Our leadership
The people who carry the work.
Founders, board, advisers, and practitioners in Germany, Ghana, and the diaspora.
Yaw Barwuah
Founder and Director
Yaw founded the B.Y. Foundation to give disadvantaged children and communities a more dignified chance, through education and practical support.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Development in Ghana, a postgraduate certificate in Communication, and an MBA from Tomas Bata University in the Czech Republic. He has worked as a business and social entrepreneur for more than 15 years.
Through the foundation he has supported communities in Ghana, Togo, and South Africa. His starting point is that help should not wait for a fortune. It starts with whatever a person can actually give.
“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.”
From an interview on Ultimate FM in Kumasi, as published by the foundation.
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Maya Bobinox
Founder and Youth Advocate
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.
Dennis Amoateng
Board Secretary · Germany
Dennis is a business operations professional with experience in performance management, risk management, and process improvement. An MBA candidate at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, he supports the foundation’s governance, administration, and strategic work.
Yorke Mary Ajuwal
Treasurer
Yorke Mary Ajuwal is the foundation’s Treasurer and looks after its finances.
Waveney Charles
Manager of the Diaspora
Waveney Charles, also known as Wave, was born in Dominica and moved to the US Virgin Islands at the age of seven.
She works with the diaspora on the foundation’s behalf. Over seven years, the partnership with the People For A Better Community Ghana Project has been part of daily, practical help on the continent.
“It takes a village to raise a child.”
Amoako Nahum
Law and Human Rights · Ghana
Amoako Nahum was born on 23 July 1986 in Abeka Lapaz, in the Greater Accra Region. He attended Wisdom Preparatory School, Abeka 2 Junior High School, and New Generation Senior High School in Accra.
He earned a Diploma in Education at the College of Education in Jasikan, then taught and later served as headteacher at Akim Etwereso R/C Junior High School for nine years. He went on to Valley View University, where he earned a degree in Social Studies with first-class honours, and studied law at KAAF University.
He passed the entrance examinations for the Ghana School of Law in 2022 and was called to the Ghanaian bar on 10 October 2025, as a solicitor and barrister of the Superior Court of Ghana. With the foundation he gives free legal assistance to vulnerable people, and speaks up for human rights, access to justice, and the protection of legal rights.
Blessing
Senior nurse · United Kingdom
Blessing is a senior nurse in the United Kingdom and volunteers with the foundation. She supports its healthcare advocacy, including on the radio, and other assignments that look after people’s wellbeing.
Reimund Brockhoff
Executive Board Member and Adviser · Germany
Reimund Brockhoff is a member of the foundation’s executive board and an adviser in Germany, and supports the direction of the work.
