Building economic self-reliance and restoring degraded land through vocational skills, climate-smart agriculture, clean energy technology, and community-led innovation — because lasting resilience demands both income and a healthy environment.
Projects are implemented across West Nile Uganda, primarily in Rhino Camp, Imvepi, and Adjumani refugee settlements and surrounding host communities.
In 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.
Full Project DetailsA 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.
Full Project DetailsYSAT 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.
Full Project DetailsWith 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.
Full Project DetailsIn 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.
Full Project DetailsA 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.
Full Project DetailsYSAT 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.
Full Project DetailsIn 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.
Full Project DetailsYouth trained in vocational and ICT skills
Farmers trained on climate-resilient farming approaches
Tree seedlings planted by 4,804 households
Households equipped with clean cooking stoves
Individuals trained in VSLA and financial literacy
Total people directly reached under SPA 3