Goal won't lose out on US funding after investigation into alleged fraud
In a new deal, USAID has laid out conditions under which Goal must operate.
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In a new deal, USAID has laid out conditions under which Goal must operate.
The cloud over the charity darkened last week as it closed its US office and laid off 10 staff.
The aid agency, Ireland’s largest in the field, has confirmed to TheJournal.ie that it is terminating the contracts of 10 employees at Goal USA.
The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is in contact with the Irish charity’s board.
Two members of Goal’s Turkey staff have already been sacked in the aftermath of the scandal.
The charity has had funding in the region cut by USAid in the wake of the investigation.
The USAID agency has put some of its funding for GOAL on hold, pending the probe.
The White House insists it was part of a “development assistance” scheme to allow Cubans to “talk freely among themselves”.
Russia’s foreign ministry has claimed that USAid had attempted to “influence political processes through its grants”.