Volkswagen main dealers from all parts of Ireland have donated some
€33,800 to the Irish charity GOAL. The money, made up from dealer
donations backed by matching funds from the Volkswagen organisation, will
go towards funding work being undertaken by the Third-World relief agency
amongst disadvantaged children in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.
Under this programme, the money provided by Volkswagen and its dealer
organisation - whose purchasing power on the ground in Ethiopia is
calculated at more than twenty times its face value - will help finance a
programme that supports up to 700 children in the 5/17 years age group in
any given year.
As part of an even larger budget, it will help provide basic needs such as
shelter, food, health care and primary education plus the provision of life
skills training, sports and recreation facilities aimed at reintegrating
street children back into their communities.
A second strand of the programme focuses on older boys and girls living on
the street through the development of their entrepreneurial skills or
vocational skills training and the provision of peer housing accommodation
and a small living allowance.
Pictured presenting the cheque to GOAL founder John O’Shea were (left to
right) Tom O’Connor, sales manger Volkswagen, with dealer representatives
Ron Hogan (Frank Hogan Limited, Limerick) and James McCormack (Western
Motors, Galway).
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