Where We Work
Our Work in Uganda
Uganda hosts over 1.9 million refugees, the largest refugee population in Africa. YSAT's headquarters sits in Rhino Camp Settlement in the West Nile sub-region.
Uganda hosts over 1.9 million refugees, the largest refugee population in Africa. YSAT's headquarters sits in Rhino Camp Settlement in the West Nile sub-region.
In Uganda, YSAT delivers 21 projects across five Strategic Programme Areas, reaching displaced and host community youth in Rhino Camp Settlement and the wider West Nile sub-region.
In partnership with Andre Foods International and funded by the World Food Programme, YSAT coordinates food distribution, cash transfers, community mobilisation, and GBV prevention awareness across seven settlement zones in Rhino Camp.
View ProjectYSAT led a 12-month community-based COVID-19 prevention and awareness response in Rhino Camp, distributing hygiene supplies, installing handwashing facilities, and running risk communication campaigns. Rhino Camp recorded almost no registered COVID-19 cases as a result.
View ProjectA 12-month food security pilot funded by NORAD through Oxfam Denmark, implemented across Zombo, Madi Okollo, and Terego districts. YSAT led Cash for Work and peace promotion in Rhino Camp and Imvepi, rehabilitating roads, constructing water reservoirs, and injecting income into local economies.
View ProjectParticipatory research with 124 Ugandan and 150 South Sudanese youth exploring youth roles in peacebuilding, culminating in the publication "Youth in the Peripheries."
View ProjectYSAT forms and supports Zonal Peace Clubs across Rhino Camp and Imvepi settlements, equipping Peace Ambassadors with skills to identify, prevent, and resolve community conflicts. Peace dialogues bring together refugees, host communities, and elders to promote lasting coexistence.
View ProjectA four-year project (2024 to 2028) implemented in partnership with War Child Alliance and funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. YSAT works across four schools in Rhino Camp — Ocea, Eden, Wanyangi, and Odobu Primary Schools — delivering play-based psychosocial support through TeamUp, digital learning, teacher coaching through the CORE approach, and community case management to strengthen child protection systems.
View ProjectA three-year project (2024 to 2026) implemented in consortium with Oxfam, RELON, and CECI, funded by Global Affairs Canada. YSAT leads in Terego District across Awa Primary School, Emmanuel Primary School, and Omugo Girls Secondary School, increasing access to gender-responsive quality education for refugee and IDP children, particularly girls and adolescent girls, while integrating GBV prevention and gender equality programming across all activities.
View ProjectIn partnership with Oxfam and URDMC, YSAT equipped refugee and host community youth with entrepreneurship and employability skills in ICT, salon, leatherwork, bakery, beadwork, and cosmetology. Of 1,205 selected youth, 1,089 were trained and 310 started income-generating activities.
View ProjectA four-year project funded by DANIDA and implemented through a Save the Children-led consortium including World Vision, AVSI, KRC, and UGANET. YSAT leads in Adjumani under Lot 3, delivering climate-smart agriculture, energy-efficient stoves, tree seedlings, and solar-powered irrigation targeting 20,071 households.
View ProjectYSAT supported 180 smallholder farmers including 150 refugees and 30 host community members with improved agronomic practices, VSLA savings, business management training, and agricultural inputs. 60 female goats were distributed to refugee households to strengthen household assets and nutrition.
View ProjectWith support from UNHCR and DCA, YSAT established and maintained 137 hectares of woodlots, planted over 52,000 tree seedlings, and constructed 1,500 fuel-efficient Lorena stoves across refugee settlements, contributing to landscape restoration, clean energy access, and income for local artisans.
View ProjectIn partnership with KULIKA Uganda and MIT D-Lab, with support from GIZ, YSAT used the Creative Capacity Building methodology to empower displaced communities in Rhino Camp to develop over 20 practical technologies including improved cookstoves, maize shellers, juice blenders, and solar chargers.
View ProjectA 25-month initiative implemented with KOICA, Samsung, MIT D-Lab, Twende Tanzania, and Kulika Uganda, exploring practical second-life applications for Samsung devices to respond to community challenges in healthcare, water, energy, and livelihoods. In 2025, YSAT supported 359 youth with ICT innovations in Rhino Camp and Imvepi.
View ProjectYSAT supported 25 entrepreneurs and 4 refugee-led organisations with cash grants and mentorship through the REACH project, accelerating self-employment and small business growth within refugee settlements and surrounding host communities.
View ProjectIn partnership with TrustAfrica and the Mastercard Foundation, YSAT as Anchor Institution empowered 20 diverse young leaders — 70% women, 40% refugees — through participatory research, leadership training, digital data collection, and access to finance research across Uganda. Panellists conducted field research reaching 100 respondents across three regions.
View ProjectYSAT delivers Accelerated Education Programmes across 13 schools, convening biannual coordination meetings with CECs, YECs, and district education officers to improve AEP management and delivery. Five school-based STEM and entrepreneurship clubs were established, engaging 100 young people, and community enrolment campaigns actively target out-of-school girls at the lower secondary level.
View ProjectCWTL supports literacy and numeracy through self-paced, interactive tablet-based modules in Eden and Wanyange primary schools in Rhino Camp. With teacher facilitation and continuous monthly progress monitoring, 1,141 children are driving steady improvements in foundational learning outcomes.
View ProjectImplemented in partnership with War Child Canada and funded by Global Affairs Canada, this project strengthens access to safe and gender-responsive education in Terego District across Awa Primary School, Emmanuel Primary School, and Omugo Girls Secondary School. Activities include community sensitisation, education needs assessments, school safety audits, and advocacy for girls' enrolment and retention.
View ProjectFunded by the Mastercard Foundation, Bridge YAW empowers youth and mothers with business and livelihood skills to support school retention and economic independence. 390 youth were empowered with business skills, and 75 mothers participated in Mother-to-Mother support group sessions advocating for girls' education and school retention across five secondary schools.
View ProjectYSAT operates a Learning Haven that provides children in Rhino Camp with access to books, structured play, and early childhood development activities. The programme supports foundational literacy and numeracy for young children who would otherwise have no access to learning materials or stimulating environments outside the home.
View ProjectEvery project on this page runs because of partners and supporters who believe refugee led organisations should lead their own response.