The Tenhé Tribe is a small tribe located in the Savannah region of northeast Ivory Coast and southwest Burkina Faso. They are believed to come originally from southern Ivory Coast (having fled the region for ethnic conflicts) and are related to the Lorbon people, speaking a dialect of the Koulango language, a Niger-Congo language of Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Most members of the Tenhé Tribe are subsistence farmers who struggle to eke out a living. The recent civil wars and the ethnic and political turmoil in Ivory Coast have put further pressure in the lives of the Tenhé people. Most of these communities lack access to basic services such as healthcare, education, access to utilities as the provision of the services by the government, which has little operating capacity, is almost non-existent.

This coin issue is a way to raise funds for these communities and a significant part of the proceeds will go to local charity projects.