Every child should be able to reach quality education and healthcare.
About us
Build yourself. Build others.
B.Y. Foundation e.V. exists so a person’s circumstances do not decide the whole of their future.


Education, healthcare, meals, and skills that restore dignity and hope.

Every person should be able to live with dignity and discover their potential.

Build yourself. Build others.


Poverty should not decide a child's future.

The name follows a simple principle: build yourself, build others. Real change starts with people. When one person gains skill, health, or a fair chance at school, that strength can move through a family and into a community.
The foundation is a German registered association, an e.V., working with communities in Ghana, Bangladesh, South Africa, and with supporters in Japan and Germany. The work is practical: school materials, classrooms, meals, medical outreach, legal help, and skills that lead to a livelihood.
In the foundation’s own account, that support has included shoes, bags, wheelchairs, and school materials for more than 10,000 pupils and students. A district it serves has recognised the education work. Recognition from the Ghana Education Service
Our mission
To fight poverty by empowering women, advocating for people who are overlooked, opening education, and teaching practical skills that help young people start something of their own. Day to day, that means education, healthcare, nutrition, clean water, and community support that restores safety, dignity, and hope.
Our vision
A world where every person, regardless of background or circumstance, can discover their potential, live with dignity, and contribute to their community. Poverty should not decide a child’s future. Every child should be able to reach quality education and healthcare. Young people and vulnerable people should have the knowledge, skills, and resources to become self-reliant.
When we build individuals, we strengthen families. When we strengthen families, we transform communities. When communities are empowered, the future is more inclusive and more durable.
What we do
The essentials that open a fairer chance.
B.Y. Foundation e.V. works with disadvantaged children and communities on the things that decide a day, and then a future: education, healthcare, nutrition, clean water, and the skills that let people earn and stand on their own.
01Education and school support
School materials, uniforms, shoes, scholarships, mentorship, and classrooms so children can learn with dignity.
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02Healthcare and nutrition
Medical outreach, eye and dental care, medicine, and meals for families who would otherwise go without.
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03Clean water
Support for community efforts that make clean, safe water part of everyday life.
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04Community development
Relief and community-led work that helps people build a more secure daily life.
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05Skills and livelihoods
Practical skills, advocacy, and support so women and young people can earn a living and stand on their own.
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A method, not a one-off gesture.
The foundation works in person, with partners, and for the longer piece of change, from the first conversation to the classroom, the clinic, and the livelihood that follows.
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Start where people are
We listen to families, schools, clinics, and local partners first. The work follows a real need in a real place, not a plan written far away.
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Give what can be used now
Uniforms, books, meals, eye screening, medicine, and classrooms. Support is practical, visible, and meant to restore dignity the same day.
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Work with partners, not around them
Schools, hospitals, the Ghana Education Service, the Gold Coast Organization, and volunteers across five countries carry the work with us.
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Stay for the longer piece
Emergency relief sits beside lasting work: a school block, a skill, a small business, and follow-through after the cameras leave.
Leadership
The people who carry the work.

Yaw Barwuah
Yaw founded the B.Y. Foundation to give disadvantaged children and communities a more dignified chance, through education and practical support.

Maya Bobinox
Maya Bobinox is an entrepreneur, creative leader, and youth advocate. As a founder of the B.Y. Foundation, she focuses on purpose, personal growth, leadership, and the kind of change young people can carry into their communities.
Where we work
Five places connect the people and the practical work of the foundation.

Ghana
School support, the renovated public library in Sekyere East, the Jerusalem primary school project, eye care in Achiase and at Tamale Teaching Hospital, food relief in Ashanti, and free legal guidance for people who cannot afford it.

Bangladesh
A local team providing school materials, COVID relief, and support for women starting small businesses.

South Africa
Community support alongside local partners, part of the foundation’s longer work on the continent.

Japan
Volunteers and supporters who stay connected to the work, including volunteers who have served from Japan.

Germany
Home of B.Y. Foundation e.V. The German base connects partners, volunteers, and support for the work abroad, including an entrepreneurship project held on 1 December 2024.