Oleksandra Sorokopud CEO YMCA Lviv Create a new organizational identity or revive those that are historically inherited? This is an issue for NGOs in Ukraine as a whole, and in Lviv in particular, since the World War I and WWII and the occupation by the Soviets destroyed the emergence of democratic [...]
The Young Opera "Ukraine – Terra Incognita" is to honor the memory of Vasyl Slipak and all the soldiers who have fallen for Ukraine now and in previous generations. That is why the reputation, commitment and transparency of its implementation are very important to us. The Young Opera "Ukraine – [...]
In winter time we all want to be a part of a joyful company. And we found it! Our lovely friends came to us from Danish KFUM og KFUK i Distrikt Aarhus. During these bright days (and nights), we had time to walk around in Lviv, attend a few trainings and cafes, cook dumplings, [...]
Lesya Hutsuk and Yeva Chepil from the YMCA Lviv and their little and yet very serious students. Girls have started teaching ukrainian militaries’ kids English. Volunteer Olena Baran have been running Courses for militaries and their families for two years already. The project takes place in the Service Center for [...]
The team of Lviv artists announced the beginning of work on a large-scale project - the creation of a modern opera dedicated to the warrior and singer Wassyl Slipak and all the defenders of Ukraine. The idea was authored by well-known director and singer Ulyana Gorbachevska. The music will be composed by a graduate [...]
The YMCA Lviv is always open to transformation as new opportunities come along with changes. In our case, the wind of change transformed the organization's youth board. First of all we learned from the experience of the previous board,and now we are ready to introduce ourselves and further plans. Welcome the YMCA Lviv Youth [...]
“My internal story” – teambuilding at YMCA Lviv together with actors of Lviv academic theatre named after Les Kurbas Andriy Vodychev and Nataliya Rybka-Parhomenko. How to bring up the idea? What is joint creativity? How to charge when our internal battery is low and the inspiration and creativity is needed here and [...]
Young opera « Ukraine Terra Incognita» is a large-scale project, which combines the Ukrainian authentic singing with modern academic and European improvisational music with a help of the new art forms. Visual-music performance is created by a combination of solo female voice, saxophone, percussion, male choir, female singing ensemble, symphony orchestra, choreographic [...]
In November 2019 the project Draught hold the ¿sALON? exhibition aimed to promote young artists who aren’t applying for the official Vysokyy Zamok Salon, which is held by the older generations of Painters Group. ¿SALON ? presented the works of nine artists: Arthur Soletskyi Bohdana Patsiuk Veronika Cherednychenko Zirka [...]
That’s a name for summer festival which I attended in summer 2019. However, I even did not expect that to be indeed SO WONDERFUL. The festival gathered young people from nine countries and took place in Denmark 8-12. July. We were all living in tents within a huge camp, attending concerts, having fun and hanging [...]
