Youth Capacity Building Network (YCBN) is a youth-led development organization established to address critical gaps in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and youth-driven innovation in Uganda.
We integrate sustainable infrastructure development with digital skills training and entrepreneurship support to create resilient communities and economically empowered youth. Our focus is on underserved rural and peri-urban communities, with a strategic emphasis on schools and vulnerable populations.
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 responsible waste practices.
AI fundamentals, coding, agritech, and fintech training for youth.
Community innovation spaces and startup incubation support.
"A nation where every community has access to safe water, dignified sanitation, resilient infrastructure, and youth-driven innovations that accelerate sustainable development."
To improve quality of life by delivering sustainable WASH infrastructure, strengthening educational environments, advancing hygiene and menstrual health systems, and equipping youth with emerging technologies to solve local challenges.
The principles that guide every action we take and every community we serve.
Operating with honesty and openness in all our dealings and financial management.
Ensuring communities lead and sustain the solutions we implement together.
Building long-lasting solutions that continue to benefit communities for generations.
Embracing creative approaches and emerging technologies to solve local challenges.
Ensuring no one is left behind, with special focus on vulnerable populations.
Taking responsibility for our actions and delivering on our commitments.
To deliver sustainable, inclusive WASH infrastructure that guarantees safe water and dignified sanitation for underserved communities.
Institutionalize comprehensive community hygiene and menstrual health systems that improve health, dignity, and educational outcomes.
To build a highly skilled, innovation-driven youth workforce equipped for employment and entrepreneurship.
Catalyse scalable, youth-led technological solutions that transform local social and environmental challenges into sustainable enterprises.
We focus on two core pillars that drive sustainable community transformation.
Since our establishment in 2025
Communities Served
Boreholes Drilled
Youth Trained
Schools Supported
Stories from the field, project milestones, and community successes.
Project Launch
YCBN successfully drilled and commissioned a new borehole serving over 1,500 residents, reducing water-borne diseases by 60%.
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Education
Our MHM programme reached five primary schools, providing dignity kits and establishing private changing facilities.
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Innovation
50 youth graduated from our 3-month AI fundamentals and coding bootcamp, with 70% already securing internships.
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