Listen and learn
We engage communities and partners to understand priorities, strengths and barriers.
Our work
Connected action for stronger communities.
Youth With A Focus Teso works across education, protection, livelihoods, climate resilience and inclusion because communities thrive when challenges are addressed together.
Rooted locallyCommunity-led action since 2014
Where we workSoroti District and communities across Teso
How we workSix connected programme areas
Why connected action
One community. Connected priorities.
A girl’s education is shaped by her safety, health, household income, environment and ability to participate in decisions.
That is why YWAFT does not treat community challenges as isolated problems. We work with girls, women, young people, families, schools and local leaders to create practical pathways that reinforce one another.
Our programmes combine knowledge, protection, skills, productive resources and locally led action so that change can be sustained within households and communities.
Our programmes
Six pathways. One shared purpose.
Each programme responds to a distinct priority while contributing to YWAFT’s wider commitment to dignity, opportunity and resilient communities.
01
Girls’ Education & Menstrual Health
Dignity, menstrual-health knowledge and safer pathways for girls to remain active, confident learners.
02Child Protection & Gender Equality
Preventing violence, child marriage, exploitation and discrimination through informed community action.
03Women & Youth Economic Empowerment
Skills, enterprise, savings and productive opportunities that strengthen livelihoods and agency.
04Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Security
Resilient farming, demonstration plots, food security and beekeeping rooted in local knowledge.
05Environment, Water & Climate Resilience
Environmental restoration, safe water, WASH and locally led adaptation to climate pressures.
06Human Rights, Inclusion & Social Justice
Promoting equity, participation and opportunity for people and communities at risk of exclusion.
Our integrated approach
We connect dignity, opportunity and resilience.
YWAFT begins with community priorities, works alongside local people and links immediate action to longer-term capacity. This creates programmes that are practical, respectful and responsive to how people’s lives are actually connected.
“Lasting change grows when communities help shape it, lead it and sustain it.”
- People and participation at the centre
- Practical knowledge, skills and resources
- Local leadership and community ownership
How we work
Community action from listening to lasting impact.
Plan together
Activities are shaped around local realities, participation and shared responsibility.
Act practically
Learning is connected to useful skills, services, resources and community mobilisation.
Strengthen capacity
We support local knowledge and leadership so positive change can continue and grow.