The World Council is the highest governing body of the global YMCA Movement. It meets every four years, and the next meeting will be the 20th YMCA World Council on 3rd to 9th July 2022: it will be a truly hybrid event which is both in-person in Aarhus, Denmark and online.
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‘Connection’ as the solution to Mental Health crisis
Panel 1: Community Wellbeing and Mental Health Tuesday 5 July, 2022 Sophia Elsig “Only...
06/07/2022 -
‘It was my first global gathering’ – Lawrence Dolo looks back to the 19th YMCA World Council in Chiang Mai, 2018
Lawrence, what’s your background within the YMCA? I am a graduate Change Agent and a y...
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‘This is our moment, our time to ignite change’
Today Soheila Hayek of YMCA Lebanon was sworn in as the new President of the World YMCA, r...
08/07/2022 -
‘We hit the open road’ – Secretary-General & President chart 4-year YMCA journey into and out of Covid
‘We have journeyed together through hard times, and come out stronger’ – the theme o...
06/07/2022 -
“We are old friends. We shall overcome.” YMCAs Ukraine and Belarus
Victor Serbulov, National General Secretary of YMCA Ukraine, joined Sasha Drachuk, Nationa...
08/07/2022 -
2018-2022 YMCA Treasurer’s Report
Mr. Ronald Tak Fai Yam spoke on Friday July 8th, at the YMCA’s 20th World Council. He sp...
09/07/2022 -
A year from now: 20th YMCA World Council, Denmark, 3-9 July 2022
World YMCA issued a video today to mark the start of the countdown to the 20th YMCA World ...
05/07/2021 -
Ban Ki-moon to be keynote speaker at YMCA World Council
Ban Ki-Moon, former UN Secretary-General and founder and Co-Chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centr...
06/05/2022 -
Ban Ki-moon to YMCA young people: ‘passion and compassion: it takes both to be a global citizen’
‘Good work has no borders or nationality – are you ready to extend your helping hand t...
05/07/2022 -
Closing ceremony wraps up 20th World Council with a few surprises
Go forth and ignite! And with those words, World YMCA Secretary General Carlos Sanvee brou...
09/07/2022 -
Co-Labs: On our way to Vision 2030
By Sophia Elsig A Just World, Community Wellbeing, Sustainable Planet and Meaningfu...
09/07/2022 -
Cuando la realidad supera la ficción
Por Caro Quintero “Hoy es miércoles, en caso de que no sepan qué día es”, la...
09/07/2022