HYT to bring safe sanitation to another 250 refugee households
HYT extends its collaboration with GIZ! HYT is proud to announce the renewal of our partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to expand household sanitation in Africa’s largest refugee settlement. In the coming months, HYT will work with GIZ to deliver 250 household latrines in Zone 5 of Bidibidi Refugee Settlement – […]
Transforming Community Schools in Koboko
How can non-profits allocate support that truly aligns with a community’s priorities and efforts? One method is identifying and supporting existing community projects, such as schools. Koboko District, in the extreme North West corner of Uganda borders both South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Heavily laden trucks inch their way through Koboko’s steep […]
Bright future for the kids of Koboko
“Turn right at the three large telephone masts, if you enter the Democratic Republic of Congo, you’ve gone too far.” The journey to Marakulu Primary school takes you down a narrow, potholed track. The green rolling hills create a tangible sense of remoteness. “The children in this community have nowhere to learn. The closest school […]
HYT brings affordable rainwater harvesting to Bidi Bidi refugee settlement.
HYT has built ten 20,000 litre rainwater harvesting tanks in the world’s second largest refugee settlement. The tanks will service over 22,000 teachers, students, doctors, nurses and patients. During our 2019 partnership with Mercy Corps it became clear there was a need to increase water access and security. Despite the area receiving 9 months of […]
In the first of a regular series, we tell the story of the award-winning HYT and its ground- breaking work in Uganda.
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 of inhospitable bush. Bidi Bidi is […]