“Hope has not yet ended.” – That belief shaped the beginning of TANF.

When I was just four years old, my parents’ marriage ended in divorce. At the time, I couldn’t understand how much that moment would change my life — and especially my education.

Like many underprivileged children in Ghana, I was forced to drop out of school. I never had the opportunity to finish high school. But even without support, I held onto a deep, unshakable desire to learn and change my future.

By the age of 14, I found myself engaged in various forms of child labor — at times even living and sleeping on the streets of Accra. I did everything I could to survive and earn just enough money to return to school. But with basic necessities like food taking priority, continuing my education remained a constant struggle.

Despite the hardship, I never gave up. I worked hard, found my way back into the classroom, and taught myself whenever I could. As I walked this difficult path alone, I couldn’t stop thinking about the thousands of children just like me — or worse off — especially the orphans with no one to turn to.

Because I know what it feels like to fall, I also know how important it is to be lifted up. With the little I had, I made it my mission to be that helping hand. I used my own life savings to sponsor five local children to attend private school — giving them the chance I once wished for.

In 2012, I founded TANF – The Anidaso Nsae Foundation — which means “There is still hope.”
Our mission is to restore hope, access to education, and dignity to vulnerable children and families in Ghana. Because every child deserves the chance to dream, grow, and rise — no matter their circumstances.