Youth Sport Uganda

Youth Sport Uganda (YSU) is sports for development organization established in 2006 with a mission to offer educational, health and life skills opportunities to vulnerable youths among the refugees, IDPs and Host Community in Uganda through harnessing the power of sports and it has reached over 100,000 youths through their various programs in schools and communities. YSU works with Ministry of Education and Sports, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development and Local Governments to deliver programs in the sectors of psychosocial, mental health, protection, health, livelihoods, water and sanitation and education. YSU has various programs that use sports to influence the youths’ behavior and these include Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program where WASH clubs are formed in the slums that addresses issues like shortages in clean water, poor hygiene, poor garbage disposal and a lack of toilets/ pit latrines, Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) program for girls and young women where sanitary products are provided and knowledge in managing menstruation and personal hygiene is offered and also equips the young refugees with skills like tailoring for sustainable living and reduced inequalities through the Skills Development Program. pregnancy.

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