed to assist the poorest of the poor and those suffering from the effects of war and/or natural disasters.

Project funding comes from a number of sources - national governments and international institutions, such as the European Union and the United Nations, and charitable trusts, foundations and from public donation.

Since its inception in 1977, GOAL has spent more than €600 million on humanitarian programmes and employed over 1,500 GOALies.
This has been achieved on an exceptionally low administrative cost.

Besides implementing its own programmes, GOAL works with partner organisations and missionary groups who have similar objectives.

Aids was first recognized in 1981, and the virus that causes it (HIV) was isolated in 1983. HIV infects cells of the immune system, destroying them or impairing their function and progressively diminishing the body’s ability to fight infections and certain cancers. It is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids. Unprotected sex and the sharing of needles between injecting drug users are the main routes of transmission.

GOAL’s Fight against HIV and Aids:

HIV and Aids are now the leading causes of death across the developing world, where it is estimated that around 9,000 people die every day from Aids-related illnesses. These deaths leave in their wake innumerable single parents who then often succumb to the disease themselves. The net result is a developing world that is awash with young orphans of various ages left trying to fend for themselves. These children invariably end up living on the streets where they are open to every kind of exploitation imaginable.

GOAL is implementing a range of programmes for HIV and Aids sufferers, their carers, and people indirectly affected by HIV or Aids. These include attending to the health, education and social needs of orphans and street-dwelling children through GOAL’s comprehensive Street Children programmes.

GOAL’s strategies also comprise extensive education projects for wider at-risk communities, and assisting Aids and HIV affected households with the basic provision of services. Where possible, GOAL provides palliative care and treatment for secondary illnesses.

In the south of Uganda, GOAL has an innovative house-construction programme for families affected by HIV and Aids. In 2009 we completed building our 1,000th house, and have trained hundreds of local youths in building and maintenance skills.