Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT)

Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT) is a refugee-led non-profit, non-governmental Organization whose core mandate is supporting conflict affected youth by tackling barriers to accessing quality education, sustainable Livelihoods and addressing root causes of violent conflicts for refugees and vulnerable host communities in displaced settings. YSAT is legally registered to operate in Uganda with the National Bureau for Non -Governmental Organizations Reg. MIA/NB/2020/10/4213 as a Regional NGO. YSAT works in 5 refugee settlements in West Nile implementing projects in Protection, Food Security and Livelihoods, Education, Environment & Energy, Evidence -based research and Advocacy . Programme Background YSAT received funding from DANIDA to implement a multiyear program, titled “Uganda Refugee Resilience Initiative (URRI)” in a consortium led by Save the Children (SC) together with AVSI, World Vision, UGANET, KRC, and RIL. The program goal is to ‘contribute to enhanced climate resilience of women, men, and youth in refugee and host communities and promote inclusive, cohesive, and environmentally sustainable development in refugee-affected areas in line with local priorities. The program is being implemented in Adjumani District (Lot 3) using multiple approaches, including the Graduation Approach- a proven model to alleviate extreme poverty.