Her foundation focuses on eradicating poverty, improving healthcare, education and living conditions for the underprivileged people in Africa. The foundation researches and fights for the destigmatization of people affected by sickle cell disease. Ikokwu was also a part of the United Nations Headquarters round table conference, which concentrated on the awareness and management of sickle cell disease, and was presented with a humanitarian award by the African Sickle Cell Foundation in New York.
