YSAT Uganda

02/06/2026

YSAT is officially in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement🎉!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our newest operational location: Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, yes you heard that right 😮😮

This major milestone brings us one step closer to our ambitious 2030 Strategy of establishing a footprint across all refugee settlements in the West Nile region following our successful operations in;
📍 Adjumani – Pakelle Field office
📍 Madi Okollo – Rhino Camp HQ
📍 Terego – Rhino & Imvepi
📍 Arua city - Regional Coordination Office
📍 Yumbe (Bidibidi) – just launched 1st June

🌍 Driving Our 2030 Strategic Plan, expansion into Bidibidi directly operationalizes YSAT’s core strategic focus areas, tailored to the settlement's immediate needs:

🟢 🕊️ Saving Lives & Peacebuilding: Promoting social cohesion, harmony, and critical protection for people on the move.
🟢 🛡️ Protection: safeguarding forcibly displaced children and youth on the move.
🟢 🌾 Building Resilient Communities: Launching youth-led livelihoods and robust environmental protection initiatives.
🟢 📚 Transforming Lives: Supporting the critical water management transition to ensure displaced children and youth have the sustainable resources needed to thrive.

By scaling our infrastructure into Bidibidi, is proving its readiness to manage large-scale, complex transitions. But true scale requires collaboration and partnership which remains the ultimate key to unlocking this vision.

🤝 Partner With Us For 2030

To our incredible partners and potential donors: our footprint is expanding rapidly, our compliance is airtight, and our impact is scaling. There has never been a better time to invest in youth-led transformation in West Nile. Let’s build the future together!

📩 DM our partnerships team to co-create impact.
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31/05/2026

Exciting news from Rhino Camp: We are leveling up—literally! ⚽✨ 🏃🏿‍➡️🏃🏃🏼‍♂️‍➡️🏃‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍♂️⚽️

The tractors 🚜 are rolling and the dirt is flying at Ocea Primary School. YSAT is officially opening, grading, leveling, and fixing the school football playground🥅⚽️⛳️! We are turning a rough patch of land into a dream pitch where future champions can thrive. 🏆🏃‍♂️

Through our Project, this brand-new playground will promote play-based learning and true sportsmanship. It gives school children a safe, fun space to kick their goals, learn teamwork, and just enjoy being kids 🧒

A massive thank you to our incredible partners War Child Alliance 🇺🇬 & Dutch MoFA who made this transformation possible! 🙌

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27/05/2026

Eid Mubarak from YSAT family! 🌙✨

Today 27th May, we join the global community in celebrating unity, gratitude, and inclusion. At YSAT, this festive season reminds us of our core mission we wake up each day to pursue: empowering youth and building peaceful, self-reliant communities.

With the vital support of our donors and partners, we are advancing change through our core strategic programs:
🟢 🕊️ Humanitarian Response & Peacebuilding – Saving lives.
🟢 🛡️ Protection – Safeguarding people on the move.
🟢 🌱 Livelihoods & Environmental Protection – Building resilient communities.
🟢 📚 Education in Emergencies – Transforming lives of displaced youth.

May this Eid bring joy to your homes, harmony to our communities, and renewed hope for the future.

Eid Sa'eed! 🤝💚 from us “The Green Family”
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27/05/2026

🌍 Climate change and peace go hand-in-hand: YSAT Oxfam gathered to build a more resilient future!

On 26th May, YSAT participated in an insightful, high-level dialogue organized by Oxfam under the Project.

The theme? “Strengthening Collaboration for Sustainable Communities.” 🤝

This meeting brought together a diverse group of community leaders, civil society actors, refugees, host communities, and development stakeholders. Together, we tackled the heavy intersection of climate change, resource-based conflicts, and social cohesion.

We all agreed on one major thing: the best solutions are community-driven!
🌱 Main areas of focus included:
❇️ Boosting local skills for climate adaptation.
❇️ Protecting natural resources sustainably.
❇️ Ensuring women and youth have a powerful voice in peacebuilding.

By working together, we are turning dialogue into collective action for peaceful, thriving communities.

👉 What does climate resilience look like in your community? Let us know in the comments!

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27/05/2026

YSAT Library 📚 Updates 3/7

Gawaar and Chris from Creative Learning Haven met with Catherine, Libraries Association of Uganda, a NGO supporting over 150 Libraries across 🇺🇬 with resources and mentorship

This is where the shared mission and exciting collaboration began 🪄🤝🎉💃🏻🕺🏿

More updates 👇 👇, follow us for more

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26/05/2026

Library 📚 Update 2/7

Arriving in Kampala, Gawaar & Chris met with our 🆕 friend (Bahati) at New Compact bookshop

This is where the real magic 🪄 happened

More details👇 👇 and follow us for more updates

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26/05/2026

Library update 1/7

Our Journey for 🆕 books and materials took:

🚍 2️⃣ hours drive from the refugee settlements to Arua city 🏙️
🚎 1️⃣ 4️⃣ hours bus ride from Arua to Kampala
🧍 Gawaar and Chris made the journey- true frontline dedicate team members

More details 👇 👇
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18/05/2026

17/05/2026

Exciting times as YSAT welcomes 3️⃣ 🆕 staff 👏💃🏻🕺🏿

We are thrilled to welcome 3️⃣ exceptional professionals to our team, each bringing a wealth of experience to drive our Humanitarian Development and Peace (HDP) forward.

Joining us on the frontlines are:

– Program Officer in charge of Bidibidi Program Office. He brings an extensive “community-first” experience in MEL, Safeguarding, Field Operations and strategic leadership from GiveDirect, SSWBA in Kiryandongo and beyond, ensuring our programs are not just delivered, but truly owned


– Program Officer, Terego/Imvepi Field Office. He is an expert in linking local governance with sustainable development. His ability to navigate the complex intersection of conflict, governance, and development formerly with makes him the perfect fit for our Imvepi operations.

– Social Development and Gender Specialist, Adjumani field office.Theresa joins us with a stellar reputation as a Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and humanitarian response analyst, formerly leading governance and gender teams at Mercy Corps

Why this matters? 🌍

Our HDP Triple Nexus strategy focuses on moving beyond emergency response toward long-term resilience and peace. By placing these experts in Terego, Yumbe and Adjumani respectively, we are strengthening our commitment to localized, gender-inclusive development that “leaves no one behind”

Please join us in giving Stephen, Moses, and Theresa a warm welcome in the comments! 👏✨ fans

📸 | HR department

17/05/2026

🚨 Funding cuts won’t stop us from protecting and educating displaced children in Rhino Camp ‼️

When budget drops lead to devastating staff layoffs across the 🇺🇬 Refugee Response, local action must step up. YSAT 🇺🇬 and War Child Nederland are refusing to let vulnerable learners fall through the cracks.

Thanks to funding from the Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken 🇳🇱, we just concluded a high-stakes, 3-day refresher training for 2️⃣4️⃣ frontline educators and protection practitioners under the Project.

Wondering how we are making it possible and turning the tide in West Nile, check 👇

❇️ 💪 More Boots on the Ground
We recruited and deployed 4 new assistant teachers and 2 Protection Assistants to reinforce our existing team.
❇️📱 Tech-Driven Education (Can't Wait To Learn)
Teachers and school leaders mastered tablet-based learning, digital curriculum integration, and software troubleshooting to elevate classroom engagement.
❇️🛡️ Bulletproof Safeguarding (TeamUp & Case Management)
Facilitators and caseworkers sharpened skills in psychosocial support and child protection. Using the REACH NOW tool, they are now equipped for rapid case detection and emergency referrals.

Why this matters to our donors and community:

🟢🎯 Safer Spaces: Stronger referral pathways for at-risk children.
🟢📈 Better Outcomes: Blended digital learning that works.
🟢🤝 Local Leadership: 28-year veteran educators are calling this training a career first.

Investing in teachers is the ultimate way to protect learners. Want to sponsor or donate a CWTL kit for displaced children get in touch www.youthsat.org

📸 | INSPIRE Team/YSAT

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