Abayuuti Climate Action Network

‍Abayuuti Climate Action Network is a youth-led organisation supporting most affected communities in Uganda to adapt to climate change impacts through a holistic approach focusing on food security, economic empowerment, health and education. They focus on three thematic areas:

Livelihood support for climate-displaced people
Climate mobility advocacy & community engagement
Research on climate resiliency

Abayuuti's story

Abayuuti Climate Action Network (ACAN) began in 2020 doing community cleanups in the slum areas of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. In the same year, Uganda was hit by floods in various parts of the country and they began organising various relief projects for flood-displaced people. As the year went by, Uganda continued to face severe flooding and tens of thousands of people were being displaced while many people lost their lives and property.

In 2021, the organisation was legally registered and they started implementing projects addressing climate mobility issues in Uganda and supporting climate-displaced communities. Since then, Abayuuti Climate Action Network has impacted over 2,000 climate displaced people and other vulnerable communities through their livelihoods projects and community programs.

Today, Abayuuti CAN operates in three districts - Kampala, Kasese, and Fort Portal - impacting thousands of lives through its diverse programs.

Highlights of ACAN's work

Youth and grassroots capacity building program

To address the growing climate mobility realities and challenges in Uganda, in June 2024, Abayuuti Climate Action Network, in partnership with various supporters, launched the Youth and Grassroots Climate Mobility Program which is aimed at promoting awareness on Migration Environment and Climate Change (MECC) and capacity building of youth and grassroots to address climate mobility challenges in their communities.

They implemented six climate mobility series of actions that focused on localization of the Kampala Declaration on Migration Environment and Climate Change (KDMECC) and climate mobility training to youth from the most affected areas in Uganda.

Sustainable Farming

ACAN supports climate-displaced households in the Muhokya Internally Displaced Person’s (IDPs) Camp to acquire land and produce food using climate-smart agriculture for both sustenance and to generate income.

Education

ACAN operates a school offering free education to over 100 children in Kampala and in the Muhokya IDP Camp.
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Partnering with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), ACAN has also conducted climate mobility training for youth in Kampala and Kasese.

Livelihoods development

Climate change-induced displacement has facilitated a harsh financial reality for all camp members who predominantly depended on their land to generate income from farming. To address this, ACAN has provided training and tools needed to develop livelihood skills, predominantly through:

Tailoring: Training women and girls in tailoring and sewing skills.
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Soap-making: Training displaced people to make and sell locally-made soap.

Supporter donations have enabled ACAN to:

Pay staff, including salaries for teachers and stipends for volunteers (e.g. skills trainers)
Refurbish the school building
- Build a stronger school building structure with a foundation created using cement and settled sand
- Create an open and even school field for children to play in
Rent land to expand their agricultural livelihood project
Buying more sewing machines to expand the sewing and tailoring livelihood project to allow for the sewing of school uniforms and other larger projects

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