YCAN – HOPE 4 LIFE UGANDA

YCAN PROJECT

About YCAN

Youth Climate Action Network (YCAN) is connecting young people and youth organisations across Africa and Europe to build climate knowledge, strengthen leadership, exchange ideas and turn local solutions into meaningful climate action.

Through Hope 4 Life Uganda, young people in Uganda are gaining the knowledge, skills, networks and opportunities they need to become powerful agents of climate resilience and sustainable development.

Duration

36Months of action, 2025–2028/Three years

7 Partner organisations

1. Asociación Mundus (Spain) – Coordinator
2. ALDA (France/Belgium)
3. Gaia Education -Europe
4. Hope4Life(H4LU)- Uganda
5. HUYS LINK -Uganda
6. Salesians of Don Bosco(SDB)- Ethiopia
7. The Youth Café(TYC) -Kenya

Target Area

YCAN focuses on strengthening youth organizations and communities in:
Uganda
Kenya
Ethiopia
It also includes active collaboration with partners in Spain, France, and Belgium.

What We Do

From learning to action

Climate Education

Practical knowledge about climate change, sustainability and environmental challenges.

Capacity Building

Strengthening the skills of young people, youth workers and youth organisations..

International Exchange

Connecting young people and youth workers across Africa and Europe.

Youth Led Initiatives

Supporting young people to design and implement solutions to local climate challenges.

YCAN Project

Putting young Ugandans at the centre of climate action

Through Hope 4 Life Uganda, YCAN creates opportunities for young people to develop the knowledge, confidence, skills and networks needed to become active climate leaders.

Your community has challenges. Your generation has ideas. YCAN helps turn those ideas into action.

Understand climate change and its local impacts

Strengthen leadership skills

Participate in community decision-making

Develop climate solutions

Explore green opportunities

Build advocacy skills

Connect with other young climate leaders

Implement community initiatives

Get Involved

The climate is changing. So are we.

Young people have the ideas, creativity and energy to create change. YCAN provides the knowledge, networks and opportunities to turn those ideas into action. donate to support our initiatives.

Expected Outcomes

By the end of the three-year project, YCAN expects to achieve:
35+ youth workers trained in climate education, advocacy, and digital
communication
80+ young people participating in mobility activities

12+ youth-led initiatives implemented across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda

A Climate Change Awareness Toolkit available to all partner organizations

A functional Digital Community Platform with at least 100 active youth users
Increased youth engagement in climate decision-making processes

Strengthened African–European networks supporting ongoing climate action

Greater awareness among communities reached through campaigns and mobilization

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