In January 2025, the first voyage of "Titans Under Sail" took place, offering a comprehensive physical and psychological rehabilitation program for veterans through yachting in the Canary Islands. Thanks to the support of The Y (YMCA of USA), two veterans from YMCA Lviv, Yuriy Bubes and Yuriy Vovkohon, were able to participate [...]
Every day we dream of victory. Every day we work to bring it closer and to save as many lives of our defenders as possible. Over the past month, the YMCA Lviv team has raised several hundred thousand hryvnias, with which they purchased many useful things for our defenders. [...]
Maria Kisil is a project manager at YMCA Lviv and the “evil woman”, as she says about herself In addition, Maria has been engaged in social activities for more than 10 years, has passed the Revolution of Dignity and, like all members of our team, is a military volunteer. Maria has begun actively volunteering on [...]
Through years YMCA-Lviv has united very valuable people. Since the beginning of russia's widespread invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the YMCA has received a key and top priority - helping the frontline and rare to save lives. From the first days, part of our team went to the front with weapons in hand, [...]
Since 2014 volunteer networks in Ukraine have been formed on the basis of public movement and institutional experience of public organizations. At the same time they were free and mobile, sometimes involving several organizations in their movement and sometimes none, building whole projects on trust and leadership of the activists’ network involved. Volunteer networks have [...]
YMCA volunteer center keeps doing important things on rapid humanitarian response. For the last three weeks our volunteers packed and delivered humanitarian aid from YMCA Berlin and private helpers from Poland. As a volunteer team they are providing the basic needs for the locally dispalced persons in Lviv from north, south and center of Ukraine [...]
Why volunteer? Do you believe you can’t change the world without seeing it? Or maybe you just stuck in the rut and crave some exotic trip? Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong has got you covered! They offer the exchange programme ‘Global Y Explorers’ with internship and volunteer opportunities for young people from overseas. This [...]
In July 2018, the XIX World Conference of YMCA took place in Thailand in Chiang Mai. 9 Change Agents have represented our country, including Elvira Abliakimova from YMCA Lviv. 19th YMCA World Council Conference introduced a new Strategy of YMCA World aimed at developing youth leadership, empowerment and responsibility. New president [...]
"It’s my first experience to live alone and abroad for more than two weeks and I liked it so much. I learned how to be more independent and self-determined, responsible and patient. Working in a gallery it’s not just a job, it’s а full satisfaction and enjoying incredible artworks. Few days a week I had [...]
