Building on its initial Creative Capacity Building trainings, YSAT supported 275 participants to refine their technologies at its Innovation Centres in Pibor and Duk, before showcasing the strongest prototypes alongside MIT D-Lab at a co-creation workshop in Juba.
A prototype built during an initial Creative Capacity Building training is rarely the finished article. The first version of any technology — whether a wheel cart, an oven, or a food-preservation tool — usually needs further refinement before it can reliably be used in daily life or replicated by others. Without a structured opportunity to return to and improve on early prototypes, much of the value created during initial CCB trainings can be lost.
YSAT addressed this directly by conducting further Creative Capacity Building trainings and technology refinement sessions for 225 participants at its Innovation Centres in Pibor and Duk. These sessions gave participants the chance to revisit their original designs, troubleshoot weaknesses, and produce more durable, functional versions of their technologies — continuing to gain knowledge and skills in the process, as both male and female participants took part.
Alongside this refinement work, YSAT conducted two additional Creative Capacity Building trainings for 50 participants under DCA and PMCG-funded support, further strengthening innovation, teamwork, and community engagement skills across the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and Duk County. Together, the refinement sessions and these additional trainings brought the total number of youth skilled through CCB under this strand of work to 275.
The culmination of this work came on 29 July 2022, when YSAT hosted the final showcase of the five-day Beyond CCB Co-Creation Workshop in Juba, at Acacia Village in Gudele. Four projects were presented: a wheel cart, an oven, a shoemaker, and a paste maker. This co-creation workshop was part of the BRIDGE Project, funded by USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and implemented in Duk Padiet and Pibor by YSAT together with MIT D-Lab — connecting locally designed solutions with international design partners and a wider audience in the capital.
YSAT conducted further Creative Capacity Building trainings and refinement sessions for 225 participants at its Innovation Centres in Pibor and Duk. Both male and female participants returned to their earlier prototypes, troubleshooting weaknesses and producing improved, more durable versions of their technologies.
Under DCA and PMCG-funded support, YSAT conducted two additional Creative Capacity Building trainings reaching 50 participants, further strengthening innovation, teamwork, and community engagement across the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and Duk County.
From the refined technologies developed across Pibor and Duk, four projects were selected to represent the strongest examples of locally designed solutions: a wheel cart, an oven, a shoemaker, and a paste maker. These prototypes reflected the range of practical, everyday problems CCB participants had chosen to solve.
On 29 July 2022, YSAT hosted the final showcase of the five-day Beyond CCB Co-Creation Workshop in Juba, at Acacia Village in Gudele. Delivered as part of the BRIDGE Project with MIT D-Lab and funded by USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, the workshop presented the wheel cart, oven, shoemaker, and paste maker to a wider audience beyond Duk and Pibor.
Participants refined CCB technologies at Pibor and Duk Innovation Centres
Participants reached through two DCA and PMCG-funded CCB trainings
Prototypes showcased in Juba: wheel cart, oven, shoemaker and paste maker
Total youth skilled through CCB refining and follow-on trainings