A daughter of Ghana, a mother, a leader and a servant of her people. Mrs. Tenny Salih Basintale built the Salih Cares Foundation not from a boardroom — but from a deep personal calling to see her people cared for with dignity, compassion and love.
We don't just give — we stay. We sit, we listen, we love. That is how community heals.
— Mrs. Tenny Salih Basintale, Founder
Mrs. Tenny Salih Basintale grew up witnessing firsthand the silent struggles of ordinary Ghanaians — the grandmother too proud to ask for help, the young mother quietly falling apart, the child doing homework by streetlight because there was no desk at home. These were not strangers. These were her people.
Driven by empathy and a conviction that care should be direct, personal and dignified, she founded the Salih Cares Foundation to do something simple but radical: to show up. Not with a clipboard. Not through a system. But with food in her hands, a listening ear and a genuine love for every person she met.
"I didn't start this organisation to be celebrated. I started it because I could not look away. When you see suffering, you have two choices — you turn away, or you walk toward it. I chose to walk."
From her first community outreach in Greater Accra to coordinating welfare drives across eight regions, Mrs. Basintale has never lost the personal touch that makes Salih Cares different. She attends every major outreach. She knows the names of the widows they support. She calls volunteers by name. She is not above the work — she is the work.
Today, the foundation she leads touches over 12,000 lives annually, with programmes spanning mental health support, welfare outreach, education and women's empowerment — all rooted in the Ghanaian values of community, compassion and collective care.
To provide direct, dignified and compassionate welfare support and mental health care to underserved communities across Ghana — ensuring no Ghanaian feels unseen, unheard or uncared for.
A Ghana where every community is self-sustaining, mentally well and cared for — where no one suffers in silence and the spirit of care and solidarity that defines the best of Ghanaian culture is lived out every single day.
Through direct outreach, welfare deliveries and mental health programmes across multiple regions of Ghana.
Facilitating safe, culturally sensitive wellness circles and counselling access in communities that had none.
Food, clothing and essential supplies personally delivered to the most vulnerable households in Ghana.
From Greater Accra to Upper West, building lasting relationships with chiefs, families and local leaders.
Recognised for her work uplifting widows, single mothers and vulnerable women across Ghana.
Sponsoring school fees, supplying learning materials and mentoring the next generation of Ghanaian leaders.
Every hand that helps, every donation made and every volunteer who shows up becomes part of the story Mrs. Basintale started.