Goal USA Information

We have managed to do this on an exceptionally low administration cost. Apart from offering practical assistance to the poor, GOAL advocates on their behalf. We try to convince the international community to honour its obligations to the poorest of the poor, and endeavor to exert as much pressure as possible on governments and other institutions with the capacity to bring about real change. GOAL has long campaigned the Irish Government to cease channeling aid through corrupt government structures and administrations guilty of human rights abuses. Two notable successes came: in 2003 the Irish Government diverted ,10 million in direct budgetary support from the Government of Uganda, and a further ,2 million was cut in government aid in 2005. GOAL is highly respected within the international donor community, and has earned several awards and accolades from the Irish, UK and US governments, various United Nations agencies, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, James Morris, the Mayor of New York, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson. GOAL works with missionaries and with local partner organizations that have similar objectives, with funding from the Irish public and a whole range of donor organizations. GOAL has always endeavoured to raise funds through innovative ways, such as through sporting events, and is indebted to our sporting patrons who have generously lent their support to GOAL on many occasions - providing several of this country's historic and lasting sporting memories. In 1985 GOAL organized a successful attempt on the world 4x1 mile relay when Eamonn Coghlan, Marcus O'Sullivan, Frank O'Mara and Ray Flynn set a new world mark which remains today. In the past, other notable sports people who have supported GOAL include Niall Quinn, Padraig Harrington, Sean Og O'Halpin, DJ Carey, John Mc Enroe, Pat Cash, Gordon D'Arcy and Sonia O'Sullivan to name a few. None of this would have been possible without the constant generosity and support shown to us by the public which is deeply appreciated. Since 1977, GOAL has provided $795 million in aid to the most vulnerable people worldwide on an exceptionally low administration base. GOAL USA is registered in the US as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization and contributions are deductible to the fullest extent allowed by the law.