What is the result exceeding expectations looking like??? Is when the idea comes to hold a visit between YMCA Kyiv and Lutsk members at YMCA Lviv! Meaning not just 30 participants per 30 m², but an opportunity to learn how to volunteer at the YMCA of Canada, Denmark, Sweden or the US. Meaning not [...]
Do you know what Brexit is? We know. It is occurred to us while helping the protesters, blocking Big Ben and jointly seeking way out of the underground ... Of course, this was in a meantime, because the largest YMCA 175 festival is held in London to gather over 5000 participants, invite TED speakers [...]
We’ve visited Copenhagen this summer! Our friends from KFUM og KFUK i Danmark launched a new local office in the capital. We were invited to stay and help them with preparation. A nice thought came to our mind: let`s make the world a bit more colorful and brighter. So we decided to paint the [...]
Political pilgrimage: to the heart of the European Union Perhaps every respectful president of the Young Council should move a long way to a «saint» political institution and go through all stages of internship in an international youth organization. This opportunity also happened to me, so I enthusiastically packed all baggage and set off [...]
In YMCA Lviv`s tour you will visit two worlds: the European city of medieval origin, and the nature of folk traditions. Lviv is a business card of Ukraine, an ancient European city with interesting architecture, churches of various denominations, dozens of museums, festivals and rich artistic life. [...]
We are learning how to make good projects from our Danish friends. Youth from Denmark worked for a couple of months to collect money for children in Lviv. Students cleaned windows, washed cars, sold some chips and cookies to buy children’s furniture and toys and bring them to the hospital in Lviv. [...]
Young people take decisions! It was worth visiting just one of the strategic sessions on Saturday, March 16th. The task of the General Youth Assembly considers both discussing the important directions of the organization's activities and establishing close relationships between the participants: acquaintance, rising a certain culture of Y-family. However, this is also a [...]
We devoted three years of organizational life to finding and shaping our identity. Just as a small flower in the spring needs to be filled with the sun and water in order to make it through the snow, organizations in Ukraine need a reliable partnership and trust in order to [...]
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 [...]
How to know that this news is not fake? Perhaps you should join the school of critical thinking and media literacy to learn how to differ manipulation from rationality and propaganda from common sense. On 5 and 6 December YMCA Lviv together with the Lviv National University and the "Institute Republic" [...]
