Results of the Survey and Interviews of Volunteers
Analytical Report on the Results of the Survey and Interviews of Volunteers Volunteering is one of the most [...]
Baseline Reserach of the veterans 2024
Baseline Reserach of the veterans in the process of reintegration and return to civilian life Research Methodology. For [...]
YMCA Lviv: ANNUAL REPORT 2023
INTRODUCTION by CEO of YMCA Lviv Oleksandra Sorokopud We as international community at this very moment are witnesses of the [...]
Friends from Scandinavia in Lviv
We were glad to host our friends from Scandinavia in Lviv! On October 20, YMCA Lviv had the pleasure [...]
“How I spent my summer”. The Story of the Little Bus
Do you remember that the Little Bus, which helps volunteers, lives in our organization? Together with his brother the [...]
Thoughts on Peace: Halyna Kruk
resin someday the war will end and we’ll all revive at last (oh how we’ll revive!) we’ll heal [...]
Thoughts on Peace: Yevheniia Nesterovych
Four generations of women in my family talk about peace What is peace for us? I asked my daughter, [...]
Thoughts on Peace: Svitlana Fedeshova
...Peace. A mutilated word that has lost all meaning due to its absurdity. It is impossible to put up [...]
Thoughts on Peace: Sofia Chelyak
Here's an exercise. Close your eyes and think back to your childhood. Imagine a sandbox, or a swing, or [...]
Thoughts on Peace: Olexandra Sorokopud
In the timeline available to us as humanity, the war has not stopped for a second... Even our Heaven [...]
Thoughts on Peace: Iryna Vovk
Ten years of the marathon, a race that is the length of our youth and distorted happiness, a marathon [...]
Thoughts on Peace: Anastasiia Vinslavska
A couple of years before the armed aggression of muscovy in 2014, it once occurred to me that our [...]
Thoughts on Peace: Anastasiia Shevchenko
Now I do not separate the word "peace" from the word "independence". Ukraine's independence from the russian invader. And [...]
Thoughts on peace. The voice of Ukrainian women
"Thoughts on Peace" is an initiative designed to tell the world about Ukrainian women: their vision of peace, their [...]
Day Center for military children
DAY CENTER FOR MILITARY CHILDREN AND VOLUNTEER FAMILIES A free day center was opened in Lviv for children whose [...]
Presentations of the Opera-Myth in Denmark
Opera-Myth "Ukraine - Terra incognita" continues to introduce people in different countries to the unique treasure of singing culture [...]
Volunteering round-up: June 2023
Every day we dream of victory. Every day we work to bring it closer and to save as many [...]
Singing performance of Opera-Myth in Baia Mare
Opera-Myth "Ukraine - Terra Incognita", despite all the obstacles caused by Russian aggression, continues to tell the world about [...]
We do not stop!
It happened so that lately we mainly talk about such activities of YMCA Lviv as master classes and creative meetings. [...]
YMCA Lviv: ANNUAL REPORT 2022
The experience Ukraine is currently gaining can answer the question as well as dozens of others related to war, [...]
February 24
Exactly one year ago, all of Ukraine woke up to rocket explosions: a full-scale war had begun. Since February 24, [...]
Opera-Myth “Ukraine – Terra Incognita”. All Series
Ancient ritual songs, unique Ukrainian polyphony, free jazz, video art, new symphonic music, modern choreography, futuristic folk costumes - all [...]
The TV version of the Opera-Myth will tell the world about Ukraine
Young «Ukraine - Terra Incognita» produced by YMCA Lviv, will be released in video format and English translation to tell [...]
Project to help volunteers during the war
In August 2022 our team with the support of KFUM og KFUK i Danmark and New Democracy Fund, started implementing [...]
“Circle of Paradise” – “Na Vasylya”
Christmas holidays always carry in them a special meaning - it’s a story about the birth of light and hope, [...]
“The Circle of Paradise” and the role of art during the war. The story of Svitlana Fedieshova.
Svitlana is an actress of the Chernihiv Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater named after T. Shevchenko, the wife of [...]
Stories of small people. Part 4, Maria
Maria Kisil is a project manager at YMCA Lviv and the “evil woman”, as she says about herself In addition, [...]
Stories of small people Part 3, Lesya
Hello! I am Lesya and I am 30 years old. I am the communications and SMM manager at YMCA Lviv. [...]
Stories of small people Part 2, Bohdan
Bohdan Zdanevich is 26 years old. He is from Lviv, works as a lawyer at the "Law Craft" company. Since [...]
Stories of small people. Part 1, Vasylyna.
At this moment, only 4 people work in our volunteer assistance project. 2 of them are IDPs. And each of [...]
Window into “russian world”.
We continue to send humanitarian aid to the civilian population. As part of our project, we constantly send parcels with [...]
Music workshops for refugee children
On Friday and Saturday we held 2 magical music workshops for refugee children under the leadership of Ulyana Gorbachevska. We [...]
Opera-myth “Ukraine Terra Incognita” in Denmark
From the 3rd to the 9th of July the world conference of the YMCA World Council 2022 was held in [...]
The stories of our leaders at war
Through years YMCA-Lviv has united very valuable people. Since the beginning of russia's widespread invasion of Ukraine in February [...]
We support volunteers in war
Since 2014 volunteer networks in Ukraine have been formed on the basis of public movement and institutional experience of public [...]
Højskoledag project ‘Ruslands-Ukraine skygge’
Lat week our program leaders and volunteers visited KFUM og KFUK i Distrikt Aarhus to meet with YMCA youth [...]
Volunteering
YMCA volunteer center keeps doing important things on rapid humanitarian response. For the last three weeks our volunteers packed and [...]
Youth Council 2022
In the turmoil of war we haven't manage to announce our newly elected Youth Council. 7 new members were elected [...]
Young Opera call for Volunteers!
If you want to be a part of team making a new Ukrainian art, join the Young opera now! [...]
PARTNERSHIP PROPOSALS 2021 & ANNUAL REPORT 2020
YMCA Lviv talks about how 2020 turned out for the organization. About the projects that were implemented, skills and [...]
Laboratory of Social Projects 2020
In November-December 2020, YMCA-Lviv implemented the Laboratory of Social Projects supported by Lviv Oblast State Administration , project Youth Embrace (supported [...]
Laboratory with Yaroslav Fedorchuk
YMCA Lviv continues training within the "Laboratory of Social Projects" supported by Lviv Regional State Administration, project Youth Embrace (supported [...]
Laboratory of Social Projects 2020
A Laboratory of Social Projects 2020 has started in Lviv in October 2020. The course is implemented by the [...]
Lemkovyna songs will be played on Antonych motherland
On 27th of November, there will be held a concert “Lemkovyna-Lem” in Lemkovyna village Novytsia, where Ukrainian poet Bohdan-Ihor [...]
The Young Opera “Ukraine – Terra Incognita”
Ukrainian artists will create the Young Opera "Ukraine – TerraIncognita" which combines in a unique way an ancient Ukrainian [...]
The “Myth of Ancestry”
We present the action «Myth of Ancestry», a song matrix for our Young Opera «Ukraine – Terra Incognita» The [...]
Way to the personal sound
Course based on Ukrainian archaik songs. The training is conducted by Uliana Horbachevska - a famous singer, director, teacher [...]
Video concert “Songs for Wassyl”
For the Day of Heroes, the YMCA Lviv and young Lviv singers prepared a video concert "Songs for Wassyl" [...]
Partnership Offers for 2020 & Annual report for 2019
Oleksandra Sorokopud CEO YMCA Lviv Create a new organizational identity or revive those that are historically [...]
MEMORANDUM: Young Opera “Ukraine – Terra Incognita”
The Young Opera "Ukraine – Terra Incognita" is to honor the memory of Vasyl Slipak and all the soldiers [...]
Aarhus and Lviv youth was learning to love life
In winter time we all want to be a part of a joyful company. And we found it! Our [...]
YMCA Volunteers are teaching English for children from veterans families
Lesya Hutsuk and Yeva Chepil from the YMCA Lviv and their little and yet very serious students. [...]
YMCA Lviv launched the crowd-funding for young opera
The team of Lviv artists announced the beginning of work on a large-scale project - the creation of a [...]
Young Council 2020
The YMCA Lviv is always open to transformation as new opportunities come along with changes. In our case, the [...]
Training “My internal story”
“My internal story” – teambuilding at YMCA Lviv together with actors of Lviv academic theatre named after Les Kurbas [...]
Young opera «Ukraine Terra Incognita»
Young opera « Ukraine Terra Incognita» is a large-scale project, which combines the Ukrainian authentic singing with modern academic [...]
The exhibition the ¿sALON? of the Draught project
In November 2019 the project Draught hold the ¿sALON? exhibition aimed to promote young artists who aren’t applying for [...]
Wonderful days!
That’s a name for summer festival which I attended in summer 2019. However, I even did not expect that to [...]
Youth In Action. Germany, Oberhof.
This Autumn I had an opportunity to be a part of the learning mobility program ‘Participation! Lets be the part [...]
The performance Lemkovyna-Lem
This is a new and original interpretation of Lemky songs. The unexpected combination of instruments, the visual [...]
YMCA from Kyiv and Lutsk in Lviv
What is the result exceeding expectations looking like??? Is when the idea comes to hold a visit between YMCA [...]
Our delegation at YMCA 175
Do you know what Brexit is? We know. It is occurred to us while helping the protesters, blocking Big [...]
Copenhagen and ducks
We’ve visited Copenhagen this summer! Our friends from KFUM og KFUK i Danmark launched a new local office in [...]
Volodymyr Berkych about YOFest
Political pilgrimage: to the heart of the European Union Perhaps every respectful president of the Young Council should move [...]
Summer travel tour: Carpathian roots
In YMCA Lviv`s tour you will visit two worlds: the European city of medieval origin, and the nature of [...]
Danish youth brought presents for children at hospital
We are learning how to make good projects from our Danish friends. Youth from Denmark worked for [...]
Youth Council accepted Development Strategy 2019
Young people take decisions! It was worth visiting just one of the strategic sessions on Saturday, March 16th. The [...]
Partnership Offers for 2019 & Annual report for 2018
We devoted three years of organizational life to finding and shaping our identity. Just as [...]
Solomia Dzhudzuk about Hong Kong
Why volunteer? Do you believe you can’t change the world without seeing it? Or maybe you just stuck in [...]
School of media literacy: start!
How to know that this news is not fake? Perhaps you should join the school of critical thinking and [...]
Zirka Savka begins the project “Drought”
As a part of YMCA Lviv Art Club Zirka Savka will create a project "Drought" (Protyag). It will be a series [...]
Volodymyr Berkych about Youth Embrace
How Youth Embrace can serve each of us, both participants and key project leaders? Creating a place, where you [...]
External evaluation for child care projects supported by Läkarmissionen
In 2018 Swedish NGO Läkarmissionen (LM) together with YMCA Lviv team led by Oleksandra Sorokopud studied cooperation of nongovernmental [...]
What is Innovation at the YMCA?
text by Olexandra Sorokopud What is Innovation at the YMCA? When you are a part of world wide youth [...]
Y-Residence welcomes to Lviv!
You have the opportunity to visit Lviv! In Lviv, the winter festive period lasts from [...]
Students from Hong Kong about Lviv
What are the strange habits of Ukrainians? What should you see in Ukraine? What you should know about Eastern-european [...]
Valeriya Fetisova about her trip to Palestine
Palestine is a wonderful country in the Middle East which I had the chance to visit in October this [...]
Martha about Youth embrace program in Gothenburg
On December 15, 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden was held a partners meeting among YMCA-YWCA Stockholm and Gothenburg with Ukrainian [...]
Enver Kaneev on the SALM program in Strasbourg
Want to know what stereotypes about Ukrainians in European youth, Is it possible to cook dumplings in the oven, [...]
Volodymyr Berkych about Roots for Reconciliation Project
#Be the PEACE you want What would you think first about Budapest – the former imperial capital of one [...]
Youth from the YMCA of St. Louis in Lviv and the Carpathians
In July, we met with American youth from St. Louis. Young leaders from the Gateway Region YMCA with their [...]
Friends from Egypt in Lviv
This summer YMCA Lviv hosted guests from Egypt. We welcomed six boys and girls from YMCA OF MINYA with [...]
“Game about us” was written in a scientific article in Poland
The Lviv atrical initiative "Game about us", created for the adaptation of immigrants from the Crimea, was published as [...]
Elvira Ablyakimova: ukrainian Change Agent at 19th YMCA World Council Conference
In July 2018, the XIX World Conference of YMCA took place in Thailand in Chiang Mai. 9 Change Agents [...]
YMCA Lviv Council visited the partners of Aarhus
From June 21 to 25, Lviv students - graduates of the School of Social Leadership, who formed the Young [...]
Danish youth bringing joy and happiness for kids in Lviv!
On May 24-26 2018 16 teens from YMCA Lystruphave Efterskole visited Lviv. Young people from Danmark presented Sizzix Big Shot [...]
Youth Board YMCA Lviv 2019
The General Assembly of YMCA Lviv on 5th of May, 2018 voted for creation of Youth Board to empower young [...]
One Million Voices. Youth Research Project 2
YMCA research “One million voices” will help to ingrate youth in the process of Ukrainians reforms. In 2017 [...]
WOODMAN. Video about a project.
On January 14, Lviv hosted the presentation of the WOODMAN (Derevyanko). This is a 4-meter wooden puppet for street performances, [...]
Young school of Videoblog
Young school of Videoblog will make more at Ukrainian YouTube. On the 1st of March 10 young bloggers start their education [...]
Social Leadership School
Social Leadership School To make public speeches in the TEDx format To develop social projects To make grant applications [...]
“Voices of Freedom” – a film about us
Youth and totalitarianism. What is freedom? Why should you appreciate it? How to feel free in every movement, every [...]
Derevyanko appeared in Lviv
On January 14, Lviv hosted the presentation of the Derevyanko. This is a 4-meter wooden puppet for street performances, created [...]
KuchynskyiGetWell
Charity art auction “KuchynskyiGetWell” contributed to the local public marathon in support to Volodymyr Kuchynskyi (art director of [...]
Training on legal protection, business and psychological support to IDP and war veterans
Training provided necessary knowledge and information to the target audience who either started business in Lviv or try to renew [...]
Business support for entrepreneurs
Project intended to provide grants to 18 IDP families (2000 Euro) who lost their businesses in Crimea and Lugansk/Donetsk [...]
Theatre project Live Now Perform Together by Domus theatre
23 master classes on acting and singing (9 in Lviv, 7 in Severodonetsk, 7 in Kharkiv) for 20 participants (10+10) [...]
Para-Tet
Para-Tet is the first inclusive creative program for children and parents in pairs (parent+child) aimed at breaking inter-categorical blocks (self-rejection) [...]
Game About Us
A Game About Us is a continued initiative to reach emotional and spiritual unity due to the theatrical tools [...]
Project for network capacity building to assist Internally Displaced People in Western Ukraine
Network capacity building Project for IDP in western Ukraine aimed at a comprehensive assistance to new societal statuses suffering from [...]
Festival of Ideas A Game About As
Culture events to promote inter-culture dialog between Crimean Tatars, IDPs from Donetsk and Lugansk oblast and Lviv citizens. Festival of [...]