HYT has undertaken an exciting new venture in the world’s second largest refugee settlement. During our 2019 partnership with Mercy Corps it became clear there was a huge need to increase water access and security. Despite the area receiving 9 months of heavy rain a year, residents struggle for
By Will Brett
Uganda, like the rest of the world, ground to a halt in late March. Although most industries were forced to close their doors, construction and training was allowed to continue, with HYT ensuring our teams were able to live and work safely. Despite all the uncertainty and fear early
By Will Brett
Training to be a builder and helping construct two innovation centres and four trading kiosks in Uganda’s – and Africa’s – largest refugee settlement, Bidi Bidi, was Cisco’s first proper job since he fled his home in South Sudan in September 2016. Until the environmentally-friendly construction and training programme
By Will Brett
We begin with the Trust’s recent project in Africa’s largest refugee camp, Bidi Bidi, northern Uganda. Until a few years ago, Bidi Bidi was an empty tract of land in northern Uganda, occupied only by a few scattered villages, whose people eked out a meagre living in the swathes
By Will Brett
We are pleased to send 2020 Greetings from our teams in Uganda and the UK, thanking you for your wonderful support. We also hope that this year is as successful for HYT as last year was. We thought you would like to see some highlights, starting with how
By Will Brett
HYT training giants Philip Yiga, Fred Koire, Mathias Kabaala and their team of trusted assistants have successfully pulled off one of HYT’s most ambitious projects to date. The team have worked miles from home, far from friends and family, in Uganda’s largest refugee settlement. As an organisation we could
By Will Brett
HYT is well underway with our training project in the world’s second largest refugee settlement, Bidi Bidi. A total of 18 South Sudanese and 10 Ugandan youths are undergoing intensive training thanks to an ongoing partnership with Mercy Corps. Planning Permission In Uganda’s extreme north an environmental crisis is
By Will Brett
In 2018 HYT built 33 ISSB water tanks in schools across Uganda, with a total capacity of 650,000 litres. Access to stored rainwater increase the time students spend learning in the classroom, by removing the need to fetch water from boreholes – an endeavour involving heavy jerrycans and multiple
By Will Brett
HYT has taken the exciting first steps West of the Nile to work in the world’s second largest refugee settlement: Bidi Bidi. The settlement is home to 750,000 South Sudanese refugees making it Uganda’s, unofficial, second largest city. Yumbe Town, an NGO Epicentre Yumbe town, previously a small, rural
By Will Brett
As the new year gets underway, it is good to let you know about the last 12 months’ activity in Uganda. Here is our latest news. I hope you enjoy reading about HYT’s year of growth and success, much of which followed the Ashden International Award in 2017. If
By Will Brett
