Welcome toCosmopolitan Aid Foundation
The Cosmopolitan Aid Foundation (CAF), formerly called Mawuena Foundation, was founded by Dr Emmanuel Yao Voado, MD. It is a non-governmental organisation that was established in Ghana as a charitable Trust Deed.
About The Founder/President
Dr Emmanuel Voado, MD, is a Ghanaian neurosurgeon trained in Cuba. He was the medical doctor who first opened a neurosurgical service in the country of Belize. He practised there for 5 years before going to the United States of America, where he resided with his family for 6 years before relocating to Africa in September 2013. He is a Belizean and American citizen by naturalisation.
Born in 1971 to a Christian family of scarce resources in Tefle, Volta Region, Ghana, he always dreamed of breaking the backbone of poverty through education. At the age of 12, he received a prophecy that he would be going abroad to further his studies. In 1985, at 14, the prophecy was fulfilled but not without difficulties. After taking the exams to send students to Cuba, he placed first in his district but was replaced by the son of the most powerful politician of the district. A concerned citizen sent him to the office of President Jerry John Rawlings, where he was allowed to participate in the national test, in which he came first. This event was indeed a shock to many. He was in Cuba for 17 years, right from junior high school to medical school and subsequently to the postgraduate specialist course in Neurosurgery.
Our Projects
The Kingdom City
Cosmopolitan Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Cosmopolitan Physically Disabled
Cosmopolitan Mental Health Centre
Cosmopolitan Home for the Elderly
Cosmopolitan Widows Empowerment Centre
Cosmopolitan Miracles Outreach Team
Cosmopolitan Missions
Cosmopolitan Multimedia
Cosmopolitan Productions
Cosmopolitan Shopping Mall
Cosmopolitan Museums
Cosmopolitan Library
Cosmopolitan Sports Complex
Cosmopolitan Travel & Tour
Cosmopolitan Apartments
Cosmopolitan Hostels
Cosmopolitan Farms & Produce
Cosmopolitan Real Estates
Presidents’ Chalet
Cosmopolitan Footwear Company, Ltd.
Cosmopolitan Visual Arts and Souvenirs
Cosmopolitan Furniture Company, Ltd.
Cosmopolitan Interior Décor
Cosmopolitan Fashion & Fabrics
Cosmopolitan Microfinance
Universal Banks
Universal Trade Centre
Chain of Corporate Office Buildings
Cosmopolitan Constructions, Ltd.
Private Residential Division
Trust Janitorial Services
Voado Bakery
Trust Catering Services
Chain of Hotels (Ambassador Hotels)
Amusement Parks (African Disney World)
Cosmopolitan Miracle Hospitals
About Cosmopolitan Aid Foundation
The Cosmopolitan Aid Foundation (CAF), formerly called Mawuena Foundation, was founded by Dr Emmanuel Yao Voado, MD. It is a non-governmental organisation that was established in Ghana as a charitable trust deed duly registered on 21st February 2014 in the Registrar-General’s Department in Accra with the registration number CG089012014. On 16th January 2015, the foundation’s name was changed from Mawuena Foundation to Cosmopolitan Aid Foundation.
In the future, as part of the vision, we will have sister charities registered in other countries. The Cosmopolitan Aid Foundation will help alleviate the problems of the helpless, the destitute, the poor and the weak, the orphans and vulnerable children, the widows and their children, the elderly, the mentally disabled, the physically disabled including the deaf and the blind, students, patients and the public at large.
Our Mission
We aim to break the backbone of generational poverty, where the captives of destiny and the marginalised shall become the frontliners. The "nobody" shall become "somebody".
Our Vision
Extend warm and delicate care to the helpless and the diseased to expand happiness: a world in which individuals, civil society groups, and the daily lives of people are free from basic needs and diseases.
Our Values
We are grounded on the values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence (I CARE) principle.
Our Motto
Inspire. Develop. Flourish.
Cosmopolitan Aid Foundation (CAF)
Our History
Cosmopolitan Aid Foundation (CAF) was founded by Dr Emmanuel Yao Voado. It was established in Ghana as a charitable trust deed, duly registered on 21st February 2014 at the Registrar-General’s Department in Accra.