Building Safe Spaces, Healing, and Leadership for Trans Youth in South Sudan

YOUTHFUL (Youth Organized for Unity, Trans Healing, Freedoms, and Untamed Leadership) is the first community-rooted, trans-led collective dedicated to safety, mutual aid, and youth agency in South Sudan.

Core operational pillars

Sanctuary, aid, and rights

Built entirely by and for local trans youth to ensure absolute confidentiality and shared resilience.

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Safety & Community Care

Mutual Aid & Resilience

Health & Well-being

We establish discreet, vetted safe spaces for trans youth facing housing insecurity, social hostility, and isolation in Juba.

Direct economic solidarity through community savings pools and emergency relief grants managed collectively.

We maintain trusted pathways to trans-friendly healthcare providers and emergency protection services, ensuring trans youth access dignified, life-affirming care.

Ground-level reach

Proof in daily action

30+

youth connected

12

emergency grants

1

community savings pool

Our core ethos

We do not offer top-down charity; we build mutual economic security so our community thrives on its own terms.

YOUTHFUL Collective, Juba

Connect with our secure peer network

Reach out through confidential channels for emergency support, mutual aid, or community sanctuary.