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Rural Integrated Relief Service-Ghana

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Information and communication technologies Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Men and boys Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Research Service provision The girl child Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and armed conflict Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Women and the media Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Public Administration: Ethics, Transparency and Accountability Governance and Public Administration Knowledge Systems and E-government Public Financial Management Public Service and Management Innovation Socio-Economic Governance and Management Social Development: Aging Conflict Cooperative Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Atmosphere Biodiversity Biotechnology Capacity-building Climate change Consumption and production patterns Demographics Desertification and Drought Disaster management and vulnerability Education Energy Finance Forests Freshwater Gender equality Health Human settlements Indicators Industrial development Information for decision-making and participation Institutional arrangements Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment International law Land management Major Groups Marine Resources Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.) Mining Mountains Oceans and seas Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sanitation Science Sustainable Tourism Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world Sustainable development of SIDS Technology Toxic chemicals Trade and environment Transport Waste (hazardous) Waste (radioactive) Waste (solid) Waste Management
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Belgium Slovakia Tonga Tunisia Uruguay Italy Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago Comoros Bolivia (Plurinational State of) United States of America Liberia Saint Lucia Turkmenistan Slovenia Republic of Korea Iraq Montenegro Estonia Bhutan Djibouti Malawi Israel Guyana Kazakhstan Holy See Mongolia Mali Gambia Angola United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland China Croatia Senegal Seychelles Equatorial Guinea Mauritius Myanmar Nigeria Luxembourg Monaco Germany Antigua and Barbuda Egypt Mozambique Benin Argentina Democratic People's Republic of Korea Oman Maldives Peru Cameroon Central African Republic Afghanistan France Bosnia and Herzegovina Malta India Morocco Sudan Marshall Islands Sweden Bangladesh Azerbaijan Indonesia Congo Fiji Togo Andorra Lebanon Bahrain Sri Lanka Chile Zambia Viet Nam Barbados Canada Czechia Ireland Samoa Gabon Norway Greece Guinea Bissau Lesotho Tuvalu Kyrgyzstan Pakistan State of Palestine Saudi Arabia Switzerland Latvia Portugal Uzbekistan Brazil Australia Dominican Republic Republic of Moldova Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Belize Algeria Netherlands Armenia Guatemala Türkiye Solomon Islands Philippines Dominica Palau Chad El Salvador Bulgaria Georgia Malaysia Rwanda Brunei Darussalam Niger Kuwait Haiti Panama Ukraine Iceland Cape Verde Ethiopia Guinea Belarus Cambodia United Republic of Tanzania Cuba Eswatini Papua New Guinea Mauritania Mexico Botswana Namibia Nicaragua Ecuador Poland Denmark Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Liechtenstein Jamaica Jordan Somalia Kiribati Zimbabwe Finland Kenya Romania Syrian Arab Republic Timor-Leste Spain Lithuania Vanuatu Cyprus San Marino Libya South Africa Burkina Faso Paraguay Grenada Uganda Tajikistan Saint Kitts and Nevis Nepal Hungary Austria Nauru Suriname Serbia Albania Côte D'Ivoire Qatar Sierra Leone Bahamas Sao Tome and Principe Yemen Colombia Micronesia (Federated States of) Japan Honduras Madagascar Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Thailand United Arab Emirates Iran (Islamic Republic of) Ghana North Macedonia Eritrea New Zealand Country Not Available Lao People's Democratic Republic Russian Federation Singapore
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The Rural Integrated Relief Service-Ghana (RIRS-GH) works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. Based in Ghana , with offices throughout Ghana and works with people whose livelihoods depend on the land, helping them transform the way they grow food, harvest wood and host travelers. From large multinational corporations to small, community-based cooperatives, we involve businesses and consumers Nationwide in our efforts to bring responsibly produced goods and services to a global marketplace where the demand for sustainability is growing steadily. We promote standards for sustainability that conserve wildlife and wildlands and ensure the well-being of workers and their communities. Farms that meet the comprehensive criteria of the Sustainable Agriculture Network earn the right to use the seal, and forestry enterprises that comply with the rigorous standards. We also work with tourism businesses, to help them succeed while leaving a small footprint on the environment and providing a boost to local economies
Year established:	2004
Year of registration:	2004
Organizational structure:	Rural Integrated Relief Service-Ghana structure consists of a 12 member Board of Trustees and a Secretariat. The Board of Trustees has a chairperson. The Board has four committees: Finance Committee, Technical/ Projects Committee, Human Resources Committee, and Legal and Audit Committee. The Board is the policy-making organ of Rural Integrated Relief Service-Ghana. Administrative Se Rural Integrated Relief Service-Ghana heads the organization which is composed of a team of six permanent employees, namely: the Project Coordinator, the Accountant, the Research Officer, the Event Oranizer, the Driver/ Messenger. In addition, Rural Integrated Relief Service-Ghana has ten Field Officers responsible for peace-building and community empowerment programs.
Number and type of members:	12 member Board of Trustees and a Secretariat
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Coalition of NGOs in Health and Enviroment
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services Fees for providing consulting or research services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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