Youth Social Advocacy Team - South Sudan

12/07/2026

Explore our 🆕 digital home 🏠!

YSAT is excited to unveil our newly rebuilt website: www.youthsat.org, an enhanced platform for community-led change, ready to carry our voices further

For nearly a decade, we've stood with displaced youth across 🇸🇸 🇺🇬 , tackling systemic barriers to quality education, building dignified livelihoods, and cultivating lasting peace. Our mission hasn't changed. But how we tell our story has evolved!

Our 🆕 website brings our impact into sharper focus:
🟢👉real stories from our 5️⃣ programs
🟢👉clearer pathways for partners, donors
🟢👉stronger digital home for a refugee-led organisation built by, with and for the communities we serve.

Same heart💜. Same purpose 🎯 please consider making a donation to support our work, click 👉: www.youthsat.org and invest in the future of displaced children and youth 📚 🌾 💷 🕊️

Courtesy | Thierry Barata

South Sudan NGO Forum UNHCR South Sudan AVSI South Sudan Save the Children South Sudan Oxfam in South Sudan U.S. Embassy Juba, South Sudan Danish Refugee Council Welthungerhilfe

28/06/2026

🏆 CHAMPIONS CROWNED! Leer Legend FC Takes the Cup! 🇸🇸⚽

Excitement, unity, and top-tier talent were on full display today at the grand finale of the Eastern Naath Legend Tournament!

Our team members, led by Thomas Wieh Wieh Bol, were thrilled to witness an intense, high-spirited match between Leer Legend FC and Ulang FC. After 90 minutes of incredible football, Leer Legend FC secured a 2–0 victory to claim the championship title!

🥇🎉 YSAT sends a massive congratulations 🎈 🍾 to the champions, Leer Legend FC, and a huge shoutout to Ulang FC Legend for their outstanding sportsmanship and grit. You are all winners!

🕊️ More Than a Game: A Message of Peace 🕊️

During the event, Emergency Response Project Coordinator Thomas Wieh delivered a powerful peace 🕊️ message on behalf of our Executive Director, John Jaldak. Football has a unique power to unite us. Thomas emphasized YSAT's commitment to partnering with the Naath Youth Union and sports bodies across 🇸🇸 to foster peace and youth development.

🌍 Impacting Communities Through Sports ⚽️

Through the support of DANIDA, YSAT is driving peace 🕊️ initiatives for conflict-affected communities. Beyond this tournament:

🟢👉Duk County tournament successfully concluded! ✅
🟢👉📅 Ayod County grand finale kicks off TOMORROW, June 29, 2026!

👕 Keeping Our Promise 8️⃣ sets of Jerseys ✅

To celebrate the youth, YSAT officially handed over 8️⃣ complete sets of jerseys to all 8️⃣ participating teams, fulfilling a special promise made by our Executive Director John Jal Dak during the opening match.

Together, we play for peace, unity, and a brighter future of 🇸🇸 in Ayod, Duk, Juba and beyond!

Radio Miraya Eye Radio U.S. Embassy Juba, South Sudan NPA South Sudan Danish Refugee Council South Sudan Football Association AVSI South Sudan UNICEF South Sudan

28/06/2026

Youth Voices from Duk County

Listen 👂 to what young people had to say after a successful Peace tournament organized, led and concluded by them - yes the young people did it 👏👏👏👏👏👏

YSAT -South Sudan Danish Refugee Council NPA South Sudan Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative

27/06/2026

We are happy to have supported all the 8 Teams that participated in this Peace Tournament 🏟️ inline with our Peace Mandate

This follows successful Peace Initiatives in Duk county that ended successfully and Ayod County that is ongoing

Youth building Peace 🕊️
NPA South Sudan Tearfund South Sudan South Sudan NGO Forum

23/06/2026

Secure Sanitation facilities Built for Safety and Dignity in Ayod & Duk counties

When crisis and floods destroy infrastructure, women and children face the highest risks. Walking 🚶 🚶🏿‍♂️ into the bush for sanitation exposes them to protection threats and safety hazards.

To solve this, YSAT -South Sudan, in partnership with Danish Refugee Council with funding from is constructing 25 stances of flood-resilient, reusable pit latrines in Ayod and Duk counties.

These structures are built in a secure, gender segregated and accessible way to restore peace of mind, enhance privacy.

🟢👉Our objective is to promote hygiene, sanitation, fight all sanitation related diseases, mitigate gender-based violence (GBV) and protection risks by providing secure, well-located, and private sanitation facilities for women and children in emergency zones.

🟢👉Our Impact: Over 2,000 HHs of women and children NOW have immediate access to climate resilient, private, and lockable latrines right inside their communities—eliminating the need to walk long distances in search of privacy.

South Sudan NGO Forum AVSI South Sudan UNICEF South Sudan Oxfam in South Sudan Welthungerhilfe Save the Children South Sudan

22/06/2026

20/06/2026

🪣 Emergency 🚨 WASH Kits distribution 🪣

🟢What did we do? 👉 Rapid, life-saving assistance was distributed in Ayod county of Jonglei State, 🇸🇸 by YSAT -South Sudan & Danish Refugee Council, delivered by as part of our Emergency Response project funded by

🟢Who did we reached? 👉 5️⃣ 0️⃣ 0️⃣ Households in Ayod received comprehensive WASH kits package 📦

🟢What did each HH received in the WASH Kit?
5️⃣ bars of soap 🧼
1️⃣ specialized bucket 🪣 with a tap
1️⃣ storage bucket 🪣 without a tap
2️⃣ 0️⃣ pieces of water purifier
1️⃣ filter cloth

🟢Why did we do this? 👉 Because Lifesaving WASH Kits eliminate waterborne diseases and promote immediate household health through clean water storage and sanitation.

🟢What did the people say? 👉 “You didn’t just gave us WASH kits, YSAT & DRC, you have joined us in the fight against cholera in Ayod county” says an internally displaced female HH head

🟢 What next after here? 👉 Only 500 out of the planned 1,800 HHs received the WASH kits. We anticipate delivery of the next consignment by WASH Cluster whenever logistics allows!

🟢 But why does that matter? 👉Accountability to our communities is important, it’s their right to know why we only distributed to 500/1,800 because the people are the right holders

🚨 Any call 📞 to Action?: Yes, communities in Jonglei are still in dire need, by partnering with YSAT 🇸🇸, your support will help save lives of displaced people in Ayod, Duk, Akobo and beyond

📸 | Gatmai Machar Nien WASH Officer | Ayod

UNHCR South Sudan South Sudan NGO Forum United Nations OCHA AVSI South Sudan Save the Children South Sudan Minister of Gender Child and social welfare _ South Sudan

20/06/2026

🚶‍♀️ 🚶🏿‍♂️ 🚶 “Until Everyone Is Safe” 🚶🚶‍♀️🚶🏿‍♂️

This World Refugee Day 2026, YSAT team stood bold and spoke their truth - on the belief that no community is truly secure or protected until all individuals—especially those forced to flee violence, conflict, and persecution—are safe.

Today 20th June, isn't just a date on the calendar, It's a mirror reflecting who we are, where we've come from, and what resilience has built in our lives.

We are refugees, We are staff, We are leaders committed to defending the right to asylum, countering misinformation, and holding governments accountable for providing safety because No one is safe “Untill Everyone is Safe”

Happy World Refugee Day, from all of us at YSAT 🇸🇸💚

📸 | Thierry Barata

UNHCR South Sudan AVSI South Sudan NPA South Sudan Oxfam in South Sudan CARE SOUTH SUDAN Welthungerhilfe DanChurchAid South Sudan NGO Forum Embassy of Japan in South Sudan Embassy of Canada to South Sudan Netherlands Embassy in South Sudan