🌟 A Space for Growth and Choosing Your Future!

In August 2025, the teenage career-orientation summer camp Camp Europe took place in Vynnyky, organized by YMCA-YWCA Lviv together with the Винниківський науковий ліцей and supported by YMCA Europe.

For 5 days, participants not only enjoyed active rest but also reflected on their future, met professionals from different fields, and discovered new horizons.

🎯 Camp Goal

We aimed to help teenagers:

  • see the opportunities that adult life offers;

  • better understand their interests and abilities;

  • overcome uncertainty when choosing a future profession.

Many high school graduates feel lost and don’t know what to expect from adult life.
We created a safe and inspiring space where they could explore, ask questions, and try new things.

🧩 What We Did

Throughout the program, participants:

  • communicated with experts from various fields;

  • joined workshops and trainings;

  • visited top educational institutions in Львів, such as Український католицький університет and IT Step University;

  • explored the Львівський театр ляльок, Музей науки, culinary college, an engineering workshop, and the Unbroken prosthetics and rehabilitation center;

  • and spent cozy evenings by the campfire, singing songs, playing board games, and having heartfelt conversations.

💬 Participant Feedback

Khrystyna:

“This was the best camp I’ve ever been to (and I’ve been to many).
We all became one friendly team — and we’re still keeping in touch!”

Demian:

“The best part was having both structure and freedom.
After visiting exciting locations, you could just relax, enjoy summer, and hang out with friends.”

Anna:

“I loved the youth leadership training from YMCA Lviv.
And the cooking workshop was so fun — especially eating the macarons we made ourselves :)”

💙 Camp Europe – So You’re Not Alone!

We believe that no young person should be left alone when choosing their future.

Thanks to the support of YMCA Europe, YMCA Europe Roots for Peace, and YMCA YWCA Denmark,
we created a place where everyone can find themselves, make new friends, and feel confident about tomorrow.

Together, we are building a future full of possibilities 🌍

📌 #ymcaCE #ymcacampeurope