HYT is an award-winning charity that trains young people in climate-friendly construction and builds schools, homes and water tanks.
Working with some of Africa’s most marginalised people, HYT uses a sustainable compressed earth block, the Interlocking Stabilised Soil Block, to transform communities and refugee settlements.
HYT is East Africa’s leading advocate of a sustainable approach to building and vocational training.
Awarded the prestigious Ashden International Award for Sustainable Buildings, HYT works with international NGOs, government agencies and other partners, successfully completing environmentally-friendly projects and training programmes all over Uganda. Watch the video to learn more
Uganda has more refugees than anywhere else in Africa. HYT works with refugees in settlements throughout Uganda, giving women and men skills in construction and job opportunities.
Refugees build as they train, improving settlements with climate-friendly meeting centres, trading kiosks, schools and water tanks.
After their training, refugees have returned to their home countries to work as masons. Others have built new homes in the settlements, or stayed with HYT to work on other projects.
HYT Uganda launches a major project in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, in partnership with, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. HYT is delighted to
In the world of construction and development, it’s not just about building structures, it’s about building lives and careers. This is the story of Akatwijuka
An exciting opportunity exists for a graduate to help lead HYT’s award-winning work in Uganda. Haileybury Youth Trust [HYT] seeks an Assistant Country Manager to
One Million Litres Water insecurity is a major issue in refugee settlements worldwide. Bidi Bidi, Africa’s largest settlement, is no exception. Through the construction of
