As a part of YMCA Lviv Art Club Zirka Savka will create a project "Drought" (Protyag). It will be a series of videos about young Lviv artists: reflections on the art world between peers, we will show their pieces and workshops, mindsets and outlooks, things, that inspire and things, that annoy... The [...]
How Youth Embrace can serve each of us, both participants and key project leaders? Creating a place, where you can put your ideas into practice, build a team and overall change yourself. My path begins with fulfillment of the values and global changes which SIDA propagates in the young thirsty [...]
In 2018 Swedish NGO Läkarmissionen (LM) together with YMCA Lviv team led by Oleksandra Sorokopud studied cooperation of nongovernmental child care organizations CCC and Blagodat located in Lviv. In the focus of the research were children from families in complicated life conditions, orphans and children whose parents lost their parental rights. Influences of Reforms [...]
text by Olexandra Sorokopud What is Innovation at the YMCA? When you are a part of world wide youth movement it seams that the innovations should happen now and then all the time. Is that so? If yes, then what kind of reflection and evaluation processes are going on to describe the innovation and [...]
You have the opportunity to visit Lviv! In Lviv, the winter festive period lasts from December to February. What could be brighter and more cozy than weekend in an ancient city? Lviv is a special city. Being at the same time traditionally busy and touristic, it keeps staying very comfortable [...]
What are the strange habits of Ukrainians? What should you see in Ukraine? What you should know about Eastern-european eating habits? What surprizes foreigners in Ukraine? Students from Hong Kong tell about their adventures. They hiked through the Carpathians, were in the Chornobyl Zone and even went to Christian summer festival. [...]
Palestine is a wonderful country in the Middle East which I had the chance to visit in October this year. Even though I am interested in this region for quite a while, I, it turns out, believed in many stereotypes and did not fully understand what was actually happening in this land. So, in [...]
On December 15, 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden was held a partners meeting among YMCA-YWCA Stockholm and Gothenburg with Ukrainian and Byelorussian colleagues within the framework of "Youth embrace" program. This cooperation already lasts almost for ten years, supported by SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency). The purpose this one meeting [...]
Want to know what stereotypes about Ukrainians in European youth, Is it possible to cook dumplings in the oven, and what should be the perfect international youth camp? Then read!!! Enver Kaneev from Young Council YMCA Lviv talks about youth program SALM 2018 - Youth engagement in Europe in Strasbourg (France). [...]
#Be the PEACE you want What would you think first about Budapest – the former imperial capital of one of the most powerful state worldwide? Gorgeous landscapes, unforgettable views, marvelous architecture styles and cozy, friendly streets, welcoming you for a cap of soft BudaCoffee… No, first of all, Budapest for me is a unique [...]
