Executive Messages

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Message from the Founder

The year 2025 marks a significant period in the evolution of Abena Tay Foundation LBG. It has been a year in which we not only strengthened our foundations but also witnessed the realisation of long-held aspirations, creating spaces where girls and children feel emotionally grounded, valued and supported.

Our work this year showed the urgent need for mental health literacy, child protection, and empowerment in Ghanaian communities. We interacted with children at different stages of emotional development, each carrying unique burdens; yet we saw something profound: children respond exceptionally well when intentional support is offered early, consistently and with genuine compassion.

Across classrooms, community centres, family engagement sessions and small‑group support circles, we saw children gain new language to express feelings they once held silently. We witnessed teachers become more confident in managing emotional distress. We watched caregivers rediscover their capacity to nurture and guide. We saw girls step into their potential with confidence and clarity.

This Annual Impact Report highlights the collective achievements we have made. It reflects thousands of interactions, hundreds of hours of professional and volunteer service, and a growing movement of young people who believe in their capacity to thrive. Our programmes have strengthened families, empowered girls, reduced stigma and created safer spaces.

To everyone who contributed, encouraged, collaborated and trusted us, children, families, schools, communities, donors and partners, thank you.

We look forward to 2026 with renewed determination and purpose.

H.E Amb Rev Dr. Abena Tay CDSE Founder and President

Sena Tay
Executive Director

Message from the Executive Director

This report captures a year of remarkable growth, ambitious programming and significant milestones. Our organisation entered 2025 with clear priorities: enhancing emotional well-being in schools, strengthening safeguarding systems, supporting girls’ development, and empowering caregivers and women whose stability directly supports child well-being.

Our interventions reached 18,462 individuals, including children, girls, parents, teachers and vulnerable women. This reach reflects the expanding trust communities have placed in the Foundation. We are increasingly called upon by schools, district authorities, and civil society actors, an indication of both need and confidence in our approach.

We strengthened our monitoring and evaluation architecture, moving beyond simple participation counts to documenting behavioural changes, school retention patterns, shifts in emotional vocabulary, reductions in bullying and improved help-seeking behaviour. We deepened our safeguarding systems with strict protocols, and schools recognised and adopted many of our child protection practices.

We observed clear evidence this year that early emotional support is not a luxury; it is essential to learning, safety and resilience. More children engaged freely in emotional literacy lessons, more girls sought mentorship and leadership opportunities, and communities initiated conversations on mental wellbeing that were previously rare.

This report tells their stories.

I am grateful to our dedicated team, our Board, our partners, our volunteers, our schools and our communities. You turned our vision into meaningful outcomes.