The Richbone Initative Foundation

Many people live on less than a dollar a day in Ghana. Poverty has robbed children of hope and it threatens to steal their future. The Richbone Initiative Foundation (RIF) seeks to bring compassion and equal opportunities to the world's poorest children in deprived areas of Ghana.

RIF endeavours to improve the quality of life of underprivileged people by providing them with educational materials, training and information that will empower them to address issues relating to health care, education, poverty alteration, and children’s right and social development.

It promotes and implements projects in the following areas: public awareness, research, workshops, visit exchanges, children and community education; eradication of poverty; HIV/AIDS initiatives; sexual abuse and human trafficking issues.

RIF promotes the rights and opportunities for children and young girls through vocational training and education facilities; employment; national policies and programs to prevent trafficking and exploitation of children.

It was formed in the year 2006 but was registered in 2007 with it founder as Mr. Isaac Twumasi Ampofo who has the passion for less privileges children who due to certain reasons can not afford to be in school. It has it head office situated in Accra Ghana and has branch offices in the USA and the United Kingdom.

The association has been in partnership with NGO’s like Young People We Care (YPWC) - Ghana, SIMMAK Group - Ghana, One World Africa, child centre for Children at risk Baltic Sea regions, Global Youth Assembly, ) Third World Impact, John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, Stop TB Partnership, GVEP International, and a member of International children’s palliative care networks (ICPCN)

For more information please visit their website www.rbifoundations.org