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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:	Georgia Belgium Cyprus Lebanon Slovenia Comoros Eritrea Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Sao Tome and Principe Ecuador Pakistan Nepal Niger Saint Kitts and Nevis Egypt Grenada Senegal Nigeria Bhutan Uruguay Czechia Slovakia Kuwait Zimbabwe India Uganda Namibia Guinea Trinidad and Tobago Solomon Islands Mozambique New Zealand Monaco Sudan Mauritius Vanuatu Togo Tajikistan North Macedonia Angola Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines China Lao People's Democratic Republic Maldives Lesotho Papua New Guinea Kazakhstan Türkiye Israel Kiribati Uzbekistan Antigua and Barbuda Palau Morocco Somalia Guinea Bissau Benin Argentina Lithuania Singapore Malawi Democratic Republic of the Congo Switzerland Cuba Cameroon Netherlands Rwanda Central African Republic Afghanistan Norway Bosnia and Herzegovina Syrian Arab Republic Italy Russian Federation Thailand Republic of Korea Bangladesh Azerbaijan Kenya Mali Congo Côte D'Ivoire Andorra Luxembourg Bahrain Kyrgyzstan Chile Germany Barbados Canada Saudi Arabia Ghana Peru Iceland Mauritania Hungary Spain Malaysia Croatia Philippines United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Brazil Australia Burundi Belize Panama Algeria Armenia Malta Paraguay United Republic of Tanzania Latvia Sweden South Africa Chad Portugal Bulgaria Sri Lanka Marshall Islands Brunei Darussalam Yemen Romania Jordan Cape Verde Liechtenstein Belarus Denmark Poland Mongolia Cambodia Japan France Indonesia Mexico Seychelles Djibouti Oman Botswana Qatar Dominican Republic Guyana Libya Tonga Jamaica Republic of Moldova Saint Lucia Nauru Tunisia Tuvalu Holy See State of Palestine Country Not Available Iran (Islamic Republic of) Ukraine Sierra Leone Nicaragua Haiti San Marino Guatemala Ethiopia Iraq United States of America Burkina Faso Myanmar United Arab Emirates Finland Madagascar Costa Rica Fiji Turkmenistan Zambia Montenegro Austria Albania El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Viet Nam Bahamas Colombia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Gambia Suriname Greece Ireland Gabon Micronesia (Federated States of) Timor-Leste Honduras Dominica Liberia Serbia Estonia Eswatini Samoa
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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