Elizka Relief Foundation is a non-governmental organization legally registered and based in Ghana with a thematic scope of capacity building and human empowerment.

The core principle of the organization is promotion of Human Rights – “the right to development and leaving no one behind” – with its priority areas being Agriculture for Development (A4D), Information Communication for Development (ICT4D), Research for Development (R4D), and Community Development.

The areas of special interest to the organization are i) Education (ii) Health (iii) Climate Change (iv) Arts (Youth and Culture), (v) Cultural Diversity (Exchange Programs), (vi) Child Survival and Development, (vii) Water and Sanitation (viii) Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (ix) Rural Infrastructure Development, (x) Women in Development and (xi) Food security.

Elizka Relief Foundation currently has Special Consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) – www.un.org/ecosoc/en/home, and Observer Status with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – www.unfccc.int.It is also a member of the UN Global Compact – www.unglobalcompact.org.

Currently, the organization being represented by its President and Chief Executive Officer – Kofi Kankam – serves as the West Africa Regional Organizing Partner for the United Nations NGO Major Group – www.ngomg.org / https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/majorgroups/ngos.