YSU is a Sports for Development Organization based in Kampala, Uganda. YSU run sports programs for young boys and girls from impoverished backgrounds which provide stability, opportunity and a chance to excel. Since 2006, YSU has helped thousands of children from different social, economic and religious backgrounds form friendships and, crucially, learn important health issues including HIV/AIDs awareness. YSU has continued to promote health and education messages to children across the country. The YSU concept is based on this belief: that sport with a positive orientation, when integrated into the br oader framework of human and social development goals and priorities, is a powerful vehicle for change. As almost every child in Uganda participates in sport, either through merely watching or actually playing, sport presents a medium of communication that children and youth are both familiar with, and willing to participate in.