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Welcome to 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. For more information,
click here.
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here to donate
GLOBAL COMMUNITY MUST
HELP TO REBUILD HAITI
The decision of the G7
countries to cancel Haiti’s huge debt burden will not,
in itself, result in the stricken Caribbean nation making
a satisfactory recovery from the recent earthquake.
That is the view of GOAL’s CEO
John O’Shea who said today:
“This is a welcome development
and unquestionably a significant move on behalf of the world’s
richest nations.
“However, the Haitian Government
and Haitian people will require the direct intervention of
the International Community on a long term basis if the country
is to be rebuilt, such was the scale of the devastation caused
by the earthquake.
“There remains the need for one
powerful country to take responsibility for ensuring that
the physical reconstruction of Haiti is completed effectively.
“The business of rebuilding thousands
of schools, hospitals, factories and the re-housing of 1.5
million people, can only be achieved by massive assistance
from the International Community,” Mr. O’Shea
added.
GOAL has already completed a number
of major distributions of food and non-food items reaching
thousands of people in the Haitian capital.
For donations to help GOAL's Haiti
response, please contact GOAL UK at 7, Hanson St., London
W1W 6TE, phone 0207 631 3196 or click on the link above.
HARRINGTON RAISES
€70,000 FOR GOAL
Padraig Harrington and GOAL’s Lisa O’Shea at the star’s golf sale for GOAL in Dublin. Harrington sold every item in a matter of hours and raised £62,266 (€70,000) for GOAL. See here for more details
GOAL builds 1,000 houses
for poor in Uganda
Paul Kimbugwe gets a hug from older brother Richard outside their new GOAL house in Masaka, Southern Uganda. Both of the boys’ parents succumbed to AIDS and they had been living in the hut in the background. Their new home provides shelter, warmth, water and sanitation facilities.
To read more about GOAL's Ugandan housing project
Click here
ETHIOPIA RESPONSE
GOAL has expanded its emergency response efforts in Ethiopia and is calling on people in Ireland and the UK for support in the wake of an appeal by the Ethiopian Government for food aid for 6.2 million people affected by the latest drought.
The drought is a result of four years of bad harvests and has been made worse by conflict, population growth and climate change.
GOAL has been implementing emergency response activities in southern Ethiopia since late last year and is currently using specialised therapeutic food to assist in the treatment of almost 8,000 severely malnourished children.
The aid agency is also ready to provide essential medicines in the event of an outbreak of disease and is distributing seeds, tools and fertiliser to 30,000 farming households.
Currently working at 16 individual field locations across Ethiopia, GOAL intends to expand these activities into a further four field sites.
Low Administration Costs
GOAL is proud that, since its inception in 1977, the organisation’s administration costs have remained exceptionally low. One of the ways we have achieved this efficiency is through the secondment of staff from several companies in the corporate sector. GOAL is indebted to these firms for their continued support.
 GOAL's
Annual Report 2007
Click here to view the 2007 annual report
To work towards
ensuring that the poorest of the poor and most vulnerable
in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have
access to the fundamental needs and rights of life, such as
food, water, shelter, medical attention and literacy.
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