“It takes a village to raise a child.”
Yorke Mary AjuwalTreasurerImpact through practical help.
Education, healthcare, meals, and community support for the children and families the foundation already reaches.
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Educational support the foundation has described, from school materials and scholarships to mentorship.
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- Ghana Education Service
- Gold Coast Organization
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Who we are
Creating opportunity where it is needed most.
The B.Y. Foundation e.V. works to empower disadvantaged children and communities by addressing the root causes of poverty and helping people unlock their potential.
Through education, healthcare, nutrition, community support, and practical skills, we work to restore safety, dignity, opportunity, and hope.
Stories
Lives the work has reached.
These accounts are ones the foundation or a newsroom has already put on record.
Education · Ghana
Paid in person so she could finish
We listened. We believed in her potential. Our Executive Director, Mr. Yaw Barwuah, went to her school with her and paid her final tuition fees in person, so she could sit her exams and finish her education.
A beneficiary · Published by the foundationEducation · Bodoamase, Ghana
From Class Two to KNUST
Prince has been on the foundation’s scholarship programme since Class Two. He is now a Level 2 student at KNUST. He wrote to thank the team, and they later visited him at the university.
Prince · Published by the foundation
Education · Accra, Ghana
Fees paid so she could finish
Graphic Online reported that partners with the foundation gave GH¢2,200 so a final-year student at the Ghana Institute of Journalism could complete her programme. Her name was withheld.
A journalism student · Graphic Online, 3 July 2018
Community · South Africa
A family helped across a border
The foundation has published a humanitarian case involving Sophie, a Zambian national living in South Africa with her children. The team worked with partners so the family could take the next step with dignity.
Sophie · Published by the foundation
Education · Ashanti Region, Ghana
A public library restored
The renovated public library in Sekyere East now serves over 1,000 people across the district, including students, researchers, and professionals who use it for their education. The building, reading room, and walkways are complete.
Readers in Sekyere East · A completed foundation projectTestimonials
Voices from the work.
These words and this recognition are already on the public record.
Yaw Barwuah went to her school and paid her final tuition fees in person. She graduated, completed national service, and later visited the office to thank the team.
A beneficiaryEducation · Published by the foundation“I do not have to have millions of dollars before I can help someone. I will do the little I can, so the world is a better place for the people I am able to reach.”
Yaw BarwuahFounder and Director · Ultimate FM, KumasiA district the foundation serves awarded a certificate for education work that has reached nearly 10,000 pupils and students.
Ghana Education ServiceRecognition · Published by the foundationPublic record
What newsrooms have reported.
These accounts come from Graphic Online and MyJoyOnline. They add places and practical help that sit alongside the foundation’s own description of the work.
Learning materials for pupils
In July 2018 Graphic Online reported that the foundation was paying school fees and giving exercise books to pupils in government basic schools in the Ashanti Region. The same support was described in Accra, the Volta Region, and the Western Region, to raise enrolment and ease the cost for parents.
The paper said partners from the United States and the United Kingdom joined a gift of GH¢2,200 so a final-year student at the Ghana Institute of Journalism could finish her programme. Her name was withheld.
It also reported a multi-purpose building at Ejisu, in the Ejisu Municipal Assembly, where young senior high school graduates were to train in textile and chocolate production.
Graphic Online described the work as led by Yaw Barwuah, a graduate of the University for Development Studies, and reported that in 2018 the foundation said it was working in 10 African countries, including on drug addiction and malaria treatment.
Read the reportBack to School, and a book and a pen
In November 2015 the Daily Graphic reported a programme, with Global Policy and Advocacy Work, that gave each pupil a book and a pen. The places named were James Town in Greater Accra, Sekyere East in the Ashanti Region, and parts of the Western Region.
At Nzulezu, in the Western Region, the Back to School project added clothing and other basic necessities so children could return to class.
The same report described support for some street children in Kumasi, help for people recovering from drug use, and wheelchairs for young people with physical disabilities.
Read the reportOur aim is to deliver humanitarian and development assistance to anyone in need, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, age, religion, political affiliation or sexual orientation.
Donations in Ghana, South Africa, and Togo
MyJoyOnline reported on 14 July 2015 that the organisation dated from November 2011 and had given wheelchairs, clothes, books, food, detergents, and money to people in Ghana, South Africa, and Togo.
Communities named in Ghana included Sekyere East in the Ashanti Region, Nzulezo in the Western Region, and Wa in the Upper West Region, where the team also spoke with parents about girls' education.
On 24 January 2015 in Lomé, the paper reported a distribution of mosquito nets, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and books. In May 2015 in Durban, the team counselled people who were using drugs.
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