Where We Work
Our Work in South Sudan
South Sudan is battling one of the world's most severe intersectional crises. YSAT's team works directly in Pibor, Magwi, Duk, and surrounding communities.
South Sudan is battling one of the world's most severe intersectional crises. YSAT's team works directly in Pibor, Magwi, Duk, and surrounding communities.
In South Sudan, YSAT delivers 11 projects across four Strategic Programme Areas, reaching communities in Pibor, Magwi, Duk, and surrounding counties affected by displacement and conflict.
Implemented with Dan Church Aid and funded by DANIDA and USAID, this project trained 40 youth in non-violence peacebuilding, ran a Sport for Peace football tournament with 10 teams, and held a community peace dialogue reaching over 150 people in Pajok Payam, Magwi County.
View ProjectAn 18 million dollar project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by the Danish Refugee Council and co-implemented by YSAT across Ayod, Magwi, Kajo-Keji, and Morobo, tackling education access, hunger, and the root causes of displacement.
View ProjectYSAT trained 120 peace promoters for neighbourhood watch across Pibor, with a 2024 refresher for 40 promoters, and distributed unconditional cash transfers to 200 vulnerable households across Gumuruk and Pibor.
View ProjectIntra-communal peace dialogues reaching 115 people in Pibor, an International Day for Peace commemoration with 140 attendees alongside the Ministry of Peacebuilding, and conflict sensitivity training for 60 SCLR group representatives and community leaders.
View ProjectA gender-sensitive football tournament in Pibor with 10 teams — 5 female and 5 male — and 220 players, breaking down gender stereotypes and promoting tolerance across the Greater Pibor Administrative Area.
View ProjectA three-day GBV training for 58 participants — 36 women and 22 men — at YSAT's Innovation Centre in Pibor, strengthening peaceful conflict resolution and women's confidence to claim their rights.
View ProjectThrough the BRIDGE Project, YSAT trained 270 participants in Creative Capacity Building across Duk, Pibor, and Pajok Payam, developing 18 new technologies including a brick oven, beehive, and metallic oven.
View Project225 participants refined CCB technologies at YSAT's Innovation Centres, with a further 50 reached through DCA and PMCG-funded trainings, culminating in a co-creation showcase in Juba with MIT D-Lab.
View ProjectFrom a start-up grant challenge for CCB graduates in Pajok to a USAID-funded DAI-RASS Basic Business Skills programme, YSAT has trained 373 youth and women in entrepreneurship across Pajok, Pibor, and Duk Padiet.
View ProjectYSAT disbursed grants of $200 to $7,000 to 15 community groups in Pibor Town, directly reaching 567 people and supporting women-led business groups to develop work plans and budgets.
View ProjectEvery project on this page runs because of partners and supporters who believe refugee led organisations should lead their own response.