http://www.goal.ie/ Goal News en-gb Copyright 2012 Goal. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 17 May 2012 2:30:18 GMT http://www.goal.ie/images/goal-apple.png http://www.goal.ie/ http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/143 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. Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:00 IST http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/139     GOAL's Maura Lennon pictured with John Boyle and two supporters at the launch of the 2011 Ballintubber GOAL Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:00 IST http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/141    Gordon D'Arcy, Jennie Pierce and Sean O'Brien were on hand to help us launch the GOAL Ball Tue, 08 May 2012 12:20:00 IST http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/140    Students at Trinity Comprehensive in Ballymun, Dublin help launch the GOAL Sports Challenge Tue, 08 May 2012 12:00:00 IST http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/135 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. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:00:00 IST http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/133 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. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:00:00 IST http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/127 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. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/126 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. Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/120     Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/123 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/122   Minister Joe Costello T.D. plays with some of the children at GOAL's street children's project in Addis Ababa Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/118 Longford schoolteacher, Tiernan Dolan, is a long-time supporter of GOAL. For more than 20 years he has been relentless in fundraising on behalf of the organisation across Longford and beyond, and in raising awareness of GOAL’s activities on behalf of the poorest of the poor. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/119   Kristilina Georgieva speaks with GOAL beneficiaries Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/116 On the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, GOAL’s Country Director in Port-au-Prince, Derek Butler, has warned that unless the international community fulfills its promises to rebuild the country, hundreds of thousands of earthquake survivors will remain without permanent homes, and extremely vulnerable to another natural disaster.Two years Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.goal.ie/NewsDetails/114 The Department of Foreign Affairs today confirmed that it will allocate €200,000 to GOAL, for its emergency programme in the Maban region of Southern Sudan.GOAL is addressing the humanitarian needs of a growing displaced population in Maban, where refugee numbers are expected to reach 100,000 over the coming weeks. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT