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PRI is a strong supporter of Building Youth Around the World (www.buildyouth.org), a non-profit organization founded by Braedon McCracken in 2009. BYAW focuses on providing essentials for living to underprivileged youth and their families, education through better schooling, self-improvement, and leadership development and training in all its facets, and numerous healthcare related support for children and their families to include nutrition.

Building Youth Around the World was founded by Braedon McCracken in 2009.

When the foundation was first established, Braedon was only 13 years old and, at that time, he had a keen desire to make a true difference in the lives of as many children around the world as he could. His first Humanitarian trip in 2009 was for his Eagle Scout project and it took place in Iloilo, Philippines where he personally delivered school and nutritional supplies to hundreds of children and their families.

Since that time, hundreds of youth have completed awe-inspiring humanitarian trips around the globe. Building Youth Around the World currently serves in 13 countries and manages as many as 10 to 20 projects every year. These projects include health, education, nutrition, construction, surgeries, and other humanitarian work. The desire of all the young people involved in this foundation to truly make a difference is a lesson that many adults would be blessed to learn. We are grateful for their high standards and desire to do good in a world that can be difficult, at best, for so many children.

The three main focuses of Building Youth Around the World are as follows:​

  • Provision of essentials for living to underprivileged youth and their families.

  • Education through better schooling, self-improvement and leadership development and training in all its facets.

  • Numerous healthcare related support for children and their families to include nutrition.

The core vision of the foundation is to increase the potential for success in those youth (ages 0 to 19) in the world that lack the means and abilities to learn, grow and thrive in their younger years. The work Building Youth Around the World accomplishes helps children become more productive and giving in the communities in which they live. Through genuine, yet simple acts of compassion and love, Building Youth Around the World helps change many young people’s lives in such a way that they have a better opportunity to become leaders in the societies and countries in which they live.

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