Youth Capacity Building Network (YCBN) is a youth-led development organisation working with young people, communities and schools in Uganda.
We combine sustainable WASH services with digital skills, innovation and entrepreneurship support to build resilient communities and create lasting opportunity for young people.
Drilling and rehabilitating boreholes and community wells for clean water.
We empower communities to manage waste sustainably, promoting a cleaner environment, healthier living, and economic opportunities through innovative solutions.
AI fundamentals, coding, agritech, and fintech training for youth.
Community innovation spaces and startup incubation support.
Two core programmes driving sustainable development across Uganda: WASH and youth innovation.
Since our establishment in 2025
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
Digital Skills
Youth Empowerment
Established
Stories from the field, project milestones, and community successes.
Appreciation Post
YCBN extends its sincere appreciation to Mr. Dominic O'Neill, ED of the UN's Sanitation and Hygiene Fund, for sharing his valuable insights with African and global WASH advocates - inspiring young people to be part of the solution for safely managed sanitation for all.
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Upcoming Global Dialogue
Who should be held responsible when sanitation targets are missed? YCBN brings together WASH practitioners, development partners, donors, government institutions and civil society for one shared conversation.
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Upcoming WASH Event
YCBN and the MUG Foundation bring practical WASH skills, hygiene education, and handwashing facility support to learners - championing clean water, safe hands, fewer infections, and less AMR risk.
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Upcoming Dialogue
Join guest speaker Julius Gamy from Liberia and host Simon Peter Kigozi for a Continental Dialogue on sustainable funding and local resource mobilization.
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Upcoming Outreach
YCBN will join Raising Teenagers Uganda and the Wezesha Girls Network coalition for scholastic support, menstrual health education, mentorship, and girls' rights advocacy.
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