From the 3rd to the 9th of July the world conference of the YMCA World Council 2022 was held in Aarhus (Denmark), which is held once every four years and gathers representatives from all countries. The Ukrainian opera-myth "Ukraine Terra Incognita" became part of the opening ceremony of the conference. Ulyana Gorbachevska, Kateryna Smirnova, Olga [...]
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 [...]
Lat week our program leaders and volunteers visited KFUM og KFUK i Distrikt Aarhus to meet with YMCA youth and discuss the situation in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion of Russia from 24th Feb. They took part in the Højskoledag project 'Ruslands-Ukraine skygge' and attended Moesgaard Museum for a modern exhibition on war in [...]
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 [...]
In the turmoil of war we haven't manage to announce our newly elected Youth Council. 7 new members were elected on 23th Feb, just a day before the war. To fill this information gap we now introduce the YMCA young leaders: Alina Kylynych, 18, a student of Lviv National University (cultural studies) and Lviv Politechnic [...]
If you want to be a part of team making a new Ukrainian art, join the Young opera now! We open a Call for Volunteers and you are welcome! 6 online sessions from the team of authors: singers, actors, managers, communicators and fundraisers off-line continued training on singing and [...]
YMCA Lviv talks about how 2020 turned out for the organization. About the projects that were implemented, skills and knowledge that our youth received, partnerships and support… As well as about the planned work for 2021 and the possibility of creating joint projects. Over the past year, YMCA Lviv has continued [...]
In November-December 2020, YMCA-Lviv implemented the Laboratory of Social Projects supported by Lviv Oblast State Administration , project Youth Embrace (supported by SIDA) and the KFUM og KFUK i Distrikt Aarhus. The course has taught young people of Lviv and Lviv region to generate and present their own project ideas, design and [...]
YMCA Lviv continues training within the "Laboratory of Social Projects" supported by Lviv Regional State Administration, project Youth Embrace (supported by SIDA) and the KFUM og KFUK i Distrikt Aarhus (Denmark). The Laboratory is teaching young people of Lviv and Lviv region to generate their own project ideas, working with donors, presentation and [...]
