GOAL begins second distribution of aid in Haiti

GOAL will carry out its second distribution of aid in Port-au-Prince today following a successful delivery of supplies to the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti.

“Yesterday GOAL organised a distribution of aid, the first delivery by an international NGO in Haiti,” said GOAL CEO John O’Shea. “GOAL provided food and water, and non-food items such as blankets, sleeping mats, cooking equipment and hygiene sets to 1,000 people in the Turgeau region of the capital.

“Sixteen trucks ferrying Irish Aid have also arrived into Port-au-Prince and these supplies will be used by GOAL as part of their aid distributions in the coming days.”

A jet provided to GOAL by Aer Lingus will take off from Dublin Airport tomorrow afternoon airlifting 25 tonnes of aid supplies and a number of GOALies into the region to bolster the organisation’s aid programme in Haiti.

The plane will arrive into the Dominican Republic on Friday afternoon, where the aid will be trucked into Port-au-Prince.