GOAL was previously operational in Eastern Ukraine from 2015 – 2017, following the 2014 conflict, when the agency assisted thousands of displaced people in the Donbas region with food and financial assistance.
Returning in March 2022 following the Russian invasion, GOAL is scaling up its conflict response programme directly and through local partners.
In addition to the delivery of emergency aid (food, hygiene and first aid kits) and following receipt of Irish Aid funding, GOAL's work will cover the provision of information sessions on legal and protection issues, individual counselling and dissemination of information materials to internally displaced people. Mental health and psychological support services will encompass online support and individual sessions and group therapy sessions.
Our achievements
- GOAL, in partnership with PAH, delivered €250k worth of food, hygiene and first aid kits and defibrillators, for distribution at border towns, during April and May 2022.
- GOAL received funding of €500,000 from Irish Aid at end April 2022, to provide intervention focused on two key areas – Legal Aid and Mental Health and Psychological Support Services (MHPSS).
- Kathuna Murgulia was appointed as Ukraine Response Director and commenced her role, in GOAL’s operational base in Lviv at end April 2022.