Irish humanitarian charity GOAL is set to cut around 30 per cent of its 3,250 staff operating in 14 countries in response to government aid cuts around the world, including its largest donor, the US Agency for International Development.
The aid agency, which currently operates across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Ukraine, said it had informed 900 staff whose jobs may be affected, citing abrupt funding cuts in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Britain and the US.
The 103 million euros ($112m) of funding GOAL received from USAID in 2023 made up 50pc of its income. US President Donald Trump’s administration told Congress on Friday it would cut nearly all remaining jobs at USAID and shut the agency.
“The unprecedented scale of these cuts is placing an indescribable toll on the entire humanitarian system and millions of lives are on the brink,” GOAL CEO Siobhan Walsh said in a statement, adding that the scale of global job cuts across the sector was not yet visible.
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