A Week in Denmark — More Than Just a Trip It was about new connections, honest conversations, and the support we felt from one another. It was a chance to share our stories and be heard — because if not us, then who? There were 16 of us: the YMCA-YWCA Lviv team, volunteers including [...]
The year 2024 was a year of exhaustion and resilience for Ukrainians. It was the year when we fully realized that the war would be prolonged, and only through inner strength and unity could we protect ourselves from being destroyed by a great totalitarian empire. We understood the importance of conserving [...]
We have launched our support project for young Ukrainian veterans and volunteers. “Voices of Defenders” is a long-term Ukrainian-Danish project aimed at supporting the agents of social change in Ukraine — young defenders and war volunteers. The project is being implemented by the YMCA Lviv team in cooperation with [...]
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 [...]
