Since the early 1980s, GOAL has been working in Ethiopia to deliver a multi-sectoral, humanitarian and development programme. With an operating budget of €14.1M in 2018, GOAL works in 50 districts across six regional states: Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Oromiya, Somali and SNNPP. Today, 99% of our 700-strong team are Ethiopian nationals and more than 60% are female. They focus on alleviating poverty and responding to sudden and protracted humanitarian crises.
Key achievements:
- More than 300,000 internally displaced people reached in response to inter-communal violence in Ethiopia’s southern regions in 2018.
- 97% of households reported improved health status after GOAL’s intervention in West Hararghe.
- Led the national Nutrition Rapid Response Mechanism to support the Ministry of Health during surges of acute malnutrition - training more than 21,000 community volunteers and government health workers and treating 427,000 people across 118 districts in six years.